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“In the end, we will conserve only what we love, we will love only what we understand, and we will understand only what we are taught.” – Baba Dioum While TCWC mostly focuses on direct restoration in our watershed, part of our organizations’ efforts entail outreach and education. As Baba Dioum points out, conservation stems…
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Have you been hiking around the watershed the past few weeks? If you have, you probably noticed springtime is in full gear and many plants have started blooming. Out in the field this month, we have noticed Indian plum flowering, trillium popping up, and salmonberry starting to bloom. While it is enjoyable to see so…
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Planting season is here! We have been busy the past few weeks receiving our native plant orders and planting them at restoration sites. This is an exciting time when we work to improve the biodiversity and reintroduce native species in the Tryon Creek watershed. We kicked off the season with our Native Plant Sale during…
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It has been a great start to 2015 for Tryon Creek Watershed Council. January has been unseasonably warm this year and we have taken advantage by hosting a few volunteer invasive removal work parties. We celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day with the Key Club from Woodrow Wilson High School. A group of students meet…
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As the days grow shorter and the weather becomes wetter, that means the start of planting season for the Watershed Council! We have been planting many native species out in the field this month, slowly clearing out our nursery to make room for when the Plant Sale orders arrive in early February.  With the help…
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We had a great turnout to both of our sites for No Ivy Day on Saturday, October 25. If you are not familiar with No Ivy Day, it is an annual city-wide event sponsored by Portland Parks and Recreation. Started in 2003, No Ivy Day is an event that reduces the amount of mature ivy…
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