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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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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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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We are glad to share with you an annual report on our activities during the 2022-2023 project year (July 1 2022 – June 30 2023), which covers Council updates, successes and program highlights. Click here to view or download our 2022-2023 Annual Report (two-page view recommended) (We suggest enabling two-page view either in a new…
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Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) will soon cause die-offs of Oregon’s ash trees. Learn how to help. The Emerald ash borer (EAB) poses a serious, devastating risk due to the high mortality level they impose on ash trees: Oregon ash grows along creeks, providing shade & erosion control. Emerald ash borer (“EAB”) was documented in Oregon for the…
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Join Tryon Creek Watershed Council for a morning of ivy removal at Marshall Park, through which flows the main stem of Tryon Creek, which supports a healthy coastal cutthroat trout population. RSVP here! 20th Anniversary: No Ivy Day! 9am-12pm, Saturday October 28, 2023 Join us in supporting the unique urban Tryon Creek watershed by volunteering…
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A few weekends ago 26 volunteers, from the Green Teams at both Lake Oswego United Church of Christ (LOUCC) and Lake Oswego High School, came together to remove black landscaping plastic that’s been suffocating the soil biome near the tributary to Nettle Creek at LOUCC. At our work party on the 13th we made a good bit…
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We had a really great time out and about in Tryon Creek State Natural Area this spring, with a group from ORCAS (Oregon Refugee Childrens Assistance Services)! Since 2015, aside from a few pandemic-related years, TCWC has had the honor to welcome young new Portlanders to the forests of the Pacific Northwest. Staff members help…
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