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West Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District

  • Land // Water // Wildlife
      • Wildlife
      • Soil
      • Water
      • Invasive Species
      • Education
      • Native Plants
      • Habitat Restoration
      • Farm
      • Forest
      • Sturgeon Lake Restoration Project
      • Garden
        • Adult Environmental Training
        • Community & Demonstration Gardens
        • Canopy Weed Program
        • Conservation Planning
        • Erosion Control
        • Forest Fire-Safe Program
        • Forest Health
        • Habitat Restoration
        • Healthy Streams
        • Horse & Livestock Management
        • Invasive Weed Removal
        • Landscaping with Native Plants
        • Meadowscaping
        • Organic and Conventional Farming
        • Pasture Management
        • Planting for Pollinators
        • School Gardens
        • Stormwater Programs
        • Sturgeon Lake Restoration Project
        • Water Quality Monitoring
      • Invasive reed canarygrass
      • Invasive Scotch thistle
      • Invasive St. Johnswort
      • Invasive policeman's helmet
      • Invasive yellow archangel
      • Invasive water primrose
      • Invasive desert false indigo
      • Invasive Italian arum
      • Invasive yellow flag iris
      • Invasive purple loosestrife
      • Invasive Japanese knotweed
      • Invasive spurge laurel
      • Invasive orange hawkweed
      • Invasive pokeweed
      • Invasive false brome
      • Invasive goatsrue
      • Invasive giant hogweed
      • Invasive butterfly bush
      • Invasive Tree of Heaven
      • Invasive lesser celandine
      • Invasive Old Man's Beard or Traveler's Joy clematis
      • Invasive herb Robert
      • Invasive shiny geranium
      • Invasive Scotch broom and look-alikes
      • Invasive English & Irish ivy
      • Invasive Himalayan (Armenian) blackberry
      • Invasive English holly
      • Garlic mustard
      • Pacific Northwest Urban Meadowscaping
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      • Early Detection-Rapid Response (EDRR) Weeds
      • Common Weeds
      • Planting for Pollinators
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      • 2019-2020 Annual Report
      • Whose Land is Our Land? Spatial exclusion, racial segregation, and the history of the lands of western Multnomah County
      • Executive Summary: Whose Land is Our Land? Spatial exclusion, racial segregation, and the history of the lands of western Multnomah County
      • Living on the Water: A Guide for Floating Home Owners & Marina Managers (2020)
      • 2018-2019 Annual Report
      • Invasive Plants -- Identify and root them out!
      • Sauvie Island & Multnomah Channel Bottomlands Conservation Opportunities
      • Adopted 2019-2020 Budget
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      • Forest Understory Vegetation Enhancement Project
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      • Native Species Spotlight - Fireweed
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        Meet our 2021 Field Conservation Interns!

        Born in Oaxaca, Mexico, Martina Avendano moved to the Portland metro area at the age of four and has greatly enjoyed growing up in Oregon. She graduated from Warner Pacific University where she studied biology […]

        creek flowing through grassy meadow with trees
        Update on restoration of Lower McCarthy Creek wetland and oak habitat

        By Kammy Kern-Korot, Senior Conservationist McCarthy Creek flows from NW Skyline Boulevard to Multnomah Channel across from Sauvie Island. This creek is unique to the area in that it is considered essential salmonid habitat, especially […]

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        Gearing up for Garlic mustard

        Conservation staff are getting ready for this season’s invasive weed field work. Garlic mustard is at the top of our list again this year for special attention. Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) is an aggressive invasive […]

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      • Meet our 2021 Field Conservation Interns!
      • Notice of Budget Committee Meeting, April 20, 2021
      • Be ready to evacuate during wildfire
      • Farmers Team with Conservationists in Restoring Forest
      • Management Planning for Woodland Owners
      • Students Take Lead in Sustainable Farming
      • Biofuel from Grasses Cuts Carbon Emissions
      • Native Fish Decline in B.C. From Climate Change
      • Putting Carbon Back in Soil
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      Fax: 503.326.3942
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      2701 NW Vaughn Street Suite 450
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From the blog

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Meet our 2021 Field Conservation Interns!

Born in Oaxaca, Mexico, Martina Avendano moved to the Portland metro area at the age of four and has greatly enjoyed growing up in Oregon. She graduated from Warner Pacific University where she studied biology […]

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Notice of Budget Committee Meeting, April 20, 2021

A public meeting of the Budget Committee of the West Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District, Multnomah County, State of Oregon, to discuss the budget for the fiscal year July 1, 2021 to June 30, […]

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Be ready to evacuate during wildfire

By Michael Ahr, Forest Conservationist, West Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District Many of the woodland owners in the Tualatin Mountains have deep roots in Oregon. We’re sure many of you have close family and […]

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A community approach to native bee research in Portland

If you were to guess how many species of native bees there are in Portland, how many would that be? And where do these bees prefer to nest? Local emerging entomologist, Stefanie Steele, a Master’s […]

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  • Farmers Team with Conservationists in Restoring Forest
  • Management Planning for Woodland Owners
  • Students Take Lead in Sustainable Farming
  • Biofuel from Grasses Cuts Carbon Emissions
  • Native Fish Decline in B.C. From Climate Change
  • Putting Carbon Back in Soil
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2701 NW Vaughn St.
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