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Wildfire risk reduction events

Please join Portland Parks and Recreation and the Portland Fire Bureau in one of their Wildfire Risk reduction events in SWHRL: https://www.portland.gov/parks/nature/events/2025/2/28/marquam-nature-park-wildfire-risk-reduction-event https://www.portland.gov/parks/nature/events/2025/3/22/governors-park-wildfire-risk-reduction-event https://www.portland.gov/parks/nature/events/2025/3/26/marquam-nature-park-wildfire-risk-reduction-event While you are there, be sure to ask how to join or start a Neighborhood Firewise Community!

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Firewise: Governors Park

The Governors Park Neighborhood Firewise Community is the first Firewise Community in Portland’s Southwest Hills – hopefully, the first of many. Zone 1 was approved in October, 2024; we hope to begin signing up households in zones 2 and 3 early in 2025. Please note that if you live adjacent to or near these 3 […]

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Park Improvements

Native plant restoration in Governors Park SWHRL and neighborhood volunteers participated in a native-plant restoration project at Governors Park this week; over 100 native plants – including Pacific wax myrtle, snowberry, mock orange, ferns and Columbia Hawthorne – were placed in the southern section of the park, with some dozens more to come by the […]