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Walker Family Foundation Makes Huge Commitment to Education
Walker Family Foundation Makes Huge Commitment to Education as 2024 Closes The Walker Family Foundation, based in Milwaukie, made a huge financial commitment to Forests Forever and our education programs and facilities in December 2024. The Walker Family Foundation...
New Interpretive Signs Improve Visitor Experience
New Signs, Better Education Over the past two years, Forests Forever has been busy adding new interpretive signs around the Hopkins Demonstration Forest. The goal has been to create a better learning experience for our casual visitors and those participating in formal...
Forests Forever to Add an Educator in 2025!
Forests Forever to Add an Educator in 2025 - Sponsored by Hampton Lumber! New Educator to Reach More Youth As education and outreach have grown over the years at Forests Forever, thanks largely to our partnership with the OSU Extension Service in Clackamas County, so...
Friends of Hopkins Campaign – 2025
Friends of Hopkins Campaign for 2025—Please join us! Our annual Friends of Hopkins Campaign provides an opportunity for everyone to help support Forests Forever, Inc. through your financial contributions. Memberships in the Friends begins at $25 per year. All gifts...
Hopkins Charters Scout Troop
Forests Forever, Inc. continues to charter a Scouting America Troop (Troop 452) which has grown significantly since their beginning less than two years ago as a boys only troop. Now more than 20 strong the troop has been selected from over 1,000 applicants nationwide...
Hopkins Owns Sugarbush
At the Hopkins Demonstration Forest, bigleaf maple sugaring offers a unique learning experience during the winter months for educational youth programing, woodland owners, and the public at our very own Sugarbush. Visitors can both observe and learn about the entire...
New Trail Opens at Hopkins
The Redwood Trail is the latest addition to a network of more than 5 miles of hiking trails and roads throughout the Hopkins Demonstration Forest in Beavercreek. The Redwood Trail is located in the forest’s Uneven Age Management Area and winds through a grove of...
New Garden Comes to Life!
The Clackamas Co. Master Gardeners recently undertook a project to revitalize the garden growing in front of Everett Hall. The original native plant garden had become over-grown and needed some tender loving care. Master gardeners Karen Day and Laura Eyer headed up...
Tree School Field Day Returns to Hopkins
Hopkins Demonstration Forest hosted the second annual Tree School Field Day on Saturday, October 7th. Organized by our partners at OSU Extension, the Tree School Field Day brings together small woodland owners and experts in the field for a day of learning. Over 130...
Neither Rain, Sleet or Snow Kept Crowd Away
A rainy and cold wintery day—including sleet, hail and snow—couldn’t stop those attending the Forestry and Natural Resources Outreach Center Open House and Dedication at the Hopkins Demonstration Forest in Beavercreek last Sunday. More than 75 braved the December-like...
Woodland Family Names Hopkins Outreach Center
The new Forestry and Natural Resources Outreach Center at the Hopkins Demonstration Forest in Beavercreek was officially named after the Belton Family—prominent forest owners in Clackamas County—at a dedication ceremony Sunday, July 9. John Belton was a well-known...
Volunteers Heart and Soul of Forests Forever!
Our volunteers at Forests Forever and at Hopkins have always been one of the real keys to our success and ability to accomplish so much in the community. It all started with the Hopkins Demonstration Forest was donated to the non-profit, when we appointed the...