We are thrilled to introduce the completion of a major educational project for U.S. Fish & Wildlife focusing on the four urban National Wildlife Refuges in the Portland, Oregon, metro region. This project involved the completion of four family centered trail maps, each featuring major restoration work; fish, birds, and wildlife information; trail suggestions; and hands on learning material.

Learn more about the Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge Trail Map, part of the HOPE Walks Trail Maps series, a set of maps commissioned by Hope Dementia Support in partnership with the Alzheimers Association for public use, with a special focus on aging populations, including those with dementia and those who care for them.

Learn more about our 2022-23 partnership with the 3rd grade classes at Rio del Sol STEAM Academy in Oxnard, California, culminating in a co-created story telling map about the Indigenous and Immigrant histories of Oxnard and Ventura County, California.

We are thrilled to share the launch of a major educational and interpretive project for Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks & Minerals. Located in Hillsboro, Oregon, Rice NW Museum holds a major collection of rocks, gems, minerals, and fossils. The site, a 1952 home constructed by the Rice family, with more than 20 acres of forested land, is also on the National Register of Historic Places. This project included a family trail map for a new set of trails on the grounds, interpretative signs for the trails, a geological timeline, and activity sheets.

We are excited to share the launch of two family trail maps for Great Rivers Greenway in St Louis, Missouri.

We are excited to share the launch of a family centered Field Guide for the Confluence Vancouver Land Bridge, as part of an ongoing partnership on educational material for Confluence art landscape sites along the Columbia River system.⁠ This Field Guide features the Land Bridge, designed by Johnpaul Jones, with sculptures by artist Lillian Pitt (Wasco, Yakima, Warm Springs), located in Vancouver, WA.

We are excited to share the launch of a family centered Field Guide for the Confluence Story Circles Site as part of an ongoing partnership on educational material for Confluence art landscape sites along the Columbia River system. Confluence is a nonprofit with the mission of connecting folks to the history, living cultures, and ecology of the Columbia River system through Indigenous voices. This Field Guides feature the Story Circles, by Maya Linn, at the confluence of the Snake snd Columbia Rivers, at Sacajawea State Park in Pasco, WA.

Learn more about “Explore the South Parks Blocks,” a family map and activity guide created for the 2022 PASEO festival in downtown Portland, designed celebrate the art and nature spaces of Portland’s south park blocks. This project was funded by the Portland Parks Foundation.

Learn more about the “Forest Park Nature Adventure,” project, a family-centered activity guide created and designed for Forest Park Conservancy, for use throughout Forest Park, located in Portland, Oregon.

Learn more about the Lincoln City Explorers, a large-scale multi-faceted project for learning and outreach at seven trail in Lincoln City, Oregon.

Learn more about the Columbia Springs Map, part of the HOPE Walks Trail Maps series, a set of maps commissioned by Hope Dementia Support in partnership with the Area Agency on Aging & Disabilities of Southwest Washington for public use, with a special focus on aging populations, including those with dementia and those who care for them.

Learn more about the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge Map, part of the HOPE Walks Trail Maps series, a set of maps commissioned by Hope Dementia Support in partnership with the Area Agency on Aging & Disabilities of Southwest Washington for public use, with a special focus on aging populations, including those with dementia and those who care for them.

The “Explore Salmon Creek” project was commissioned by the Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership, a Vancouver, Washington, based non-profit organization dedicated to protecting the Columbia River basin and educating the community, as part of the educational and volunteer programs there. This material focuses on themes of stewardship and environmental protection.

In the summer of 2021, we were hired by Portland Parks & Recreation’s Environmental Education Department to design a series of staff maps for four of their summer nature camp locations. These maps were designed as an important resource as the summer camp program returned after a year of absence during the first phase of the COVID19 pandemic.

Learn about the Indigenous Plants map we created with the Cottonwood School of Civics and Science as part of a school learning partnership. This consulting and design project included classroom workshops with the students on map making and botanical drawing, and was supported by additional lessons and guidance about content and plant selections by Indigenous educators.

The family-centered Field Guide for the Confluence Bird Blind at the Sandy River Delta is a project completed for Confluence, a nonprofit with the mission of connecting you to the history, living cultures, and ecology of the Columbia River system through Indigenous voices. It is one of a series of several projects designed for hands on learning through engagement with Confluence art sites.

The “Experience Vancouver Lake” Map was commissioned by the Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership, a Vancouver, Washington, based non-profit organization dedicated to protecting the Columbia River basin and educating the community, as part of the educational programs there, in partnership with Clark County, the City of Vancouver, and the Port of Vancouver. The map is part of the "Experience Vancouver Lake" campaign, which encourages Vancouver area students, families, and community members through programs that build awareness and appreciation for Vancouver Lake.

Learn more about the Columbia River Walk Map, part of the HOPE Walks Trail Maps series, a set of maps commissioned by Hope Dementia Support in partnership with the Area Agency on Aging & Disabilities of Southwest Washington for public use, with a special focus on aging populations, including those with dementia and those who care for them.