Status of Year 3 Performance Measures
Each year we report on the status of each of the performance measures outlined in our Long Range Business Plan. This year was our third year of implementing our 2021-2025 business plan. Click the arrow beside each success criteria to read more about performance measures, project results, and current status. Strategic Direction 1: Embed equity…
Read MoreBoard Feature: Shawn Looney
by Eleanor Greene, outreach and communications coordinator Every Tuesday, Shawn Looney pulls weeds with her friends. With the group, which includes fellow West Multnomah SWCD Board Member Jane Hartline and other local pals, Shawn spends her mornings gloved-up and dirty-kneed, pulling invasive blackberry and English ivy from the Wapato Access Greenway on Sauvie Island. It…
Read MoreOur Year by the Numbers
Sometimes the easiest way to understand all we do is to look at the numbers. Take a look at these and see all the work we do! $262,995 to on-the-ground projects 27,213 native plants installed 942 people served at outreach events 873 people served at education events 488 residents and land managers served 16 conservation…
Read MoreEarly Detection, Rapid Response Program- Annual Summary
by Michelle Delepine, invasive program coordinator and conservationist Each year our early detection, rapid response (EDRR) program continues to conduct outreach and expand the geographic area surveyed for priority invasive weeds. This past year (July 2023 – June 2024) we surveyed over 3,900 acres of private land and shorelines. This all totals roughly 5% of…
Read MoreLand Acknowledgement and Actions Taken this Year to Honor our Commitment
It is important to acknowledge the original Indigenous people of the land within our service area. We honor the original Indigenous people by committing to work with their descendants and learn from their traditional ecological knowledge and relational world view of the land and all things living upon it. The West Multnomah Soil & Water…
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