Cancelled: Welcome Back Vulture Day!

Join us for a free day of fun for the whole family as we celebrate the Turkey Vulture’s return to Oregon this spring. Learn about vultures in our community, meet a real Turkey Vulture, and enjoy vulture-themed activities. 

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A Taylor's Checkerspot Butterfly stands on a bright green leaf.

Nature Night: How Inmates Are Helping Revive an Endangered Oregon Butterfly

At this Nature Night, meet Oregon Zoo keeper Ronda Naseth, who has been entrenched in this conservation work alongside adults in custody at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility since 2017. Learn how the groundbreaking program at CCCF – the first of its kind dedicated to the rearing of the Oregon population of the Taylor’s Checkerspot, and the first butterfly conservation program to be housed in a medium security prison – came to be.

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Book Club: World Without Fish

The Bird Alliance of Oregon Book Club meets in the Bird Alliance of Oregon Interpretive Center on the third Wednesday of every month for a fun and informal discussion.

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A photo looking up at the tree canopy with the sun filtering through the trees.

Tree Resolution at Portland City Council

On November 13, Portland City Council will be considering extending protections for large trees in development situations. The “Big Tree Amendment” was originally passed in 2016 after advocates pushed for improvements to the Portland tree code otherwise known as Title 11, after a wave of large trees were removed with limited to no mitigation.

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