THPRD News: Trails

Welcome back the rain at this family-friendly event. Learn about the healthy habitats that newts, and their fellow forest inhabitants, need to survive.

Fanno Creek Trail users in the Garden Home neighborhood will notice a recent change in the landscape. Several weathered steel sculptures were installed, just above the ground, along a 120-foot section of the trail near SW 86th Avenue.

On July 7, THPRD will close a portion of the Fanno Creek Trail to allow PGE to remove a dead poplar tree. The path will be closed between Garden Home Recreation Center and SW 76th Ave. from about 8 am to 1 pm.

A new program is bringing free group fitness classes and guided group walks to THPRD parks and trails this summer.

Blue skies and sunny days are just around the corner! THPRD has a five tips to help get you ready to enjoy the warmer weather that’s headed our way.

Upcoming scheduled maintenance at Willow Creek Boardwalk may force temporary closures or restricted access during mid-February. THPRD is testing a new deck surface, and will replace the existing decking in four test areas.

The Metro Council has approved a $3.7 million federal grant to THPRD for construction of a new, 1.5-mile trail that will connect Hocken Avenue in Beaverton to the Westside Trail at the Tualatin Hills Nature Park.

THPRD has completed two more major construction projects that will help meet recreational needs in the Beaverton area for years to come, including a trail segment that connects the Westside and Waterhouse trails.