Cascadia Wild COMMUNITY CLUBS 

Our free monthly Tracking Club and Nature Book Club provide a place to explore the natural world, connect with community, and learn from each other. Themes and book selections change monthly. Keep reading to see our club schedule for 2025/2026.

nature book club 

Book club meets online
​Time: 6:00pm-7:30pm.
Next meeting: January 14 

Book club will meets every 2nd Wednesday of the month. 

January's book:
A Honeybee Heart has Five Openings: A Year of Keeping Bees
by Helen Jukes
An inspiring up-close portrait of tending to a honeybee hive - a year of living dangerously - watching and capturing the wondrous, complex universe of honeybees and learning an altogether different way of being in the world. 
Scroll down for upcoming book selections.

tracking club

Next meeting: December 28
Monthly, usually last Sunday of the month
9am-12pm
at Oxbow Regional Park
3010 SE Oxbow Pkwy, Gresham, OR 97080​
Meet at the Floodplain, which is the first parking lot on the left after you enter the park.​
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Cost: Free - but $5 entrance fee to Oxbow Park per vehicle.
​Join us as we explore along the Sandy River for signs of wildlife! 
December's Tracking Club: Aquatic Mammals
Beaver, mink, and otter, oh my! Come search the banks of the Sandy for signs of these and other aquatic species. 
Tracking club is open to everyone, whether you're an experienced tracker, completely new, or somewhere in between. ​​

​Led by Cascadia Wild Tracking Leaders, this is an informal gathering where you can practice your tracking skills and learn from each other. It is a space for people to get together, learn and share knowledge, encourage each other along our journey, and have fun.

​The terrain at Oxbow is relatively flat and is a mix of sand and grass floodplain, with a few (usually dry) channels to walk across. The shore of the river is sloped and has some river rocks in the wet sand or mud. There is a bathroom facility at the meeting area. Wear sturdy shoes if you need them and always dress for the weather.

The floodplain at Oxbow Park hosts a diversity of wildlife. Some of the tracks and signs we've encountered there have been left by cougar, coyote, bear, deer, toad(!), mink, beaver, otter, and more! You never know who you might find.

Meet at the Floodplain, which is the first parking lot on the left after you enter the park.​
Cost: Free - but $5 entrance fee to Oxbow Regional Park per vehicle.

2025 ​CLUB SCHEDULE​

MONTH 
TRACKING CLUB THEME
NATURE BOOK CLUB TITLE
AUGUST
bird track, scat, and signs ​
Dead Wood: the Afterlife of Trees  by Ellen Wohl
SEPTEMBER
spiders and other invertebrates
NO BOOK CLUB MEETING
OCTOBER 
being the animal
The Hidden World of the Fox by Adele Brand
NOVEMBER
gratitude
What the Robin Knows: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World  by Jon Young
DECEMBER
Aquatic Mammals - beaver, mink, otter
Night Magic: Adventures Among Glowworms, Moon Gardens, and Other Marvels of the Dark by Leigh Ann Henion
JANUARY
TBD
A Honeybee Heart Has Five Openings: A Year of Keeping Bees by Helen Jukes
FEBRUARY
TBD
Becoming Earth: How Our Planet Came to Life by Ferris Jabr

CASCADIA WILD CALENDAR