Saturday February 15th dawned grey and rainy, but that didn’t stop a group of volunteers from coming out to Portland Community College, Sylvania campus, to install nearly 100 native plants and continue removing invasive species. April Ann Fong and Shannon Ansley, professors at PCC Sylvania who run the Habitat Team, leverage student volunteerism to steward…
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Image: 2019 kickoff celebration. Over 150 volunteers were a part of our 10th Annual Watershed Wide Event! We have been eagerly planning our 11th Annual Watershed Wide Event and are hoping for clear skies on Saturday. With public health concerns, we have made some changes to our event; please read closely below. We are canceling…
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Thank you to everyone who joined us alongside Portland Parks & Recreation and Friends of Marshall Park, to plant for No Ivy Day! 15 volunteers helped to plant 100 native shrubs and trees! Why plant on for a region-wide event geared towards stewardship? This summer, Portland Parks & Recreation installed two new bridges in Marshall Park:…
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What a great time we had, tapping into holiday fun with a Bat Talk at the Lucky Lab! Susan Barnes, Regional Conservation Biologist at the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife, busted some bat myths, impressed us with hands-on visuals, and educated us on issues bats are facing today. Did you know that bats’ eyesight…
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To our Tryon Creek watershed community, We are excited to share that we have formally endorsed the Nature for All campaign. This campaign seeks to renew our region-wide Metro bond that ensures birds, fish, friends, and neighbors alike have access to clean air, clean water, and beautiful parks from the Sandy River to Beaver Creek.…
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Join us at TCWC, Portland Parks & Recreation, and Friends of Marshall Park, at Marshall Park to continue to restore this natural area by removing ivy and planting native plants! RSVP here! This event is family friendly, but children must be accompanied by an adult. Please dress for the weather, wear sturdy closed-toed shoes, and bring…
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The Boones Ferry Rd Culvert Project is go! The small, aging culvert is an obstacle to water flow and fish and wildlife passage. After being put on hold this spring due to an increase in steel prices, the project is moving forward again, and construction will begin in the spring of 2020! Watch a great video here that…
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Join us at TCWC and Friends of Tryon Creek for this annual watershed stewardship day! We’ll be working in the Tryon Creek State Natural Area. Register through Solve: Click Here! Led by Friends of Tryon Creek and Tryon Creek Watershed Council, instruction, gloves and tools are always provided. Be prepared for an about mile-long hike, working…
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Join us for a family-friendly talk about bats! Come learn about these awesome pollinators – how low their body temperatures get, just why they hang upside down, how long they live and how fast and far they fly, which bats usually have twins, which are strawberry-colored, and more! Last time the room was filled to…
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“Get Outdoors Day” was planned by the Friends of Tryon Creek, Columbia Land Trust, and the folks at HAKI (Humanitarian Aid with Kindness and Intercultural), an organization serving the Swahili-speaking community in SW Portland. Within resources for the East African immigrant & refugee community, this language group can be underserved and HAKI aims to fill…
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