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Behrens Woods a forest oasis: two-acre east Vancouver wood chosen as a NatureSpaces pilot site

“It’s an urban forest that’s looking really good, and neighbors were already so engaged.”

By Scott Hewitt, Columbian staff writer
Published: August 3, 2024, 6:13am
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Washington Trails Association volunteer Jared Brown wheels gravel along a newly improved trail in Behrens Woods, a small forest in southeast Vancouver, on July 27.
Washington Trails Association volunteer Jared Brown wheels gravel along a newly improved trail in Behrens Woods, a small forest in southeast Vancouver, on July 27. (Photos by Scott Hewitt/The Columbian) Photo Gallery

It’s a fact of urban life: If there’s a forest in the city, residents will use it both for relaxation and for transportation.

That’s why the city of Vancouver turned to local volunteers to bolster forest health and to establish a formal, accessible trail network in a natural area that may appear modest but is plenty important to the folks that live alongside it.

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