Join the City of Vancouver's Volunteer Programs department, the Water Resources Education Center, and the Lower Columbia Fish Enhancement Group will host a mulching work party and nature walk from […]
Volunteers are invited to join a garden cleanup from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Dec. 17 at Vancouver's Water Resources Education Center, 4600 S.E. Columbia Way. Tools will be provided but bring garden gloves in you have them. Registration is required. Participants will receive a confirmation letter with details after registration. Register at cityofvancouver.us/publicworks/page/water-center-garden-cleanup-and-planting. For more […]
Volunteer to put native plants in the ground at Vancouver's Water Recourses Education Center, 4600 S.E. Columbia Way, Vancouver, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Feb. 18. Some general garden tidying […]
Join staff from Vancouver's Water Resources Education Center, 4600 S.E. Columbia Way, to pull English ivy in Marine Park, 4501 S.E. Columbia Way, from 9:30 a.m. to noon on March 18. Tasks include cutting ivy off of tree trunks, pulling ivy free from the soil and shoveling and spreading bark mulch. Gloves, tools and snacks […]
Mark World Water Day by joining a group of volunteers at Marine Park, S.E. Marine Park Way and Columbia Way, to pick up litter, rain or shine, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. March 22. Litter pickers and buckets will be provided. Volunteer should expect to walk 1.5 miles on paved and uneven, muddy trails. Registration is […]
Vancouver Public Works will offer a tour of the Marine Park Wastewater Treatment Plant from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. March 25. Participants should meet at the Water Resources Education Center, 4600 S.E. Columbia Way, Vancouver. Learn what happens to the water that goes down your drain. How far does it travel? Where does it […]
The Water Resources Education Center, 4600 S.E. Columbia Way, Vancouver, will offer a free mason bee workshop from 1 to 2:30 p.m. March 25 led by Kyle Roslund, bee expert […]
The Water Resources Education Center, 4600 S.E. Columbia Way, Vancouver, will host a free Columbia River Walk from 10 a.m. to noon April 5. All ages are welcome to join this 1.5- to 2-mile walk on paved surfaces and muddy, sandy or wet trails. Participants will see spring on the banks of the Columbia River, […]
Enjoy a free spring nature walk along the Burnt Bridge Creek watershed from 9 to 11 a.m. April 26 with an educator from Vancouver's Water Resources Education Center. Learn about restoration projects and stormwater management while discovering more about native plants, animals and birds of the area. Plan to walk 1.5 miles on paved surfaces, […]
The city of Vancouver is hosting a spring clean-up at Wintler Community Park, 6400 Beach Drive, Vancouver, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. May 6. The goal is to remove as much litter as possible before high springtime water levels take it downstream. Registration is required at cityofvancouver.us/publicworks/page/wintler-park-beach-cleanup. Gloves, litter bags and hand sanitizer will be provided. […]
Join staff from Vancouver's Water Resources Education Center to pull English ivy in Marine Park, 4501 S.E. Columbia Way, Vancouver, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. May 13. Volunteers will cut ivy from tree trunks, pull ivy from the soil and spread bark mulch, rain or shine. Gloves, tools and snacks will be provided. Ivy pulling […]
The City of Vancouver will host a guided Columbia River Plant Walk starting at the Vancouver Water Resources Education Center, 4600 S.E. Columbia Way, Vancouver, from 10 a.m. to noon May 24. The walk will focus on the trees, flowers and shrubs in the riparian zone, the habitat along the water's edge. These transitional zones […]
Volunteer to help the Water Resources Education Center keep its gardens weed-free. Volunteers will tidy the garden and pull blackberries, ivy and other spring weeds at the Water Center, 4600 […]
The Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership and Vancouver’s Water Resources Education Center will offer family-friendly paddles around Vancouver Lake aboard 29-foot, 14-passenger Big Canoes from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. June 10, starting from Felida Moorage and Marine Services, 4911 N.W. 122nd Street, Vancouver. Paddlers will glide past shore birds, look for signs of beaver activity […]
Join staff from Vancouver's Water Resources Education Center to pull English ivy in Marine Park from 9 to 11 a.m. June 17. Activities include cutting ivy from tree trunks, bending […]
The Water Resources Education Center will offer a free Twilight Tuesday Nature Walk from 8 to 9:30 p.m. June 27, meeting at the Water Resources Education Center, 4600 S.E. Columbia […]
Every Wednesday in July from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., the City of Vancouver’s Water Resources Education Center will host "Reading in the Wild," a free outdoor reading series for families with kids ages 3 to 6 years old. Reading in the Wild connects stories with nature activities. Each program begins with story time under […]
