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Friends of Tanner Springs

Celebrating our patch of imperiled oak-prairie through stewardship at Tanner Springs Park

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Events

Virtual Events

January 30, 2021February 23, 2021 tannersprings

Get your feet wet engaging in nature through virtual events. Connect with experts who research, preserve, and protect the wildlife we love and lands we call home. The events are […]

Habitat

Native and Nuisance Plants

October 9, 2018November 15, 2020 tannersprings

Exploring the Portland landscape is a visceral experience of the natural heritage thousands of years in the making. Rocky buttes cloaked in forest and prairie dapple the urban boundary. Streams and rivers […]

Stewardship

Cultivating Curiosity and Stewardship

September 7, 2018November 17, 2020 tannersprings

WELCOME TO TANNER SPRINGS PARK, an urban oasis of oak-prairie and wetlands – a microcosm of the richness that the Willamette Valley once held. Less than 5% remains of the […]

Habitat

Restoring Oak-Prairie

September 22, 2017January 15, 2021 tannersprings

A bird’s eye view of the Willamette Valley  10,000 years ago would have exposed a matrix of  oak-prairies throughout the region. Now only 5% remains–a national assessment identified it as one […]

Wildlife

Blues and our Great Blue

September 12, 2017November 15, 2020 tannersprings

  The Great Blue Heron’s tall silhouette in the pond barely moves for hours. It waits patiently for its prey to swim in and out of the pond shadows. Looking for […]

Wildlife

Stepping Stones for Wildlife

September 1, 2017November 17, 2020 tannersprings

2018 Ducklings at Tanner Springs Park Our stepping stone park has been home to another clutch of Mallard ducklings. In spring ten ducklings hatched of which 8 survived. Their mother’s […]

Wildlife

More Milkweed for Monarchs

August 13, 2017November 16, 2020 tannersprings

At Tanner Spring Park we are hoping to expand the Western breeding habitat for Monarchs by increasing Showy Milkweed. Monarchs migrate through Portland, as well as the northern Oregon coast but have not […]

Stewardship

Community Stewardship

October 24, 2016November 16, 2020 tannersprings

Parke Diem brought our community together for a successful planting despite weather setbacks and rescheduling. Friends of Tanner Springs Park,  Portland Parks and Recreation employees and new volunteers extended our mosaic […]

Stewardship

Volunteer

October 3, 2016January 29, 2021 tannersprings

Join Friends of Tanner Springs year-round as we restore the oak-prairie habitat at Tanner Springs Park in Portland’s Pearl District. All you need is a pair of garden gloves. We have the tools.  If […]

Habitat

The Pearl’s Heritage Park

October 2, 2016January 29, 2021 tannersprings

Tanner Springs Park is the expression of a Portland community’s sense of place through reconnections with nature and history. A contaminated city block is transformed into a tranquil park with oak-prairie […]

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