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Join over 2500 friends, neighbors, and citizens to protect our natural parks from future development ambitions. Sign & mail your petition so LO can vote to protect these natural habitats!
GET PETITIONProtect Our Natural Parks
We listened and we heard you! Learn about our citizen initiative to protect 15 natural parks from development to protect habitat and for our enjoyment as natural habitats!
LEARN MOREProtect LO Natural Parks Kick-Off
Les Emery, son of John and Majorie Emery whom deeded Cooks Butte to the City, spoke to a full house officially kicking-off our Protect LO Natural Parks initiative effort.
WATCH VIDEOPark Protections
Springbrook Park is the ONLY natural area protected. Our initiative adds 15…
Read MoreCharter Amendment
Our community-led ballot initiative revises “Chapter X – Park Development Limitation” in…
Read MorePetition E-Sheet
DOWNLOAD PETITION E-SHEET Petition ID: 2020IN-1. Download the Petition. Print It. Sign…
Read MoreFrequently Asked Questions
Get answers to your burning questions on the petition and the ballot…
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Latest News
Don’t take LO natural areas for granted
CLAIRE PUCHY’SCITIZEN’s VIEW The recent wildfires are a reminder of how precious our environment is to humans, as well as to wildlife. Natural areas — even small ones in urban areas — contribute to our physical and…
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MEGAN BUSBEE’SREADER’S LETTER Nausea, tightened chest, headaches and anxiety were my symptoms from the relentless toxic wildfire smoke that eerily and dangerously clouded LO. I’m pretty certain too that I wasn’t alone in experiencing these adverse health…
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The debate is over, action is required now
“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference and you have to decide what kind of a difference you want to make.” -Jane…
Read MoreLake Oswegans rally together to save property next to Hallinan Woods from development
Read how community members are encouraging the city to purchase the property, prevent six-home subdivision.
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Video: Rally for Hallinan Woods
Lake Oswego residents held a rally on Monday, September 21, 2020, to save Hallinan Woods. Rally goers brought awareness and urgency to preserving the 2-acre Yates property adjacent to Hallinan Woods. Construction fencing was installed and clearing…
Read MoreHelp Us Expand Hallinan Woods
The Coalition for Hallinan Woods Nature Park is raising awareness of an opportunity to increase the footprint of Hallinan Woods, a 3.8-acre natural area, by ~53% (bringing it to 5.8-acres). A 2-acre wooded, private parcel adjacent to…
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Reader’s Letter- Stop Hallinan Woods Development
Neighborhood associate chairs implore the city to continue negotiations for purchasing the Yates property and preserving this natural habitat. READ THEIRLETTER TO THE EDITOR
Read MoreWeds, Aug 19, 2020 @ 9:00AM: Clackamas 800 Radio Group Board Meeting
WHAT: Clackamas 800 Radio Group Board Meeting WHEN: Wednesday, August 19 @ 9:00AM WHERE: This will be a ZOOM Meeting https://clackamascounty.zoom.us/j/93523242356?pwd=UUlTVXVHZFhBQVo1MEhvTTI4dlFIZz09 Meeting ID: 935 2324 2356 Passcode: 263643 DIAL IN: 253-215-8782 ID: 93523242356 Passcode: 263643 MATERIALS: Agenda…
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Citizen’s View- Our parks, our wildlife
Natalie Bennon builds the case that small patches of habitat are essential to our biodiversity just as much as large habitats. READ NATALIE BENNON’sLETTER TO THE EDITOR
Read MoreWoodmont A Natural Park No More
Shocking photos of Woodmont Natural Park, located in the Forest Highlands Neighborhood, shared by a neighbor who is disappointed at the destruction of natural habitat. Woodmont’s 6.8 acre of natural habitat has been completely graded and will…
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Citizen’s View- It’s now or never for city to buy land, save open space
Jim and Barbara Fisher ask residents express their support to City Councilors to preserve the 2-acre Yates property adjacent to Hallinan Woods. READ JIM & BARBARA’sLETTER TO THE EDITOR
Read MoreReader’s letter- Now is the time to preserve Hallinan Woods
Lisa Decker expresses the value Hallinan Woods offers her family and community and why the city should consider expanding the natural park by purchasing the adjacent Yates Property. READ LISA DECKERS’sLETTER TO THE EDITOR
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Love LO Parks is a grassroots citizen-led effort to protect Lake Oswego's natural parks as natural habitats for residents, visitors, and future generations to enjoy.