Forest Park is a precious natural treasure that provides amazing access to nature, helps clean our water & air, and protects wildlife habitat. Forest Park faces big challenges: climate change, invasive species, and urban growth are taking a toll on the Park's ecosystem. FPC has created a road map to restore and protect not just Forest Park, but its entire surrounding ecosystem totaling more than 15,000 acres.
Everything about Forest Park is impressive: its size (5,200 acres); its unique environment (home to more than 150 plant and animal species); and the opportunities it provides us (80 miles of trails for outdoor recreation). Yet as impressive and immense as Forest Park is, so too are the challenges it faces. Climate change, invasive species, and urban growth, are taking a toll on the Park's environmental health. The time is now to combat these threats before they grow increasingly worse.
The Greater Forest Park Conservation Initiative prioritizes projects that will have the greatest impact on improving the health of Forest Park. The GFPCI has four key goals: Protect and improve water quality in the Park's more than 30 miles of streams. Protect and improve the connectivity between Forest Park, the Tualatin Mountains, the Coast Range and the Willamette River. Improve forests to support diversity, environmental integrity, connectivity. Protect native wildlife diversity.
The long-term benefit include: Cleaner air and water in the Portland metro area Better trails for hiking, running and biking Healthier habitat for native wildlife
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
