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 out for a day of salmon habitat restoration in the Gorge! Volunteers will be planting native shrubs alongside Good Bear Creek, a salmon bearing stream that flows into the Columbia River at St. Cloud Day Use Area.
Join us in planting native shrubs in oak understory at Sams Walker Day Use Area as this restoration area transforms from years of overgrown Himalayan blackberry to healthy native understory.
Join us for monthly Stewardship Saturdays at Sams Walker! This month we will be planting native strawberries and pulling invasive English ivy and herb Robert geranium to free up more space for those spring wildflowers!
Kick off spring with a stewardship day at St. Cloud Day Use Area! For March we will be doing a stream clean to remove litter and unwanted debris from the restoration areas, trails and parking lot.
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.
We will keep momentum going on riparian restoration by tackling invasive blackberry and jewelweed in the newly planted area along Good Bear Creek.
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!
Join us for a family-friendly morning of planting wildflowers to support oak woodland and pollinator meadow restoration at Sams Walker!
Join stewardship staff at this scenic preserve for a fall clean-up day around the property!
Join us for a family friendly stewardship day of planting and mulching native berries, shrubs and oaks as part of ongoing restoration at this preserve!
Join Friends and Forest Service staff for ongoing restoration on Burdoin Mountain this fall, just north of Catherine Creek Day Use Area! We will spend the morning seeding native grasses in areas where prescribed fire has occurred in efforts to encourage a more open understory and nurture white oak stands that were once more widespread […]