12,400 acres conserved · 1.4M trees planted

Events · 2026 season

Volunteer days, field schools, fundraisers.

Most of our events are free. The fundraisers are not. Both keep the work going. Below, the full 2026 calendar.

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Volunteers planting on a slope
Hand placing a seedling
Field school students
Crew lead walking a parcel
Hands holding native seedlings
Person walking through forest

8

Events this season

184

Open volunteer slots

48

Field school students

5

Cities

May 2026

1 event

23

May

Saturday

Volunteer Day

Wilson River planting day

Spring planting on a 40-acre unit replanted from a 2018 clearcut. Crews work 9–3, lunch on the slash piles, ride home tired. We provide tools, gloves, and the long lecture about why we plant the way we plant. You provide boots and a willingness to be cold and wet.

June 2026

1 event

12

June

Friday

Fundraiser

Spring benefit: A toast to twelve thousand acres

Our annual spring benefit. Dinner from Han Oak, Oregon wines, a short program with field reports from this year's restoration crews, and an honest pitch. No silent auction. No paddle raise. We trust you to give what you can give.

July 2026

2 events

6

July

Mon–Fri

Field School

Summer field school — Session A

Two weeks residential. Students work alongside our restoration crews three days a week, attend lectures from working ecologists two days, and produce a final field report on a parcel of their choosing. Many of our fellows started here.

25

July

Saturday

Volunteer Day

Elwha Spur invasive removal

Pulling Himalayan blackberry and English ivy from a 540-acre acquisition near the Elwha River. Hot, scratchy work. We bring the loppers and the salve.

August 2026

1 event

8

August

Saturday

Talk

A talk with Jamal Ferreira: How we buy land

Our Director of Land Acquisition on the actual mechanics — competing with timber REITs, structuring bargain sales, working with retiring families on multi-generational legacy plans. An hour of the unglamorous work that sets up everything else.

September 2026

1 event

19

September

Saturday

Open House

Fall prescribed burn — observation day

Observe a low-intensity prescribed burn drawn from Yakama Nation fire knowledge. You'll be at a safe distance with our fire ecologist and Yakama fire council leads explaining what you're watching and why.

October 2026

1 event

10

October

Sat–Sun

Volunteer Day

Stewardship monitoring weekend

Annual ecological monitoring on our largest 2024 acquisition. Bird counts, stream temperature checks, wildlife camera retrieval. A different kind of field day — slower, observational, and the closest you can get to the work of stewardship.

November 2026

1 event

14

November

Friday

Fundraiser

Fall fundraiser — Seattle

Our Washington-side benefit. Same format as Portland, with the year's program report from our Olympic Peninsula and Cascades crews. Dinner, conversation, a short program, and a direct ask.

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Want to bring a group?

Companies, schools, congregations, friend groups, family reunions — we'll plan a custom volunteer day for groups of 10 to 80, anywhere we have an active parcel within driving distance.