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Youth Environmental Education

Hands-on experience guided by a fun smart curriculum is the best way to learn. We help fund environmental education field trips and school programming GrowLunchGarden2 May 18, 15provided by the excellent organizations who do this work. We also help connect teachers to existing environmental education curriculum and support the development of new regionally specific curriculum that will meet Next Generation Science Standards, the goals of Oregon’s Environmental Literacy Plan, and more.

We have sponsored field trips to:  

Sauvie Island Center

Tryon Creek State Park (Hosted by Friends of Tryon Creek)

We have sponsored/funded school environmental education programming provided by:

Dig In Community

Living Streams assemblies with Will Hornyak

ECO (Ecology in Classrooms and Outdoors)

Environmental Curriculum:  

Sauvie Island Center Trip Resources for Educators

Soil Health Curriculum

From Salmonberry to Sagebrush, Grades 9 – 12

If you are interested in school field trips or in-class environmental programming, contact our Education Coordinator Laura Taylor at laura@wmswcd.org or 503.238.4775, ext. 112. To apply for assistance, download and fill out this Funding Request Fillable Form, save it and send to Laura Taylor. Requests are accepted on a rolling basis and awarded based on availability of funds and compatibility with the District’s mission.

Resources

Library

From the blog

We Will Soon Use More Than the Earth Can Provide

Forget the GDP, it’s time for our leaders to pay attention to metrics that matter. David Korten posted Jun 14, 2017 for YES! Magazine Four days after President Trump announced the United States would withdraw from […]
Why did the red-legged frog cross the road?

TLC helps frogs cross busy Highway 30 By Allan Classen, NW Examiner, MARCH 2014 / VOLUME 27, ISSUE 7 Their mission? Save northern red-legged frogs, who are driven by nature to cross the four-lane highway […]
Hoo, who do you want in your tree?

 Barn owl    Barred owl    Great horned owl    Northern pygmy owl, courtesy of Greg Gilson    Western screech owl Helpful tips for supporting owls via artifical nesting habitat: 1. Owls eat rodents for […]
I spy… a trillium!

Michael, our Forest Conservation, spent the morning near the Holbrook Community searching the forest for English ivy. This invasive canopy weed if very prevalent throughout the region. Michael received a pleasant surprise when during his […]

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Projects

Sunstone Montessori School Stormwater & Garden Improvement Project

West Multnomah SWCD is now working with Sunstone Montessori School in the John’s Landing neighborhood on a number of conservation projects.  Sunstone, an Oregon Green School, plans to use the Conservation District’s assistance to install […]

SW Parent Child Collective Organic Native Plant Garden

Throughout the winter and spring of 2014 the SW Parent Child Collective (SWPCC) and Michael Carlson of Habitat Restoration NW worked to restore the Douglas fir forest north of the Methodist Church and adjacent to […]

Sauvie Island Academy School Garden

Sauvie Island Academy (SIA) located amongst the rural farmland on Sauvie Island is a public charter K-8 school with strong environmental and place-based curriculum. The District has partnered with SIA for several years on a […]

Organizations