At the end of April Johnson Creek Watershed Council staff headed out to Leach Botanical Garden in search of salmon. Well… salmon DNA. The goal of Johnson Creek’s eDNA program […]
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Enjoy this presentation by Portland Audubon’s BirdSafe & Lights Out Campaign Coordinator, Mary Coolidge, for Backyard Habitat focused on the impacts of outdoor lighting/light pollution on birds and strategies for
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In 2020, a team led by researchers at the University of Washington and Washington State University discovered a chemical in tires called 6PPD that kills Coho salmon in urban streams
Car Tires and Salmon; State of the Science and First Nation Perspectives Read More »
Early this spring environmental industry professionals from across the Portland Metropolitan Area flocked to their computers for a very exciting presentation on the geomorphology of Johnson Creek. Geomorphology is the study
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Introduced species: Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) Characteristics: Black locust is a tree species native to the Appalachian Mountains and southern Midwest of the United States. Adult trees may be 30