Tree School Field Day at Hopkins Demonstration Forest

Join us for our second annual Tree School Field Day at the Hopkins Demonstration Forest in Oregon City! The day will include a schedule of field classes and learning opportunities throughout the demonstration forest for students to choose from. The wide variety of forest types and demonstrations at the 140 acres of Hopkins provides diverse learning opportunities for woodland owners, caretakers, and enthusiasts.

Likely topics include:

• Attracting forest pollinators to your property
• Bigleaf maple sugaring with the Oregon Maple Project
• Forestry for birds
• Forest health
• Mature & mixed-age forest management
• Reforestation
• Riparian forest practices
• Sawmill demonstration
• Thinning your forest
• Weed management for landowners
• Wildfire & home defensible space

Please note the course lineup may change prior to the Tree School Field Day, students will have the opportunity to rank their interests during registration which will influence the lineup and schedule. A schedule and map will be provided to registered attendees the day of the event.

Registration is for ages 12 and up, if you need to bring a child under 12 or if you have accessibility requests, please contact Jean at 503-655-8631 or [email protected]. Registration will be open until noon on Friday, October 6th or until capacity is reached.

Registration is required for all in attendance, there will be no walk-in registration. Please note that Hopkins Demonstration Forest will be closed to the public during this event.