Powell Butte Nature Park Volunteer Clean Up Portland, OR
Oct 08 2005

Powell Butte Nature Park is a favorite for many of us, and it needs our tender care. When it was used as a dairy farm the cows kept at bay the Himalayan blackberries, the Hawthorne bushes and the evil English ivy. Now that the cows are gone, orienteers and other park users are the ones who need to preserve this natural area. The deer, coyotes, rabbits, snakes and hawks just can’t do it themselves.

October 8th is our Clean Up day at Powell Butte. We’ll work from 9:00 a.m. until noon, then head for a local pizza place. The meeting place is not the main entrance to the park, but is on the south side of the butte, directions below. Staff from the Portland Park Bureau will supply tools and instructions; we provide the brawn. There’s always interesting conversation on Clean Up Day!

contact: Anndy Wiselogle

Directions: Carpool: Meet at 8:45 a.m. at Gateway Transit Center, NE 99th & Pacific Street in Portland (between Glisan and Halsey Streets). Private vehicle: From I-205, take Foster Road, Exit 17. Drive east 3 miles, and turn north (left) on 158th Avenue.