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Planting Zen Volunteer Day
Roll up your sleeves alongside the Land Trust's Emerging Leaders Council at NE Portland's Dharma Rain Zen Center for a day of backyard habitat restoration.
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Backyard Confidential
Notes from inside the backyard habitat certification process
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A Better Understanding
Executive Director Glenn Lamb reflects on natural spaces within city limits and creating a more inclusive and understanding environment.
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Beyond the Backyard
Portland communities are making more time and space for nature.
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Designs for Nature
Creative signs designed by a PNCA student bring outdoor education to an urban forest in SW Portland.
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One Yard at a Time
As Backyard Habitat Certification Program Manager Gaylen Beatty moves on, a Columbia Land Trust staffer reflects on the program's powerful impact.
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Rewilding Our Lives
Urban residents bring the wild home.
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