Join city staff from the Naturespaces program and volunteers from the Adopt-A-Park program from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Dec. 10 to pull invasive English ivy in Behrens Woods Urban Nature Area, 3005 S.E. Bella Vista Place, Vancouver. The focus will be removing ivy from on and around trees to minimize impacts to forest health. The […]
Volunteer with staff from the city of Vancouver from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Jan. 16, Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, to remove English ivy at Marine Park, 4501 S.E. Columbia Way, Vancouver. This ivy pull will be followed by a short nature walk through the riparian bottomland forests of the park, where participants […]
Join Vancouver's Litter Stewards from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Jan. 28 at the Starke Natural Area on Northeast Park Plaza Drive to help pick up litter. Volunteers are encouraged to dress for rain. Sturdy shoes and long pants are required. Youth under 18 must bring a signed minor consent form. Youth under 16 should be […]
Attend a family-friendly Litter Stewards Training from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Feb. 24 in the Aspen Room of City Hall, on the first floor at 415 W. Sixth St., Vancouver. Volunteers will receive training on safety protocols, how to identify city and public property, how to dispose of both hazardous and common trash and how […]
Join Vancouver Litter Stewards to clean up trash from Campus Community Garden in the Burnt Bridge Creek neighborhood, located on N.E. Campus Drive near Meadow Homes. Clean-up will happen from 9 to 10 a.m. March 11. Registration is required at volgistics.com/appform/973765405.
The Fort Vancouver Community Library, 901 C St., will host a Recycle 201 course from 2 to 3 p.m. March 18. Attendees are invited to take the next step to go beyond the basics of curbside recycling. Attendees will discover a wide variety of recycling and reuse options available locally for plastic bags, appliances, bulky […]
The city of Vancouver is hosting a Sustainable Communities Fair in celebration of Earth Day from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 22 at Bagley Community Park, 4607 Plomondon St., Vancouver. Sign up for a service project in the morning, a litter cleanup or park planting, then stop by the fair for family-centered workshops, games […]