Northwest Forest Conservancy Website
Site Updated 8-21-08
Austin Hot Springs to
Bagby Hot Springs Cleanup
Meet at 9:30am at the Ripplebrook Ranger Station. (27 miles se of Estacada) 61431 E Hwy 224
Sign in at 9:30am, donuts and coffee provided by Krispy Kreme. We will be on the road by 10am. Projects will include, tree planting, road and river cleanup, installation of Interpretive signs, and cleanup of Austin Hot Springs. Public access to Austin Hot Springs is only permitted during our Spring and Fall Cleanups! After the cleanup there will be a free BBQ for volunteers at Bagby Hot Springs.
Northwest Forest Conservancy adopted a 15 mile stretch of the Clackamas River, Collawash River, and Hot Springs Fork of the Collawash from SOLV and the Oregon State Marine Board. Working in cooperation with the Clackamas River Ranger District of the US Forest Service, NFC cares for this stretch of river. As partners in the Respect the River program NFC is installing Interpretive signage, helping restore riparian habitat, and educating the public. Funding provided by a Clackamas County Title III grant and your donations!
October 17-19
Bagby Hot Springs: Restoration & Trailwork
Meet at 9:00am at Bagby Hot Springs Every Day
Come help Bagby with NFC.
Volunteers are needed to help with:
- Our Interpretive Education Booth
- Parking Lot Security
- Trailwork
- Historic Preservation
Contacts:
Trailwork: Jack - 503-816-4805 or jack@nwforests.org
Everything else: Mike - 503-860-4705 or mike@nwforests.org
Volunteers will be in the parking lot 24 hours a day from the 17th to the 19th, and staying in the volunteer cabin at the hot springs. RSVP is appreciated.
NFC has partnered with the USDA Forest Service to restore the 1913 Bagby Cabin, Maintain the Bagby Trail, and provide Interpretive Services to the public.
NFC's Clackamas River Watershed Project
With funding from Clackamas County and a partnership with the USDA Forest Service, NFC recently install new interpretive signs along the Clackamas River in Dispersed Sites. See an example below!
2007 is over!
Read an overview of all the work accomplished!
2007 Report on Work Accomplished
Click on the picture below to download the event flier, directions and contact info:
Email mike at nwforests.org or call at 503-860-4705 to learn more or to volunteer!
Northwest Forest Conservancy's Wilderness Trails Initiative recently received national recognition from the American Hiking Society's National Trails Fund!
To learn more about the great hiking trails of the
Clackamas River Ranger District and how you can help maintain them,
visit the website of the
Trail Advocates!
Read the NFC and PortlandHikers.Com partnership announcement.
Historic Bagby Hot Springs Events
Every 3rd weekend of the month
at Bagby Hot Springs
Volunteers are needed to help at the trailhead and at the hot springs. Please call 503-860-4705 if you'd like to help.
HISTORIC BAGBY HOT SPRINGS
From May until December, join us every third weekend at Historic Bagby Hot Springs to help save the historic Bagby Guard Station. Volunteers please contact mike at nwforests dot org prior to the event.
(This project is supported in part by a grant from the Clackamas County Cultural Coalition, the Oregon Cultural Trust, the Siletz Tribal Charitable Fund, and the Kinsman Foundation.)
Click Here to Download our Bagby Event Flier
Down By The Riverside
Austin To Bagby Cleanup
Results Are In!
75 volunteers helped removed 6650 pounds of trash (3.5 tons) from Austin Hot Springs, Bagby Hot Springs, and from the banks of the Collawash River, the Clackamas River, and Hot Springs Fork of the Collawash: all key salmon habitat in the Upper Clackamas Watershed!
In addition, Northwest Forest Conservancy arranged for an abandoned vehicle to be removed from the Austin Hot Springs property.
Our thanks to our partners and sponsors and all the great volunteers who contributed so much time and effort to beautify the environment and helped make a real difference in the Upper Clackamas Watershed!
Event partners and sponsors: USDA Forest Service, Clackamas River Ranger District, Metro, Clackamas County Sheriff Reserve, SOLV, Krispy Kreme, Clackamas County, Clinkscales, Arrow Sanitary, and David's Junk Car Removal. Thank you!
NFC Newsletter Now Online.
Our winter newsletter, including our schedule of 2008
events at Bagby Hot Springs, is now available:
CLICK HERE
This is a cabin on Hawk Mt. It is all that left of an old lookout tower
from the 1930's. We would like to help save this and other historic
structures in the forest from destruction. 
You can see Mt. Jefferson visible in the background.
. Would you like to help?