Activity Overview
Since the mid 1960's Portland's World Forestry Center has been teaching people about trees and nature whilst raising awareness on a multitude of environmental issues. Today it has three principal programs which each aim to enlighten the public and serve the natural world. They have a Discovery Museum with exhibits and tours available to the public and they also manage three working forests.
Things to Do
- Any trip to the World Forestry Center should begin at their Discovery Museum where there are 20,000 square feet of permanent and special exhibits.
- The permanent exhibits can be found on the first floor and focus on the forests of the Pacific North West.
- The second floor houses the special exhibits which usually explore forests from other parts of the world and also provide a showcase for the cultures and arts of other countries.
- The World Forestry Center's Tree Farms initiative sees them manage and maintain three working forests on a daily basis. These forests were donated to the Center by people who felt the Center would manage them in a sustainable and environmentally friendly manner.
- At the Magness Memorial Tree Farm it is possible to rent a bunkhouse to stay in. There are three different bunkhouses on offer which can house between 7 and 19 people.
World Forestry Center Insider Tips
- The Center's Forest Store is located on the first floor of the Museum and can be entered without paying admission to the rest of the building. There is lots of nature related merchandise on sale here such as stuffed animals, t-shirts, games, posters and hand crafts which make an excellent present or a personal souvenir.
- There are portable toilets which can be used by guests nearby along with a charcoal grill, tables and many benches to sit on. If a larger group wants to stay they can rent the Edmund Hayes Education Center which has a capacity of 100 people.
- Children under two years of age enter the Discovery Museum for free.
