Guided by the Greater Forest Park Conservation Initiative, the Forest Park Conservancy maintains trails, restores native habitat, and inspires community appreciation and future stewardship for generations to come.

Each year, the Forest Park Conservancy recruits and trains more than 2,000 volunteers who log more than 7,000 hours in Forest Park – rain or shine. Are you interested in volunteering with us? Check out our Event Calendar to sign up for our currently scheduled events

Each year, FPC recruits and trains 2,000 volunteers who log more than 7,000 hours in Forest Park. Interested in volunteering, hiking or participating in another type of activity with FPC? Please fill out this form !

Forest Park offers an unparalleled opportunity for visitors to experience a true Northwest forest without leaving the Portland city limits. If you are a first-time user of Forest Park, you can read more about park hours, rules and history and see a map of all of the trailheads.

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Called the Greater Forest Park Conservation Initiative (GFPCI), Forest Park Conservancy and its partners have created a visionary roadmap to restore and protect not just Forest Park, but the surrounding ecosystem totaling more than 15,000 acres. The initiative looks at the park not as an “island” but as a critical component of a larger ...

Jan 17, 2025 · If you’ve been following the story of PGE’s Harborton Reliability Project, a project which would clear-cut 4.7 acres of trees in the northern part of Forest Park, the next stage in the approval process–a public hearing–has been scheduled.

In 1903, John Charles Olmsted and his brother Frederick Law Olmsted, sons of the designer of New York's Central Park and many other iconic green spaces in the United States, proposed that the densely wooded hills above northwest Portland be designated by the City as “a forest park."

Forest Park Conservancy works closely with Portland Parks & Recreation to maintain and improve more than 50 miles of soft surface trails in Forest Park and Marquam Nature Park for the use and enjoyment of all visitors.

The Forest Park Conservancy has been working in close partnership with Portland Parks & Recreation for many years to remove the threat of these invasive species and support an environment that is welcoming not only to native plants and animals but to people as well.