Join FBC in partnership with SOLVE and Portland Audubon to clean up Whitaker Ponds Nature Park. We'll spend time clearing litter from this treasured habitat and also birding along the gentle, half-mile loop. To register, please visit the SOLVE event page

• When: Saturday, February 18, 2023, 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM.

• Advanced Registration: Pre-registration is highly suggested! Please sign up here.

• Meeting Location: Whitaker Ponds Nature Park. Look for the SOLVE signs.

• Address: 7040 NE 47th Avenue, Portland, OR, 97218 (map link)

What to Bring: If you bring personal belongings, please bring a backpack so you can pick up trash hands-free. Dress for the weather, wear closed-toed shoes, and long pants. This event will go on rain or shine, so bring a waterproof jacket if the forecast calls for rain.

What's Provided: SOLVE will provide trash grabbers, trash bags, work gloves, and high-vis vests. FBC has extra binoculars.

Free parking is available in the park and nearby streets.

Transit: Trimet #75 bus line stops nearby; get off at the NE Columbia Blvd. and NE 47th stop and walk 6 minutes to the park.

Restrooms will be available in the park.

Accessibility notes, as per Birdability Map:
Accessibility rating = 4/5. There is an accessible parking place, which does not have room for a ramp. Curb cuts are present to move from parking lot to trail or sidewalk. Parking surface is paved. Ramp slopes are perfect; for every inch the ramp rises, it extends out 12 inches (1:12 ratio). Accessible portable restrooms are available. Trail surface is loose crushed stone/gravel. Trail slopes are manageable; they follow the 1:20 ratio. There are no benches along the trail or on the dock, but there is seating in the pagoda.