Friends of the Columbia Gorge
Friends of the Columbia Gorge hosts a variety of events for our members and the public. Browse upcoming guided outings and land stewardship events below.
Come help tackle spring invasive weeds and enjoy the first wildflowers emerging in the pollinator meadow restoration area!
Join us in kicking off Lyle Community Clean-up weekend with some stewardship and clean-up at this local preserve overlooking the Klickitat River.
Join us for a fire ecology walk Brance Morefield, US Forest Service Botanist. He will guide the group to a post-wildfire restoration area along the Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail, covering fire burn severity, the ecological role of fire, and what recovery looks like on the ground.
Join Friends of the Columbia Gorge for a special screening of the Shared Wild Series, a short film series directed by Friends’ Digital Content Producer Monique Trevett that celebrates community, conservation, and recreation in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. This series celebrates the joy of outdoor recreation while exploring how our […]
We will keep momentum going on riparian restoration by tackling invasive blackberry and jewelweed in the newly planted area along Good Bear Creek.
Join us for a spring bird walk at Doetsch Day Use with Cindy McCormick from the Vancouver Audubon. Easy: 1.2 miles | No elev. Gain
Join Hike Leader and dog lover, Don McCoy, for a hike at Steamboat Landing in Washougal! Moderate: 8.2 miles | 300-ft elev. gain
Join hike leader Steve Carples for a wildflower-filled day visiting Four Sisters Natural Area and Mill Creek Ridge, two Columbia Land Trust properties above The Dalles. Moderate: 5.5 miles | 600-ft. elev. gain
Join Friends Hike Leader/ Klickitat Trail Conservancy president Ken Hansen on a 8-mile mostly downhill bike ride from the Pitt trailhead to the Lyle trailhead, a portion of the "Rails to Trails" route. Bike Ride Difficulty level: Easy 8 miles | ~220 feet- elevation gain.
Join Friends Board Member and local naturalist Jayson Moorman for a hike at Friends' Lyle Cherry Orchard Preserve. Strenuous: 4.5 miles | 1,200-ft. elev. gain
Join Renee Tkach (Friends' Conservation Director) and Madison Kenney (Friends' Advocacy & Policy Coordinator) for a hike at Stiegerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge. Easy: 3 miles - Refuge River Trail
This is our final stewardship day of the season at St. Cloud! We will continue to tend to the riparian restoration area and remove invasive blackberry and jewelweed before summer sets in. This is also an excellent birding area so if you are a bird enthusiast or bird curious, be sure to bring your binoculars!