JCWC News
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Honoring Walt Mintkeski
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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What’s That Plant?
This month’s featured native: grand fir (Abies grandis) Grand fir earns its common name by its tall, stately growth habit, reaching up to 80 m (250 ft). Its needles grow in two […]
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What’s That Plant?
This month’s featured native: kinnickinnick (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) Kinnickinnick, also known as bearberry (more on that later), is a low-growing evergreen shrub in the heather family (Ericaceae). Generally growing no more than about […]
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Thank you, JCWC Volunteers and Community!
Although it has been a tough year we have felt the love, joy, and commitment of our volunteers, partners, and funders all year long. This year 1,071 volunteers committed over […]
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Beavers in the Watershed
Over the log and through the creek to Beaver’s house we went. During this year’s beaver surveys, some sites had surveyors scrambling over brush and logs, giggling as they slipped […]