The first planting of the Friends of Trees 2006-07 planting season is at Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge on Sat., Oct., 14, and the first neighborhood planting in Portland is in the Sellwood-Moreland neighborhood on Nov. 11. Both are part of the Fun Run for Restoration course. To view a map of the run and walk, visit www.friendsoftrees.org.
Friends of Trees will host its first Fun Run for Restoration, a 5-mile run and 3.5-mile walk, on Sunday, Oct. 8th, beginning at Oaks Amusement Park, 7100 Oaks Park Way. Registration is at 8:30am., the run starts at 9am. The Fun Run for Restoration is sponsored by the Nike Factory Store.
Photo of the Year 2006, an amateur photography contest benefiting the MESD Outdoor School Program is LIVE!
If you are an amateur photographer, enjoy beautiful photography, or are a supporter of natural science education, please visit our newly re-mastered website at www.photooftheyear.net.
Contact Rhyan Grech, Team Up Program Coordinator, at 503-844-9571 or rhyan@solv.org
Let’s Plant some trees in Lake Oswego!!
My name is Matt Weatherly, and it is the beginning of a new tree planting season.
November 4th, SOLV’s Team Up program at Carter Creek in Lake Oswego, Oregon. Working from 9:00 to 12:00 and all tools, gloves and supplies will be provided.
To register or for more information, please contact Matt Gordon at mattg@tryonfarm.org or call 503.245.3847.
Work-trade may be available.
We'll make breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks while working with participants on sample menus and recipe conversions, all in time for Thanksgiving meal planning! We will cover substitutions for "problem ingredients" (allergies & health), moral diets (vegan etc), and adapting recipes to use local ingredients. Transforming raw materials into delicious food is a kind of magic; transforming unusual ingredients into comfort food -- or spectacular treats -- is a fine art. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner will be included along with nutritional information.
Saturday, November 4th, Paddle Ross Island, Noon to 3 pm. Join Mike Houck on a leisurely afternoon paddle around the Ross Island complex. Soon, to be one of Portland’s newest natural area parks, once Ross Island Sand and Gravel transfers the islands to the city parks bureau, the islands when combined with the quiet backwaters of Holgate Channel and the adjacent 160-acre Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge will become one west coast’s most spectacular urban wildlife refuges. You are responsible for bringing and maintaining your own kayak/canoe. Canoe and kayak rentals can be arranged through Alder Creek Kayak & Canoe (www.aldercreek.com, 503-285-0464) or Portland Kayak Company (www.portlandrivercompany.com, 503-459-4050). Life jackets are absolutely required. Free.
Rick Pettigrew, RPettigrew@aol.com, www.archaeologychannel.org
A Benefit for The Archaeology Channel, International Film and Video Festival
Two Films: In the Land of the Black Pharaohs and King Solomon's Tablet of Stone
