Each fall and spring, we seek to work with groups to share watershed science education and implement hands-on restoration in the Tryon Creek watershed. Our Watershed 101 Workshop program is a flexible presentation that we follow up with a hands-on work party. TCWC has worked at the Lake Oswego United Church of Christ (LOUCC) for…
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Tryon Creek Watershed Council’s 14th 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 14th Annual Watershed Wide Event on Saturday, March 11, 2023 from 9:00am – 12pm! This is TCWC’s largest annual volunteer event! Join…
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This fall, TCWC worked with a student group in Lewis & Clark College’s ENVS 295: Environmental Engagement course, with Professor Jessica Kleiss. This course is designed to “offer students a practical experience in doing engagement—an admittedly broad concept we sometimes define as conversation toward action.”; each group partners with an off-campus organization and develops a…
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Jack Fiocco, one of our Lewis & Clark College’s Student Representatives on the TCWC Board, coordinated a volunteering event for his peers to remove ivy from trees around campus, particularly near the ravine. Despite the cold and windy weather, 10 students joined him on a Saturday afternoon where they focused on tree ivy work. Focusing…
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We were glad to put on a Watershed 101 workshop with Riverdale Grade School students! Eighth graders taking a quarterly elective called Environmental Stewardship were able to get outside and get hands-on on campus by removing tree ivy from trees behind the school’s buildings. These trees had clearly been treated for tree ivy before, as…
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It’s always great to spend time with Cascade Education Corps! The past week has been very rainy, and we were lucky that our time spent out in the field together was during a break in the rain on Tuesday! TCWC worked with Cascade Education Corps (CEC) to steward Loll Wildwood Natural Area, where we focused…
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This fall we’ve had multiple opportunities to get some good work done with Lewis & Clark College students! Each year at the New Student Orientation, student groups spend a few hours on a service project, and as one of the various community partners we were able to work with student groups twice in one day…
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Thank you to everyone who joined us at the Lucky Lab and on Zoom last week! Here is the recording link (Dr Buhl’s presentation begins at 9 minutes in); here is a post-event survey link. Join us at the Lucky Lab, or on Zoom, on Thursday 11/17 for a talk by Dr. Christine Buhl, Oregon…
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We are glad to share with you an annual report on our activities during the 2021-2022 project year (July 1 2021 – June 30 2022), which covers Council updates, successes and program highlights. Click here to view or download our 2021-2022 Annual Report (two-page view recommended) (We suggest enabling two-page view either in a new…
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Click here to RSVP for TCWC’s fall Community Science training on Oregon ash documentation & EAB symptom monitoring. We will be in touch as we set a Fall 2023 date. In November 2022, Tryon Creek Watershed Council put on a Science Talk with Dr. Christine Buhl, State Entomologist at the Oregon Department of Forestry. Here…
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