September 9, 2025 TweetRilee Park cleanup connects communityFriends of Chehalem Trails photo##Friends of Chehalem Trails president Matt Dolphin, center, talks with some of the 50 volunteer who showed up Aug. 16 to help restore trails at Bob and Crystal Rilee Park, west of Newberg on Parrett Mountain. “I think that’s an important part of what we do,” said Matt Dolphin, president of Friends of Chehalem Trails, the nonprofit organization that organized the cleanup. Rilee Park is a 327-acre space originally belonging to Samuel Parrett, an Oregon homesteader during the mid-1800s. In its current form, the master plan for Rilee Park allows only hikers and horseback riders to use the property, with bike usage having been cut in 2023. “The (Rilee Park) trails are probably some of the best trails that we have in our nearby vicinity to get to,” said Doug Cousineau, director of south Portland’s National Interscholastic Cycling Association team.