Oak conservation on a working farm
Oak woodland takes up a little over thirteen acres of a 60-acre organic farm on the edge of our District where Multnomah and Washington County meet. While assisting the farm owner with land management issues, we noticed that valuable Oregon white oak trees were being slowly taken over by Douglas fir. The family that grew…
Read MoreSturgeon Lake Restoration Project
Sturgeon Lake is reconnected to the Columbia River! After over a decade of partnership building, planning, fundraising, and engineering, and just over four months of construction, in November 2018, the Dairy Creek channel reopened to tidal flow between the Columbia River and Sturgeon Lake on Sauvie Island. The successful completion of the Sturgeon Lake Restoration…
Read More