Below you’ll find a combination of programs offered by Oregon State Parks and Friends of Tryon Creek. Find registration for Winter camp here.
Featured Events
Guided Hike
Join Oregon State Park Rangers and volunteer Naturalists to venture out with a park guide for a free nature hike to explore Tryon Creek’s forest and learn about the plants and animals that call this natural area home. Topics will vary from week to week, and will be geared for ages 5 through adult, but all ages are welcome. Parents must accompany kids on all hikes. No registration needed, meet in front of the Nature Center at 10am.
Guided Hike
Join Oregon State Park Rangers and volunteer Naturalists to venture out with a park guide for a free nature hike to explore Tryon Creek’s forest and learn about the plants and animals that call this natural area home. Topics will vary from week to week, and will be geared for ages 5 through adult, but all ages are welcome. Parents must accompany kids on all hikes. No registration needed, meet in front of the Nature Center at 10am.
Guided Hike
Join Oregon State Park Rangers and volunteer Naturalists to venture out with a park guide for a free nature hike to explore Tryon Creek’s forest and learn about the plants and animals that call this natural area home. Topics will vary from week to week, and will be geared for ages 5 through adult, but all ages are welcome. Parents must accompany kids on all hikes. No registration needed, meet in front of the Nature Center at 10am.
Guided Hike
Join Oregon State Park Rangers and volunteer Naturalists to venture out with a park guide for a free nature hike to explore Tryon Creek’s forest and learn about the plants and animals that call this natural area home. Topics will vary from week to week, and will be geared for ages 5 through adult, but all ages are welcome. Parents must accompany kids on all hikes. No registration needed, meet in front of the Nature Center at 10am.
Guided Hike
Join Oregon State Park Rangers and volunteer Naturalists to venture out with a park guide for a free nature hike to explore Tryon Creek’s forest and learn about the plants and animals that call this natural area home. Topics will vary from week to week, and will be geared for ages 5 through adult, but all ages are welcome. Parents must accompany kids on all hikes. No registration needed, meet in front of the Nature Center at 10am.
Nature Educator Training
We would like to invite you to our upcoming 2024 Friends of Tryon Creek Nature Educator Training!
Who should attend? Educators of all walks, teachers, volunteers, community members, early career folks, those interested in learning more about the environmental field, cultural implementation, restoration and working with youth.
Learn Indigenous ways of knowing, culturally proficient communication, land-based educational hike methodology and more.
Additional Information:
$30 for members, or $60 for non-members which includes a complimentary individual Friends of Tryon Creek membership
Light refreshments and snacks will be provided
Certificate of accomplishment upon completion
Learning goals/objectives:
Learn tools of balance through the Relational Worldview Model
Explore Indigenous ways of knowing through our cultural restoration plan including land-tending and cultural burning
Experience an educational hike using land-based methodology
Learn how Friends of Tryon Creek embodies our values and focuses on equity, inclusion and social justice
Registration Instructions:
Please register here.
You will be prompted to create an account if you are not currently a member.
If you are a member, please use your membership email to receive the member rate.
Once you are logged in, from the dashboard, click on “Upcoming Events/Camp Registration” on the left
Select the Nature Educator Training and click “Register”
Follow the prompts to complete your registration
If you have any questions, please email Education Program Coordinator, Betty Bryant.
Guided Hike
Join Oregon State Park Rangers and volunteer Naturalists to venture out with a park guide for a free nature hike to explore Tryon Creek’s forest and learn about the plants and animals that call this natural area home. Topics will vary from week to week, and will be geared for ages 5 through adult, but all ages are welcome. Parents must accompany kids on all hikes. No registration needed, meet in front of the Nature Center at 10am.
Nature Walk for Autism Community
Join the Autism Society of Oregon for a guided nature walk at Tryon Creek State Natural Area led by a Master Naturalist. These walks are for Autistic adults (18+), their families, friends, and supporters to enjoy and experience nature together without any agenda or judgment.
These hikes are free, but group size is limited so registration is required.
Guided Hike
Join Oregon State Park Rangers and volunteer Naturalists to venture out with a park guide for a free nature hike to explore Tryon Creek’s forest and learn about the plants and animals that call this natural area home. Topics will vary from week to week, and will be geared for ages 5 through adult, but all ages are welcome. Parents must accompany kids on all hikes. No registration needed, meet in front of the Nature Center at 10am.
Guided Hike
Join Oregon State Park Rangers and volunteer Naturalists to venture out with a park guide for a free nature hike to explore Tryon Creek’s forest and learn about the plants and animals that call this natural area home. Topics will vary from week to week, and will be geared for ages 5 through adult, but all ages are welcome. Parents must accompany kids on all hikes. No registration needed, meet in front of the Nature Center at 10am.
Guided Hike
Join Oregon State Park Rangers and volunteer Naturalists to venture out with a park guide for a free nature hike to explore Tryon Creek’s forest and learn about the plants and animals that call this natural area home. Topics will vary from week to week, and will be geared for ages 5 through adult, but all ages are welcome. Parents must accompany kids on all hikes. No registration needed, meet in front of the Nature Center at 10am.
Nature Walk for Autism Community
Join the Autism Society of Oregon for a guided nature walk at Tryon Creek State Natural Area led by a Master Naturalist. These walks are for Autistic adults (18+), their families, friends, and supporters to enjoy and experience nature together without any agenda or judgment.
These hikes are free, but group size is limited so registration is required.
Nature Inspired Holiday Wreath Workshop
Poppy & Finch Woodland Moss Holiday Wreath with Repurposed Embroidery Hoop
Embroidery hoops are a perfect base for wreath-making, besides it looks cool and it’s a great way to repurpose! Create a one-of-a-kind and unique holiday wreath with living moss, preserved moss, branches, PNW Western Red Cedar, Sword Ferns, dried ferns, ribbons/strings, and a decorative cardinal for good luck. There will be another additional surprise fun elements to add to your wreath at additional cost. It’s a perfect outdoor wreath for your front door or backyard since it is weather resistant to the cold!
You will also learn the beauty and importance of native plants for our habitat. Workshop fee $85, 20% of workshop fee will be donated to Friends of Tryon Creek. All supplies included. Hot tea will be provided! Ages: 12+
Celebrating Fish in Tryon Creek: Fintastic Film Screening
Join the Tryon Creek Watershed Council (TCWC) to enjoy short films and a panel in celebration of fish in Tryon Creek! RSVP HERE.
This celebratory and educational event will showcase a few special films to highlight efforts to honor and support native migratory fish. Learn about Pacific Lamprey and Cultural Ecology through a Freshwaters Illustrated film featuring Gabe Sheoships, Cayuse, Executive Director of Friends of Tryon Creek.
From TCWC, we’ll share for the first time two new short films: In celebration of a recent project (Boones Ferry Bridge) that improved in-stream habitat and passage for the coastal cutthroat trout in Tryon Creek, and about the Highway 43 Culvert Project, the largest fish passage barrier removal project in the watershed, which is in progress.
Doors open at 5:30 pm Programming from 6-8pm
Snacks and beverages will be provided.
Location: Lewis & Clark College’s Fowler Student Center, Council Chamber
Parking: Parking enforcement will be alerted about the event beforehand; we will be in touch if there are specific directions from them – including recommended purchase of $3.75 daily parking pass.
Panelists:
Gabe Sheoships, Friends of Tryon Creek Executive Director
Melissa Brown, Fish Biologist at City of Portland
Others to be announced
Please RSVP to receive final details!
Thanks to City of Portland Bureau of Environmental Services for funding our Science Talk programming, , and to Jess Gustafson (LC ’25) for their work on developing TCWC’s films through Lewis & Clark’s Sustainability Internship.
