June 4, 2020 The murder of yet another black person by the police, the white woman who weaponized race by calling 911 on a black bird watcher in Central Park and so many other recent examples of government and individual violence against black people are evidence that racial violence in the United States is as […]
Dear Friends of Johnson Creek Watershed Council, As you’ve probably guessed, we will not be holding our 25th Anniversary Celebration in late May, our usual time for the Annual Celebration. Our new date is Tuesday, October 13, again at Kaul Auditorium at Reed College. We’ll touch base with you in mid-summer to to confirm that […]
Written by: Katie Holzer, Watershed Scientist for the City of Gresham. Bugs can tell us a lot about a creek. Which species live there, what they eat, and how sensitive they are to pollution can give us a lot of information about the health of the creek. We have been studying macroinvertebrate communities (i.e., the […]
Were excited to have had our 2019 Volunteer Appreciation Event last Friday with delicious tamale dinner catered by Mixteca, a large selection of raffle prizes, and watershed Trivia. Thanks to everyone who came out! This year marks our 25th year as a watershed council, cheers to that! – Speech by Courtney Beckel Volunteer Manager. Planting […]
An initiative that began in 2015 is now one step closer to being a reality! The North Fork Open Migration project was conceived as a multi-partner collaboration aimed at eliminating all 7 barriers to fish passage in the North Fork of Johnson Creek. In 2016, East Multnomah Soil and Water Conservation District replaced or removed […]
