First Nature Tours brings you this unique and enriching experience in partnership with Global Family Travels and Cascade Volunteers! Lace up your boots and hit the trails of the Willamette National Forest, in the Cascade Mountain Range of Oregon, where some of our country’s worst wildfires recently took place in 2020. This adventure supports the McKenzie Regenerative Travel Project spearheaded by Cascade Volunteers, an initiative to support multiple communities along the McKenzie River corridor with wildfire recovery.
A treasured destination with outstanding outdoor recreation opportunities, such as hiking, mountain biking, skiing, and rafting, these communities depend on quality recreation sites that are currently in need of repair and revitalization. On this Learn, Serve and Immerse adventure, you’ll learn about wildfire recovery and prevention, and experience local outdoor adventure activities, and partake in trail-building projects. Each lead by a naturalist guide from First Nature Tours and focusing on a different project hosted by a local stewardship group managed by Cascade Volunteers.
These adventures will take place over four weekends between April - September 2021, however you may also contact us for custom dates for your group.
April 16-18: Tree Planting with Cascade Volunteers, Worthy Garden Club and Operation Appleseed
May 14 – 16 : Trail Maintenance with Cascade Volunteers
August 27 - 29: Wilderness Restoration with Friends of the Central Cascade Wilderness
September 24-26: Mountain bike trail work with Disciples of Dirt
