• https://www.portlandoregon.gov/parks/finder/index.cfm?action=ViewPark&PropertyID=528
• http://theintertwine.org/parks/powell-butte-nature-park
• Powell Butte was farmland, horse ranch, orchard
• Brought into park system because of very valuable habitat
• connected directly to the Springwater Cooridor - but also other area

• observe all the natural areas/green spaces that connect to the SWC
• looking east, there is national forest not to far away
• provides a huge reserve for animals and plant species to flow into the urban area

leave drive around the east ide of Powell Butte to Foster and head west

go to 111th and Foster- turn left into the Lents Floodplain area

• spend about 20 minutes here
• https://www.portlandoregon.gov/bes/article/286175
• constant flooding of Johnson Creek
• green infrastructure
• metro bought land, removed houses, put in meanders with logs
• there is a seasonal lake, that fills up and drains out
• wildlife habitat
• mitigation for floods and loss of money from damage, lost business, and other costs

1 hr 50 min

• spend about 1/2 hr here
• http://www.portlandoregon.gov/parks/finder/index.cfm?PropertyID=815&action=ViewPark
• http://theintertwine.org/parks/tideman-johnson-natural-area
• hike downstream
• lots of structures along streams - old version of the channelization with sidewalks
• removal
• restoration work - planting and logs in the stream

Leave and drive back on Crystal Springs to see the backside of the tideman Johnson park - really nice homes up against these parks

• Portland had a tax district to

Drive to the overlook for Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge - on 7th where it meets Bybee

• look out over the Ross Island
• connections from West Portland through the gulleys
• cooridors under the freeway