Wolftree's outdoor classrooms are both public and private sites located throughout Oregon and Washington. Each site offers outstanding ecological field study and research opportunities along with necessary facilities and safety protocols. The following list represents established Wolftree sites. 

Click on the site name to be linked to a web site (if available) with more information about the site.

Click on PDF (if available) for specific directions and site and safety information.

 

Site Name

PDF

Landowner

Location

Description

Bear
Springs

PDF

Mt. Hood NF/Confederated. Tribes of Warm Springs

40 miles west of Madras, OR off Hwy 26 & Hwy. 216

This site offers residential experiences to explore forest ecology in a transitional vegetation zone between east and west.

Camp Polk Meadow Preserve

PDF

Deschutes Basin Land Trust

Near Sisters, OR, off Hwy. 20 & Hwy. 97

145 acres of rare wetland/wet meadow habitat along with the aquatic environs of Squaw Creek.  

Chenowith
Forest & Farm Conservancy

PDF

Chenowith
Forest & Farm Conservancy
located near Underwood, WA, about 70
miles east of Portland in the Columbia River Gorge.
a unique and significant opportunity to conserve and enhance vital regional biodiversity, provide research and educational opportunities, and support local communities.

Government Mineral Springs

PDF

Gifford Pinchot National Forest

15 miles north of Carson, WA, off Hwy. 30

Gateway to Trapper Creek Wilderness Area.

High
Valley Farm

PDF

Gifford Pinchot National Forest

Near Skamania, OR, off Hwy. 14

 

Hopkins
Demonstration
Forest

PDF

Forests Forever

Near Oregon City, OR, off I-205

This 'hands on' demonstration forest showcases a variety of approaches to forest management.

PDF

Portland Parks,
Metro, and private owners

located in outer Southeast Portland, off of Powell Blvd.

 

Larch
Mountain

 

PDF

Bureau of Land Management

Near Corbett, OR, off I-84

Just minutes from Portland, this site is designed for experiential learning.  It includes a myriad of forest types and small creeks. 

Magness
Tree Farm

PDF

World Forestry Center

Near Wilsonville, OR, off I-5

This 80-acre site has a large natural area, small stream, nine comparative forest management zones, 2.5 miles of hiking trails, and the historic "Clatskanie" fire tower.

Metolius Preserve

PDF

Deschutes Basin Land Trust

Near Camp Sherman, OR, off Hwy. 20

1,240 acres of critically important forest-land on Lake Creek, a tributary to Central Oregon's treasured Metolius River.  

Shevlin
Park

N/A

Bend Parks & Recreation

Near Bend, OR;

Tumalo Creek flows through a diverse Ponderosa Pine forest, which yields to western juniper on the uplands. Groves of quaking aspen add invaluable habitat diversity, 652-acres.

Smith Rock State Park

N/A

Oregon State Parks

Near Terrebonne, OR, off Hwy. 97

This internationally renowned rock-climbing destination is a geologic and biological wonderland.

Wildwood/
Cascade Streamwatch

PDF
only

Bureau of Land Management

Near Welches, OR; 40 miles west of Portland off Hwy. 26

Wolftree’s nationally acclaimed flagship site nestled in the forested foothills of Mt. Hood, along the Wild & Scenic Salmon River.

 


Alaskan Moose just north of Denali
Photo by Dale Waddell (May, 2004)

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