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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
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        • Adult Environmental Training
        • Community & Demonstration Gardens
        • Canopy Weed Program
        • Conservation Planning
        • Erosion Control
        • Forest Fire-Safe Program
        • Forest Health
        • Habitat Restoration
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        • Horse & Livestock Management
        • Invasive Weed Removal
        • Landscaping with Native Plants
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        • Pasture Management
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      • Wild Chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris)
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      • 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
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      • Early Detection-Rapid Response (EDRR) Weeds
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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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        2021-2025 Long Range Business Plan is complete!

        We are excited to announce the completion of our 2021-2025 Long Range Business Plan which was formally adopted by our Board of Directors at the June 15, 2021 meeting. This strategic planning document guides the […]

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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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        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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      • Watering in an era of climate change
      • Folk medicine making on Sauvie Island: a relationship with land, plants, and community
      • 2021-2025 Long Range Business Plan is complete!
      • 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
      • August Board Meeting August 17 @ 6:00 pm
      • September Board Meeting September 21 @ 6:00 pm
      • October Board Meeting October 19 @ 6:00 pm
      • November Board Meeting November 16 @ 6:00 pm
      • December Board Meeting December 21 @ 6:00 pm
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      2701 NW Vaughn Street Suite 450
      Portland, OR 97210

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Watering in an era of climate change

When thinking of Oregon, a lush, diverse, green landscape with wet winters and dry summers may come to mind. With the last heatwave, we are beginning to see the start of a new normal. Heat […]

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Folk medicine making on Sauvie Island: a relationship with land, plants, and community

We had the pleasure and honor of talking recently with Jennifer Rose Marie Serna, a Latina folk herbalist, mother, regenerative farmer, land activist, skill educator, and owner of Wapato Island Farm, to learn more about […]

2021-2025 Long Range Business Plan is complete!

We are excited to announce the completion of our 2021-2025 Long Range Business Plan which was formally adopted by our Board of Directors at the June 15, 2021 meeting. This strategic planning document guides the […]

A Day in the Life of a Field Conservation Intern

By Martina Avendano, Field Conservation Intern With the feeling of a good day completed at work, an episode of my favorite podcast on, and the comforts of air conditioning on a warm spring day in […]

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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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