FRIENDS OF BUFORD PARK AND

OUR MISSION IS TO NURTURE AND RESTORE OUR CONNECTION TO NATURE. OUR PROGRAMS INCLUDE: IMPROVING TRAILS AND ENHANCING COMPATIBLE RECREATION; STEWARDING HABITAT AND TRAILS THROUGH VOLUNTEER SERVICE; ADVOCACY FOR LAND RESTORATION; AND SUPPORTING OUR NATIVE PLANT NURSERY, WHICH SUPPLIES KEY NATIVE PLANT MATERIALS FOR PARK RESTORATION. THE FRIENDS COMBINE THE BEST SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE, MOST ADVANCED FIELD TECHNIQUES, AND GRASSROOTS VOLUNTEER POWER TO RESTORE AND MAINTAIN RARE HABITATS, AND BUILD AND MAINTAIN TRAILS TO THE HIGHEST STANDARDS TO ACCOMMODATE HALF A MILLION HIKERS AND EQUESTRIANS WHO ENJOY THE GREATER MT. PISGAH AREA ANNUALLY. WE HAVE ADVOCATED FOR AND PARTICIPATED IN MORE THAN 1,700 ACRES OF RIVERFRONT LAND ACQUISITIONS, (INCLUDING THE NATURE CONSERVANCY'S 1,305- ACRE WILLAMETTE CONFLUENCE PRESERVE BORDERING BUFORD PARK) WITHIN THE GREATER MT. PISGAH AREA. IN 2015, WE PURCHASED THE 62-ACRE "TURTLE FLATS" PROPERTY AT THE CONFLUENCE. WE PARTNERED WITH THE NATURE CONSERVANCY TO RE