Tryon Creek State Natural Area
Saturday Guided Nature Hikes at Tryon Creek
Tryon Creek State Natural AreaMeet at the Nature Center and join a Naturalist on a hike through Tryon Creek. Topics will vary week to week and are geared to ages 5 and up, but all ages are welcome. Parents must accompany kids on all hikes. Groups of 10 or more should contact the park in advance. 8/23 – Trees of […]
Saturday Guided Nature Hikes at Tryon Creek
Tryon Creek State Natural AreaMeet at the Nature Center and join a Naturalist on a hike through Tryon Creek. Topics will vary week to week and are geared to ages 5 and up, but all ages are welcome. Parents must accompany kids on all hikes. Groups of 10 or more should contact the park in advance. 8/23 – Trees of […]
Bat Chats at Tryon Creek
Tryon Creek State Natural AreaBring your picnic blankets and settle in for an evening of bat viewing at the Tryon Creek meadow off the Bike Trail. Park Rangers will give a bat talk before assisting participants with spotting bats. Tryon Creek is home to Little Brown Bats, Silver-haired Bats and Big Brown Bats. Bats are crucial pollinators, fertilizers, seed […]
Bat Chats at Tryon Creek
Tryon Creek State Natural AreaBring your picnic blankets and settle in for an evening of bat viewing at the Tryon Creek meadow off the Bike Trail. Park Rangers will give a bat talk before assisting participants with spotting bats. Tryon Creek is home to Little Brown Bats, Silver-haired Bats and Big Brown Bats. Bats are crucial pollinators, fertilizers, seed […]
Indigenous Culture Day
Tryon Creek State Natural AreaCulture Day is a celebration of the reclamation of traditional lands for Indigenous Peoples that provides an accurate cultural experience for the whole community. This free, all-ages event offers the chance to listen and learn from Indigenous educators in the culturally rich land now known as Tryon Creek State Natural Area. In a short forest […]
Tryon Creek Earth Day: Volunteer Land Tending
Tryon Creek State Natural AreaJoin Friends of Tryon Creek to connect with and care for the park by removing ivy growing up trees or caring for newly planted trees near the creek. Volunteer activities include hiking and the use of hand tools. Instruction, gloves and tools provided (feel free to bring your own gloves). Best suited for adults or […]
Amazing Amphibians / Anfibios Increíbles
Tryon Creek State Natural AreaHave you ever seen funny looking tadpoles hanging out in ponds during the spring? Follow along as sister and brother, Alexandra and Emilio move to a new home and find a pond full of animals and amphibians. Nuestra Casa/Our Home is a bilingual Spanish/English book telling the story of discovering, belonging and caring for the […]
Indigenous Culture Day
Tryon Creek State Natural AreaHosted by Friends of Tryon Creek, Indigenous Culture Day is a celebration of the reclamation of traditional lands for Indigenous Peoples that provides an accurate cultural experience for the whole community. This free, all-ages event offers the chance to listen and learn from Indigenous educators in the culturally rich land now known as Tryon Creek […]
Friends of Tryon Creek Trillium Festival
Tryon Creek State Natural AreaCome on out to our annual Trillium Festival Saturday, April 5th, 9am -2pm Stop by the Gardening Resources Fair and learn from a whole lot of awesome land steward partners: - Tryon Creek Watershed Council - Oswego Lake Watershed Council - Westside Watersheds - West Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District - Tualatin Soil & […]