Bark

Join us on our next trek through the woods to survey for beaver habitats! Everyone is welcome, no experience is necessary, and carpool is available 🦫

Given the scale of degradation within streams and wetlands and throughout the West, we need all partners mobilized to restore these systems. Beavers are our greatest ally! But for this ecosystem engineer to successfully create resilience against drought and wildfire, they must be able to safely build and maintain their natural infrastructure while expanding their numbers and distributions across the state.

While there are many ‘tools’ in our beaver protection and restoration ‘toolkit’, one of the most critical is the ability to do restoration projects to improve beaver habitat in hopes they will recolonize the area on their own. We’ll also be on the lookout for areas we can relocate beavers from areas where they are not welcome to areas on Mt. Hood where they can thrive. Bark staff and volunteers play an important role in finding and verifying suitable habitat in Mt. Hood National Forest to share with our partners. Together we form a chain of dedicated beaver stewards!

Sign up here: https://bark-out.org/event/beaver-habitat-survey-field-day-8/

Join us at Bark HQ to learn about basic wetland ecology and Bark's work to protect Mt. Hood! 🦫🌊

Wetlands are often in and around forested areas proposed for logging and other timber treatments. Although there are strict rules protecting wetlands from being disturbed in timber extraction, those rules only apply to wetland which are accurately mapped and many of them aren’t. Since most wetland mapping in Oregon was done in the 1980’s, many wetlands go un-mapped or don’t match the size and shape they were mapped at decades ago. When we gain on-the-ground access to these wetlands, we’re able to accurately map their boundaries and classify them correctly, helping to protect them from future management projects on the mountain.

This class will be an integral first step in learning how to identify and classify wetlands on Mt. Hood in order to protect them from timber sales and other destructive practices. In-field trainings will follow later in the summer!

Sign up here: https://bark-out.org/event/introduction-to-wetland-ecology-and-mapping-2/

Got some big feelings about the state of the world? Get your hands dirty and make a direct impact at our next Parrott Creek restoration day on Saturday, May 9th. We'll be focused on removing invasive plants!

This is part of Parrott Creek's project of restoring this 80-acre site in Oregon city so that it can be a space where Indigenous people can safely gather natural resources such as foods, medicines, and weaving materials while connecting with the land and their communities and traditions.

Sign up here: https://bark-out.org/event/parrott-creek-restoration-day-7/