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A restoration crew works in the shallow water of a wetland below a mountain covered in trees.

A restoration crew works at Multnomah Channel near Sauvie Island.

A stand of dead red alder trees reaches into a blue sky at Grant Butte in Gresham.

Climate change is a hidden crisis. Even the most massive effects, like glaciers melting or ice sheets breaking, happen slowly. In greater Portland, the most visible effect of climate change is trees dying from drought and heat. These red alders at Grant B

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Climate change is a hidden crisis. Even its most massive effects, like glaciers melting or ice sheeets breaking, happen slowly. That makes seeing it hard, especially close to home. But its effects are showing up in greater Portland, from changing nesting habits of birds to tree die-offs on hilltops.

Metro's conservation scientist explain what changes we are seeing now, what we expect to see in the future and they offer insights into what we can all do to make our communities more resilient to these changes, and even how we can help slow or stop them. Learn more about global climate change's local effects in the the spring 2020 issue of Our Big Backyard, Metro's quarterly parks and nature magazine.

Our Big Backyard Spring 2020

Parks and Nature news and events for spring 2020.

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