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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 Weeds 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
      • Wild Chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris)
      • 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
      • August Board meeting update
      • Sauvie Island & Multnomah Channel Bottomlands Conservation Opportunities
      • Native Species Spotlight - Fireweed
      • Sunstone Montessori School Stormwater & Garden Improvement Project
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        row of oak trees with grass and partly cloudy sky
        Would you like to enhance Oregon white oak habitat on your land?

        (Photo by RJ Cox, creative commons) Do you have one or more native Oregon white oak (Quercus garryana) trees on your property? If so, you have something special! Oak woodlands and mature white oak trees […]

        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 […]

        Our response to COVID-19

        The health and safety of our community and staff is of the utmost importance to us. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, and our strong desire to do our part to keep people safe and healthy, […]

      From the blog
      • Urban Conservation Planning and Collaboration: Highlights from 2020-2021
      • Wildfire Risk Reduction Program
      • Would you like to enhance Oregon white oak habitat on your land?
      • On the lookout for emerald ash borer in western Multnomah County
      • Watering in an era of climate change
      • Folk medicine making on Sauvie Island: a relationship with land, plants, and community
      • 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
      • September Board Meeting September 21 @ 6:00 pm
      • 2021 Annual Meeting and 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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      Phone: 503.238.4775
      Fax: 503.326.3942
      Email: info@wmswcd.org
      Business Hours: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

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      West Multnomah Soil & Water
      Conservation District
      2701 NW Vaughn Street Suite 450
      Portland, OR 97210

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people raking soil spreading seeds on hillside
Urban Conservation Planning and Collaboration: Highlights from 2020-2021

(Stormwater Stars planting event. Photo by Corey Shelton) Covid-19 didn’t stop residents from getting out on their properties and into local natural areas to connect with the land and lend a hand. It also didn’t […]

man on riding lawn mower cutting tall grass
Wildfire Risk Reduction Program

(Photo: Mowing tall grass around the home can help reduce the risk of fire reaching the home. Photo by Oregon Department of Forestry.) Oregon historically was a fire adapted landscape and traditionally managed as such […]

row of oak trees with grass and partly cloudy sky
Would you like to enhance Oregon white oak habitat on your land?

(Photo by RJ Cox, creative commons) Do you have one or more native Oregon white oak (Quercus garryana) trees on your property? If so, you have something special! Oak woodlands and mature white oak trees […]

Close-up view of emerald ash borer beetle with shiny green exoskeleton
On the lookout for emerald ash borer in western Multnomah County

(Emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire. Photograph by Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources – Forestry, Bugwood.org; Image link) Emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) (EAB) is a small, brilliant metallic green beetle about half an inch long […]

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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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West Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District

2701 NW Vaughn St.
Suite 450
Portland, OR 97210

Tel: 503-238-4775
Fax: 503-326-3942

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