Tuesday, June 19, 12pm Noon - 1pm
Portland City Hall Lovejoy Room
Join us for an informative Brownbag Luncheon discussion featuring Stacey Triplett, the Team Leader for Metro's multi-disciplinary Nature in Neighborhoods initiative, the Metro Council's long-term effort that supports various methods to conserve and restore nature throughout the urban area.
The initiative aligns existing and new conservation efforts made by private non-profits, governments and property owners around the following areas:
·      Habitat-friendly development practices
·      Restoration and enhancement efforts (including grants)
·      Ecosystem monitoring and reporting (including interactive
            www.REIN.org)
·      Conservation education programs
·      Natural area acquisition (including funding local jurisdictions and grants)
·      Implementation of Metro's Urban Growth Management Functional Plan, Title 13.

Be sure to bring your sack lunch. We look forward to seeing you.
River Renaissance Initiative, City of Portland Planning Bureau
1900 SW 4th Ave Ste 4100, Portland OR 97201
(503) 823-1103
www.portlandonline.com/river

This photo is from noon [May 31], at Times Square in New York City, where a group of Witness Against Torture was protesting against the suicide yesterday by a Saudi Arabian prisoner at Guantanamo. There are about 380 prisoners being held at the camp, some for five years.
To join the campaign to close Guantanamo, contact:
Matt Daloisio: daloisio@earthlink.net
Fraternally,
David McReynolds

Socialist Party of Oregon
Multnomah County Local
P.O. Box 5633
Portland, OR 97228

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