Author: Alexis Barton

Fintastic Film Screening, a celebratory gathering

Celebrating Fish in Tryon Creek: Fintastic Film Screening was hosted by Tryon Creek Watershed Council and SEED at Lewis and Clark College, and was well-attended by community members as well as Lewis & Clark College students. This celebratory and educational event showcased a few special films to highlight efforts to honor and support native migratory…
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Watershed Conservation Activities: PE/A 101 Course at Lewis & Clark College

This week, Tryon Creek Watershed Council wrapped the first term of our Watershed Conservation Activities P.E. Course at Lewis & Clark College. Our Lewis & Clark College Student Representative and Board alum, Jack Fiocco, worked his senior year to set something up to support Lewis & Clark’s on-campus habitat maintenance: He successfully created a new P.E. course,…
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Celebrating Fish in Tryon Creek: Fintastic Film Screening

Celebrating Fish in Tryon Creek: Fintastic Film Screening Join us to enjoy short films and a panel in celebration of fish in Tryon Creek! RSVP here This celebratory and educational event will showcase a few special films to highlight efforts to honor and support native migratory fish.  Learn about Pacific Lamprey and Cultural Ecology through…
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Watershed 101 Workshop with PCC Sylvania

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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Successful Watershed Wide Event!

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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Watershed 101 with ORCAS – Oregon Refugee Children’s Assistance Services

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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Watershed 101 at Jackson Middle School with Westside Watersheds

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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Earth Day across the Tryon Creek watershed

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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Science Talk: The Multi-Benefits of Managing for Stream Power, plus watershed updates!

Join Tryon Creek Watershed Council for our upcoming spring/summer Science Talk! We’ll be at the Lucky Lab in Multnomah Village at 6pm on Thursday, June 13th. RSVP Here! Specific stream power is the amount of energy that a stream has which contributes to erosion. How can streams’ power be managed to offset these impacts, especially…
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15th Annual Watershed Wide Event

Tryon Creek Watershed Council’s 15th Annual Watershed Wide Event Join us in supporting the unique urban Tryon Creek watershed by volunteering to remove invasive plant species and plant native plants for Tryon Creek Watershed Council’s 15th Annual Watershed Wide Event on Saturday, March 9, 2024 from 9:00am – 12pm! This is TCWC’s largest annual volunteer event! Join…
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