This year, Johnson Creek Watershed Council is teaming up with Portland Parks and Recreation’s Kelly Rosteck to bring students from across the Portland area to visit sites in the Johnson […]
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This month’s featured native: licorice fern (Polypodium glycyrrhiza) This month, our vegetal spotlight shines mainly on the trunks of trees, which are the chief domain of our region’s lone epiphytic
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Written by Jennifer Hamilton This weekend I joined a group of watershed and salmon enthusiasts for the Society for Ecological Restoration Northwest Chapter’s tour of one of the Johnson Creek
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This month’s featured native: spring queen (Synthris reniformis; also Veronica regina-nivalis in some taxonomies) Amid the heavy duff of a Pacific northwest forest understory, the observant hiker might spy the inconspicuous flowers
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The Johnson Creek Watershed Council is deeply saddened to share the loss of long-time advocate and founding member, Walt Mintkeski, who passed away on Tuesday, January 27, 2026. Walt’s passing
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