Natural areas in urban settings, such as Tryon Creek State Park, provide habitat and help preserve native species and wildlife within an area that would otherwise imperil them. As a place for people to see, experience, and appreciate nature often, urban natural areas can help to develop an understanding for the importance of conservation –…
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JOIN THE TRYON CREEK WATERSHED COUNCIL FOR OUR ANNUAL STATE OF THE WATERSHED SCIENCE TALK! Thursday, May 31, 6 – 8pm at Lucky Lab Public House in Multnomah Village We have fish-friendly habitat in our creek system! That’s right – the US Fish & Wildlife Service and Portland Bureau of Environmental Services recently published a…
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We are very excited to share that the US Fish & Wildlife Service recently published a paper,”An urban stream can support a healthy population of coastal cutthroat trout” in Urban Ecosystems. They found the characteristics of Coastal Cutthroat Trout in Tryon Creek were similar to populations not influenced by urbanization. Their results suggest that Tryon…
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We’re partnering with the PCC Sylvania Habitat Restoration Team to host a No Ivy Day site on Saturday, October 28! Join us for a free, family-friendly, ivy-pulling event. We’ll provide tools, gloves, and snacks. Contact Terri Preeg Riggsby for more information and to register at coordinator@tryoncreek.org WHEN: Saturday, October 28, 9 am – 12 noon…
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As many of you have probably heard by now, I am leaving my role as Volunteer Coordinator for TCWC at the end of June. My husband recently graduated law school and we will be relocating to California where he will start a legal fellowship. While I am looking forward to this new adventure, I am…
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Carl Axelsen is a citizen volunteer with the watershed council who became involved about ten years ago. He was initially hired as the Tryon Creek Watershed Council Coordinator and served in that role for two years. Afterward, he became Council President for another two years. Carl’s favorite things about the watershed include interacting with young…
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November 25, 10am-2pm Tryon Creek Nature Center 11321 SW Terwilliger Blvd, Portland, OR 97219 TCWC will be hosting a native plant sale for Green Friday at Tryon Creek State Natural Area. Our plant sale is one of the many fun activities scheduled at the park that day, including interpretive stations, wreath sale pick ups, and…
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Meet GIS volunteer Erin Miller Erin initially became involved with the TCWC from April-June of this year through the Portland Community College GIS Certificate program. For her community partnership project, she helped to map the locations and catalog the conditions of previously unmapped culverts along the Northeast and West sides of Tryon Creek Natural Area. Today…
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Some folks donate their time, some their money, and others – their data! This week’s featured friend, Ruby Buchholtz, just finished up a graduate program at Portland State, and worked collaboratively with TCWC as a project partner on her project. Ruby has been involved with TCWC for about a year. She became involved with TCWC…
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This Friday’s featured friend is a dedicated volunteer! Murphy Terrell has been involved with TCWC for about five years. She often donates use of her truck, and grows native plants at her house to harvest seeds, create root stock and cuttings for TCWC. She saw a need – to share native plants instead of composting…
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