Pacific Northwest Oak Alliance

JBLM Monthly Standing Meeting
2025-02-27 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-03-27 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-04-24 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-05-22 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-06-26 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | USFWS Office Lacey, WA, 1009 College Street Suite 215, Lacey, Washington, 98503, United States
In-person

Partnership Quarterly Meeting
2025-03-05 08:30 - 09:30 | Washington
In The Dalles. Email oaks@columbialandtrust.org for more info and for an agenda.

Virtual Lunch 'n Learn hosted by the Oregon Fire Resilience Network
2025-03-11 08:00 - 17:00 | Washington
Erin Goodling, Portland-based researcher, writer, illustrator, and community organizer, will share a work in progress, a graphic novel project, House On Fire: Housing & Climate Crisis, Housing & Climate Resistance, shines a light on the intersection of housing issues and wildfire, with particular emphasis on how wildfire impacts unhoused communities. It also offers insights into the structural roots of catastrophic wildfire, and amplifies life-affirming ways forward such as Indigenous cultural burning, mutual aid, and community resilience efforts. Erin will share a bit about this project, as well as a zine / coloring book she created in collaboration with Friends of Tryon Creek, called “Good Fire in the Willamette Valley.”

Sense of Place (lecture series): New Attention on Oregon White Oaks and Why They Matter with Lindsay Cornelius
2025-03-12 19:00 - 20:30 | Columbia Center For the Arts, 215 Cascade Ave, Hood River, Oregon, 97031, United States
Info & Tickets

Forest Landowner Outreach Evening
2025-03-13 17:00 - 20:00 | Wamic Grange, Wamic Market Road, Wamic, Oregon, 97063, United States
Forestland Assessments & Available Resources for Fuels Reduction

Event Goals:

Introduce the forestland assessment (“rapid assessment”) and invite landowners to sign up

Share resources, funding, and technical assistance available to forest landowners in from various agencies/organizations

Share updates on fuels management projects on neighboring public lands

Hear from landowners about priorities, needs, questions

Goods From The Woods
2025-03-21 10:00 - 13:00 | Glide Educational Forest, Glide Disposal Site Rd, Roseburg, Oregon, 97470, United States
Explore the hidden treasures of the forest and discover the value of the non-timber forest products within our native ecosystems.

Join our celebration of International Day of Forests with an informative and relaxing walking tour through the Glide Educational Forest.

This free event invites you to discover the fascinating uses of native plants, guided by a variety of experts. Enjoy the peaceful surroundings and enrich your understanding of the plants we often overlook.

Portland-Vancouver Oak and Prairie Working Group Quarterly Meeting
2025-04-03 13:00 - 14:30 | Online
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88025190917 Meeting ID: 880 2519 0917

Ignite: Prescribed Fire Skills Course
2025-04-04 08:00 - 2025-04-06 17:00 | Siskiyou Field Institute, Selma, Oregon, 97538, United States
Chris Adlam, Ph.D. regional Fire Specialist, is holding a workshop series April (4-6) that is open to all. This is a hands-on course, but no experience is necessary.

Scholarships are available; contact Chris for more information.

Oak Woodland Restoration, Oswego Lake
2025-04-05 10:00 - 12:00 | Park at the church at 14903 Westlake Drive
Join Oswego Lake Watershed Council for a morning of land tending and restoration at Westlake HOA Oak Woodland. This beautiful habitat is home to centuries old Oregon white oaks and a diversity of wildlife. Volunteers will learn about Oregon white oak ecology, land tending and preserving oak ecosystems, and help remove invasive species and plant natives. For additional information and free registration, visit https://forms.gle/qNbCZRT4vLXWG9qR7.

Park at the church at 14903 Westlake Drive

Decade of the Oak: Arborist Workshop & Film Screening
2025-04-10 18:00 - 20:00 | Lake Theater & Cafe, 106 N. State Street
Join us for an evening of learning and discussion on Oregon white oaks!

This event explores a wide range of topics essential for oak tree health and maintenance with a short film screening and an informative presentation led by ISA Certified Arborist Brian French who brings over 24 years of experience and a passion for tree preservation. Learn how to recognize signs of oak tree health issues, structural problems, and to identify common threats like pests and diseases. You’ll learn best practices for watering, mulching, and planting around oaks, as well as how to protect them from storm damage. Brian will also share valuable pruning techniques for healthy growth and discuss the vital role oaks play in supporting local ecosystems. Bring your oak tree questions for the closing Q&A. Proactive oak tree care can enhance safety and save you money in the long run.

This program is offered by Oswego Lake Watershed Council in cooperation with the Lake Theater & Café and funded by the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board.

Admission is free, but preregistration is required and food and drink purchases are encouraged to help offset costs to the Lake Theater & Cafe. Doors open at 5:45. For more details and registration, visit https://events.humanitix.com/year-of-the-oak-arborist-workshop-and-film-screening and click “get tickets” in the upper right corner.

The Cascadia Prairie-Oak Partnership (CPOP) Conference
2025-04-14 08:00 - 2025-04-17 20:00 | Greater Tacoma Convention Center (Tacoma, WA), 1500 Commerce St,, Tacoma, Washington, 98402
The Cascadia Prairie-Oak Partnership (CPOP) Conference brings together conservation practitioners from northern California to southwestern British Columbia to discuss the protection and restoration of the critically important prairie-oak ecosystem.

Oregon White Oak Tree Survey Training
2025-04-19 10:00 - 12:00 | East Waluga Park Picnic Shelter, 15505 Quarry Road
If you like Oregon white oaks, don’t miss this chance to participate in a community science project! The Oswego Lake Watershed Council (OLWC) has developed a simple tool for trained participants to survey Oregon white oaks throughout the City. Locating trees and collecting data on their size, condition and overall health helps to inform management decisions. While the City is undertaking an inventory of trees on City owned and managed properties, residents can work with OLWC to help us all develop a better understanding of the urban forest. Participants will gather at the picnic shelter for a brief introduction and follow along as the workshop hosts demonstrate how to use the survey tool and collect tree data, then set out to survey oaks throughout East Waluga Park with the hosts there to assist and answer questions. After the workshop, you’ll be trained to survey oaks on your own property or your neighbors’ with their permission and a signed agreement provided by OLWC. This workshop is led by OLWC Project Coordinator, Rio Hybert, with assistance from the City’s contract arborist. Pre-registration is required and capacity is limited to 30 participants. Registered participants will receive an e-mail a few days prior to the event with background information to review and instructions for downloading the survey tool to your phone or tablet. Please bring your charged device and wear close-toed shoes. Register here: https://forms.gle/fCpwpQFzPQyPR3Mg6(link is external).

Oregon Prescribed Fire Council Annual Meeting
2025-04-23 08:00 - 2025-04-25 17:00 | Washington
Visit the OPFC website to learn more and contact the organizer.

Prairie Appreciation Day
2025-05-10 09:00 - 15:00 | Morse Wildlife Preserve, 25415 70th Ave E, Graham, Washington, 98338
Join us on Saturday, May 10, from 9 AM to 3 PM for Prairie Appreciation Day at Morse Wildlife Preserve! Celebrate the arrival of Spring and take in the beauty of blooming prairie wildflowers –native camas should be at its peak. This free event is a great opportunity to learn about the importance of prairie and other habitats and ongoing restoration efforts at the preserve.

Scheduled activities include:

9 AM bird walk

11 AM native plant tour led by Morse volunteers.

Please leave pets at home.

Prairie Appreciation Day
2025-05-10 10:00 - 15:00 | Glacial Heritage Preserve, Littlerock, WA
Come join in celebrating this unique ecosystem and learn what you can do to help save it!

Events include bird walks with information provided on recovery efforts of the Vesper Swallow, Great Horned Lark, and bluebirds. Visitors will see nesting Ospreys, western Purple Martins, bluebirds, and several species of swallow. It is an opportunity to meet with researchers from the University of Washington and Evergreen State College who are discovering fascinating relationships between the plants and animals of the prairies.

The Glacial Heritage Preserve is a unit of the Scatter Creek Wildlife Area and part of a larger complex of conservation and recreation lands that encompass Mima Prairie and the Black River. The unit was acquired in 2005 for the purpose of perpetuating the rare south Puget Sound prairie ecosystem that benefits many threatened and endangered species. The Glacial Heritage Preserve is open to the public once a year on Prairie Appreciation Day, offering a great opportunity to view wildlife and enjoy nature, along a network of maintained trails and roads surrounded by the beautiful Mima Prairie. This unit is located 4 miles southwest of Littlerock in Thurston County.

The gate will open at 10 am and close for new visitors at 2 pm, allowing everyone to go through the Activity Stations before they shut down at 3 pm.

The Prairie Appreciation Day is held on the second Saturday of May each year.

Wildflowers and Plants of the Oak Prairie
2025-05-11 14:30 - 16:30 | Scatter Creek Wildlife Area, Rochester, Washington, 98579, United States
Below the South Sound and many areas of Western Washington and Oregon remain a small fraction of beautiful Oak Prairies that once stretched far and wide. During this outing, walk the Scatter Creek Wildlife Area to learn and study the Spring wildflowers and plants blooming in this incredible habitat.

This plant-focused walk will be a flat, easy meander along the trails of the prairie. We will stop frequently to study plants and wildflowers, learning their names, ethnobotany, history, and ecology. Participants will learn relevant botany basics and useful terminology.

Registered participants will receive an email leading up to the event with information about the outing and where to park within this conservation unit to meet up with the group.

Run for the Oaks
2025-08-02 06:45 - 10:30 | Left Coast Estate, 4225 Pacific Hwy W, Rickreall, Oregon, 97371
Run for the Oaks will begin on Saturday morning August 2nd, 2025 at Left Coast Estate. All proceeds from the race, food and wine sales for the day will be devoted to the Oak Savanna Restoration Project. Following the race, wine tasting, live music, and awards will be held in the Oak Savanna, across from the tasting room.

Tree Farmer of the Year
2025-09-10 09:00 - 13:00 | Washington

Tree School
2025-10-25 08:00 - 17:00 | Churchill High School, Eugene, Oregon, United States
Tree School Lane will be held Saturday, October 25, 2025, at Churchill High School in Eugene. This mini-college features 32 classes on a wide variety of topics of interest to family forestland owners, professional foresters, loggers, arborists, teachers, and forest enthusiasts of Northwest Oregon. Early bird registration is $65 through October 8, and the fee will go up to $75 on October 9.

Tree School web page: Tree School Lane | OSU Extension Service

Catalog of talks: tslanecatalog2025-final.pdf

Organizer: Lauren Grand, OSU-Extension Forester, Lane County. lauren.grand@oregonstate.edu

2025 Urban Forest Summit
2025-11-01 09:00 - 12:30 | LO United Methodist Church, Lake Oswego, Oregon, United States
Join friends and neighbors for the 7th Annual Urban Forest Summit in Lake Oswego. Participate in a shared vision for a future where Oaks in Lake Oswego and surrounding areas thrive as vital and resilient ecosystems, supported by a community of care. Find your role in cultivating strong relationships between people and oaks, benefiting present and future generations.

Urban Forest Summit web page: Oswego Lake Watershed CouncilOrganizer: Rio Hybert, Oswego Lake Watershed Council: rio@oswegowatershed.org

7th Annual Lake Oswego Urban Forest Summit
2025-11-01 09:00 - 12:30 | Lake Oswego United Methodist Church, 1855 South Shore Blvd, Lake Oswego, Oregon
Join friends and neighbors for the 7th Annual Urban Forest Summit on November 1 from 9 am – 12:30 pm at the Lake Oswego United Methodist Church,1855 South Shore Blvd.

This year’s summit will showcase the magnificent Oregon white oak. Come learn about the value of oak trees in our community, participate in the development of the Lake Oswego Oak Strategic Action Plan, and hear an update on the City of Lake Oswego Tree Regulation amendments.

Sean Hogan, design consultant, author, and owner of Cistus Nursery, will be discussing oak species native to the West Coast and climate resilience.

Brendan Addis, Conservation Specialist with Clackamas Soil and Water Conservation District, will focus on efforts to support Oregon white oak ecosystems.

Engage with environmental experts and organizations and find out how YOU can “leaf” a legacy and help build a thriving and resilient ecosystem. The Urban Forest Summit is presented by the Oswego Lake Watershed Council in partnership with the City of Lake Oswego and the Lake Oswego Sustainability Network.
