Sept. 18th Grand Opening of Graham Oaks Nature Park in Wilsonville on Monday, September 13, 2010

Join Metro at the Sept. 18 grand opening to explore trails, restored oak woodlands, a conifer forest and rich wildlife at Graham Oaks Nature Park in Wilsonville.

This 250-acre destination is a playground not just for people, but also for wildlife. With restored oak woodlands growing bigger every year, Graham Oaks provides important habitat for native birds and mammals. Bring your family, bring your camera, bring a picnic to the sustainable new picnic shelter. Bring your curiosity, and learn how voters helped renew this special landscape.

Graham Oaks has a long and storied history, from the Kalapuyan tribes who gathered food here to the family that farmed the land – and the voters who helped purchase the site, restore its habitat and open it as a nature park. Native American tribes harvested food at Graham Oaks, which was later farmed by ancestors of former Wilsonville Mayor Charlotte Lehan. The site’s future was uncertain for some time, but Metro protected the land with two natural areas bond measures.

For more information about the grand opening, or about the park in general, click here.