Alexis and Seth (Westside Watershed Resource Center) teamed up again this spring to deliver a two-part Watershed 101 workshop to Prof. April Ann Fong’s students at PCC Sylvania, and spent the weekly lab session outside weeding and planting along a campus pathway! It was exciting to put 150 native plants in the ground in a…
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Thank You to the City of Portland Office of Community & Civic Life for sponsoring our 15th Annual Watershed Wide Event! We had rain, wind, sunshine and got a lot accomplished: Across eight simultaneous work parties, 163 volunteers including 41 youth removed ivy vines from 157 native trees & shrubs, removed invasive plants from 1.1…
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Each Spring Break, Tryon Creek Watershed Council partners with the Oregon Refugee Children’s Assistance Services (ORCAS) program, to welcome new Oregonian youth to the Tryon Creek State Natural Area. For many of these students it’s their first time visiting a Pacific Northwest forest, and it’s a special part of each spring! This program supports multiple…
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This spring, Tryon Creek Watershed Council teamed up with the Westside Watershed Resource Center to provide watershed science education and facilitate stewardship for all of Jackson Middle School’s 7th graders. Each classroom was visited twice. On the first day, after an overview about watersheds and brief exploration of the on-campus creek connections and discussion about…
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This year’s Earth Day was a busy one! We are grateful to have nurtured several Partnerships that all came to fruition that busy weekend. The good folks at JP General in Multnomah Village have hosted a table for TCWC outside of their shop during the Multnomah Village Earth Day celebration, donating the portion of the proceeds…
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