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 […]
Lent K-8 School at Leach Botanical Garden We are all stuck at home trying to entertain ourselves during this current health crisis and for some parents/teachers, they are tasked with engaging large amounts of young students while trying to stay sane. Below is a list of environmental education and COVID-19 resources that the Johnson Creek […]
Dakota Tangredi, Marissa Eckman, Jessica Huang, Abby Kaplan, Drew Donahue, and Noah Jenkins getting ready for their first garlic mustard field day while maintaining 6 feet As most of our volunteer events have been canceled due to the current health crisis, this, unfortunately, does not cancel invasive species that have been overrunning Johnson Creek Watershed. […]
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 […]
COVID-19, the coronavirus, or as some of us say, the ‘rona, has brought so many changes into our collective realities. It’s been a little more than a month since it hit our area and life as we knew it ground to a halt. The everyday things like grocery shopping, meeting with a friend, or going […]
