Application period: September 16-October 14, 2021 JOB ANNOUNCEMENT Title: Restoration Project Manager Reports to: Executive Director Status: 30 – 40 hours/week Starting Salary: $23-25 / hour, depending on experience Benefits: Medical & dental insurance, 401(k) match, paid vacation/sick leave/10 holidays WHO WE ARE The Johnson Creek Watershed Council—JCWC—is a community of staff, board and volunteers […]
Gwyn Case grew up in the Portland area and earned an undergraduate degree in Fisheries and WildlifeScience at Oregon State University. She has worked as a field biologist with birds on both sides of theUnited States, from Piping Plovers in New York to Bell’s Sparrows in California. Most recently she hascompleted a master’s degree studying […]
Introduced Species: Orange and Meadow Hawkweeds (Hieracium aurantiacum and H. pratense [also listed as H. caespitosum]) Characteristics: Hawkweeds are low-growing plants with shallow fibrous roots and a basal rosette of elliptical to lanceolate leaves 5–20 cm (2-8 in) long and 1–3 cm (.5-1.5 in) broad. The flowering stem is usually leafless or has just one or two […]
Thank you to 213 volunteers who cleaned 14 sites over 7 miles in the creek on Saturday, August 21, 2021! What a fun day- more details, weird trash pics, and tonnage to come soon! Did you volunteer with us at the Clean-Up? We want to hear about your experience! Please let us know how it […]
My internship with Johnson Creek by Liana Kucher Going into this year’s summer internship, I was not expecting it to have such a large impact on me. Working with the Johnson Creek Watershed Council was truly a great experience, and one I’ll never forget. I got to get closer to the community, learned the true […]
