Oregon Parks Forever

Help us choose the 2025 tee shirt design for the Run for the Trees

Calling all tree lovers and Bob Ross fans! Help us pick the tee shirt design for the 2025 Run for the Trees: Happy Little Trees (Virtual) 5K, our second annual event that supports tree planting and forest protection efforts in Oregon parks. We’ve got three awesome designs to share with you!

Take this quick survey to let us know which design you like best – the winning design will be announced in early October. And don’t forget to mark your calendar for Nov. 1, when registration for this virtual spring race opens. The virtual race will be April 19-27, 2025.

Check out the designs and cast your vote today:

We are thrilled to announce the launch of The Heart of Oregon campaign - the Oregon Employees Charitable Fund Drive for 2024. Beginning TODAY, this 12-week initiative is state and university employees' opportunity in supporting over 925 nonprofits across Oregon and help achieve their ambitious goal of raising $800,000.

Thinking about foraging and baking this weekend? Go for it.

Eating blackberries is a win for you — and the environment The normal rules of foraging, which call for taking no more than 20–30% of what's available, don't apply to Himalayan blackberries, a notorious, prolific spreader that suffocates native plants.

https://www.opb.org/article/2024/08/14/oregon-wildfires-national-forests/

Progress reported in containment of western Oregon wildfires Several wildfires are burning along the Interstate 5 corridor in Oregon. Here's an overview of many of them as of Wednesday morning.

The National Park Service is offering free admission to over 120 national parks across 35 states this weekend. August 4th celebrates the Outdoors America Act.

Visit more than 120 national parks in 35 states in the US for free this weekend THE best things in life are free, including access to over 120 national parks across the country this weekend. National Park Service is offering free admission to parks that normally charge an entr…

Another fun sport to get outdoors.

What is Disc Golf: New course installed at Metzler Park – Oregon Parks Forever We are pleased to announce the opening of a new Disc Golf Course with TRACK Trails accompaniment at Metzler Park, OR. The new Metzler Park Nature Trail Disc Golf Course utilizes a mixture of open and wooded fairways that will challenge both beginner and expert level disc golfers.

https://www.oregonlive.com/travel/2024/07/new-inclusive-park-is-part-of-a-growing-effort-to-improve-accessibility-on-oregon-coast.html

New inclusive park is part of a growing effort to improve accessibility on Oregon coast Schooner Creek Discovery Park, nearly 7 acres in the heart of Lincoln City, is designed to be accessible and inclusive while offering an experience as fun and challenging as visitors want to make it.

TRACK Trails are environmental scavenger hunts for Kids in Parks

Get kids into the outdoors with environmental scavenger hunts ENVIRONMENTAL SCAVENGER HUNTS: An appreciation for the outdoors is often learned at a young age. There's a new way to get kids interested and it's spanning Oregon and the nation.

Oregon Parks Forever and Kids in Parks announce the opening of a new disc golf trail at Metzler Park Nature Trail.

Metzler Park Nature Trail Disc Golf Course | Kids in Parks The Metzler Park Nature Trail Disc Golf Course utilizes a mixture of open and wooded fairways that will challenge both beginner and expert level disc golfers. Depending on the season, there are two course layouts for visitors: the "Summer Course" (Front 9) and "Winter Course" (Full 18). During the s...

https://www.keprtv.com/news/local/new-track-trails-in-northeastern-oregon-inspire-kids-to-explore-and-learn-outdoors

New Track Trails in northeastern Oregon inspire kids to explore and learn outdoors A new program by Kids in Parks has reached northeastern Oregon this summer, now four new "Track Trails" have been installed. The trails give children the opport

Two more TRACK Trails opened this June in Boardman and Hermiston, OR.

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