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Discover GreenScene – your guide to great places and green living.
Metro GreenScene features sustainable living tools, seasonal nature notes and stories about outstanding people and places. Plus you'll find hundreds of nature activities, paddle trips, bike rides, bird walks, volunteer ventures and natural gardening workshops offered all around the region.
In this issue
Summer fun at Metro parks
Pack a picnic, load up your loved ones and head to Blue Lake Regional Park for Fourth of July fireworks or a splash in the spray ground. Enjoy nature programs for children, teens and adults at Oxbow Regional Park, and stories and music around the campfire.More
Ready? Set? Dig!
Time to smell the flowers, touch the leaves and spot nature's soil superheroes in action at Metro's Blue Lake Natural Discovery Garden. From exploring a worm bin to prepping make-and-take strawberry plants, hands-on family activities show the ease of creating beautiful, pesticide-free yards that are safe for people, pets and the planet.More
More routes, more bicycling, more fun
This summer take advantage of the world-class biking trails and routes in the Portland metropolitan area with the eighth edition of Metro's Bike There! map. The waterproof, tear-resistant map is available for $9 at local book stores and bike shops or online. More
Free guided tours with Walk There!
Explore routes from Metro's Walk There! guidebook on a series of tours this summer. Get a free pedometer and learn about points of interest and the health benefits of walking from history buff Laura Foster and fitness expert Coach Carmen Jackinsky.More
Restoring Oregon's wild past for the future
The Green Legacy Fund has left its mark on the natural world in the form of young oak trees and an old prairie, a renewed creek and banished blackberries, science education and a live "salmon cam." Read about an innovative partnership between Metro and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to restore rare native habitats and inspire current and future generations to protect and enjoy nature.More
Summer calendar
GreenScene provides a comprehensive calendar of nature activities, gardening workshops and volunteer ventures offered by Metro and more than 100 other organizations.More
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- Summer 2010 GreenScene 4.8M Adobe Acrobat PDF | Published June 1, 2010
- Spring 2010 GreenScene 3.8M Adobe Acrobat PDF | Published March 1, 2010
- Winter 2009-10 GreenScene 3.2M Adobe Acrobat PDF | Published December 6, 2009
- Fall 2009 GreenScene 4.2M Adobe Acrobat PDF | Published September 1, 2009
- Summer 2009 GreenScene 3.7M Adobe Acrobat PDF
- Spring 2009 GreenScene 1.3M Adobe Acrobat PDF | Published March 10, 2009
- Winter 2009 GreenScene 3.4M Adobe Acrobat PDF | Published December 5, 2008
- Fall 2008 GreenScene 2.7M Adobe Acrobat PDF | Published August 29, 2008
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Discover Smith and Bybee Wetlands
Check out one of the largest populations of Western painted turtles in Oregon at Metro's 2,000-acre natural area in North Portland. Enjoy accessible wildlife watching on the Interlakes Trail, launch your kayak or join a guided nature walk. Go
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Summer at Oxbow
Discover an ancient forest and the beautiful Sandy River at Oxbow Regional Park. Two summer programs invite kids ages 5-10 and 12-16 to explore Oxbow's wild side. The whole family can enjoy music and stories around the campfire on Friday and Saturday nights.Learn more
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Native Plant Center brings back rare habitats
Watch a video about efforts to restore rare habitats at Graham Oaks and other natural areas throughout the region using the native plants and seeds sorted and grown by volunteers at Metro’s Native Plant Center. Go