Below you’ll find a combination of programs offered by Oregon State Parks and Friends of Tryon Creek. Registration for Fall & Winter camp programs are now open.
Featured Events
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.
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.
This hike has a set route: Old Main Trail to Big Fir Trail to Center Trail to Maple Ridge Trail. Access Recreation has an excellent description of this route for those wondering about the accessibility of this hike: https://www.accesstrails.org/overview/tryon-creek/.
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.
