Enjoy one of the final days of winter with Columbia Slough Watershed Council and local tree and bird expert, Ryan Gilpin, for a free educational walk all about trees. Winter can be a challenging time to identify urban trees, but a great time to view their structure and focus on the finer details. We can use the size, species, and some of these finer details to tell a story of the life of the tree, and through this story, gain insights about the history of a place itself. This event is free and open to all ages.

What to bring: Pack along water and snacks if you’d like.

Getting There: We will meet near Alberta Park in NE Portland at the corner of NE 25th & NE Ainsworth . Free neighborhood parking will be available. Taking public transportation? Bus lines 8, 17, and 72 make stops near the park.

Accessibility: The group will be walking along flat paved paths and potentially some flat dirt paths. No public restroom access.

Questions? Reach out to Amanda, at amanda.gallegos@columbiaslough.org.

Ryan Gilpin is a consulting arborist, founder of Nidus Consulting, and trip leader on bird walks throughout the Columbia Slough watershed. Ryan is chair of the Tree Care for Birds committee, has written Best Management Practices for arborists to minimize impacts to nesting birds and trains arborists to improve habitat in urban forests.