General | Overview of the CSWCD | 2 | Short ad/ PR overview of what we do, good for general info. |
Agriculture | Blueberry Care | 36 | Weeds, watering, pruning to care for blueberries |
Agriculture | Small Farm School | 17 | CCC and OSU Ext. present overview of some small farm practices such as tractor skills, animal husbandry, orchard, tool sharpening, etc. |
Erosion | Erosion Control on Xmas Trees I | 13 | Strumm Berry Farms, precision no till planting, erosion weed control, rock access roads for dust and mud control. Bees and pollinators. |
Erosion | Erosion Control on Xmas Trees II | 14 | Noble Mountain, erosion control on steep slopes using straw mulch |
Erosion | Healthy Soils | 29 | Cory Owens, NRCS, on Soil health, infiltration testing, cover crops, sedimentation. |
Forest | Healthy Forests & being Firewise | 28 | Forest Management, OSU Ext. Hopkins Demo Forest, healthy forests, thinning results, fuels reduction, planning for residence fire protection |
Gardening | Master Gardener 10 Minute University- Fall and winter gardens | 20 | Location (sunny areas), avoid freezing microclimate areas, assessibility (close in). Protection for plants, row cover, plastic mulch, soil warming, cloches, plastic tunnels, cold frames, raised beds, soil testing spring/fall, compaction, starts |
Gardening | Master Gardener 10 Minute University- Growing Edibles in Containers | 30 | Container materials, drainage, soils, fertilizer, watering, slugs, containing herbs, |
Irrigation | Irrigation, part 1 | 45 | Residential landscape irrigation to agricultural production, system uniformity, distribution, scheduling |
Irrigation | Irrigation 2.0 | 45 | Residential landscape irrigation (Ewing) to agricultural production, blueberry drip system overview with Stettler Supply. |
Pasture | Good Dirt & Clean Water | 14 | History, dust bowl, Clackamas SWCD, livestock, cattle and fish, off channel watering project, roof water catchment livestock water, ivy control, equine mud management, manure composting (Big Oak Stables). |
Pasture | Pasture Management | 27 | With Gene Pirelli. Heavy Use Areas. Rain Harvest for livestock and garden water. Manure shed composting, good overview of pasture management, rotations, timing, stubble heights |
Pasture | Rural Fences | 28 | Tips for constructing good fences. Examples of different fence types and applications. |
Pasture | Healthy Horses | 28 | Overgrazed pastures, parasites, gutters, HUAs, thrush, fly control, manure management, pigeon fever, exclusion from ponds and waterways, west Nile virus, pasture management to avoid founder, etc. |
Pasture | Healthy Horses | 9 | Mud and stormwater management in horse facilities, riparian and pasture management, horse health issues with veterinarian, mud, mud fever, white line disease. |
Rainwater harvesting | Rainwater Harvesting | 24 | Garden rain harvest system with a large tank, also covers rain barrels |
Rainwater harvesting | Rainwater Harvest | 25 | Rain water harvest for potable use, lots of filtration information. |
Recycling | Household Chemical Storage and Disposal | 2 | (Very short) tailgate talk BMPs for home and garden chemicals storage and disposal options |
Recycling | Inside Clackamas Co, sustainability | 21 | Recycling and building green with Commissioner Jim Bernard, recycled metal art, building with reused materials, |
Riparian | Milk Creek Project Construction- 3 Weeks in 3 days | 3 | Bank reconstruction project, time lapse |
Riparian | Currin Creek Restoration | 5 | Brush staking, bank shaping, restoration planting on a small stream |
Riparian | Wet & Wild Rivers | 25 | Janine Castro on fluvial geomorphology examples on the lower Molalla River. |
Riparian | Watershed Councils | 29 | Riparian Planting & restoration projects, large wood, channel reconnections. |
Stormwater | Waterlogged – Unwanted water | 20 | Stormwater detention, bioengineering to slow erosion and flooding, reducing urban storm runoff, LIDs, urban complex soils, impervious surfaces, rural drainage. |
Urban | Urban Wildlife Habitat Design | 21 | Native and non native vegetation discussion, 3 dimensional structure, leaving messy areas, providing food, water and shelter in appropriate places. Avoiding wildlife conflicts. Care around urban Oak trees. |
Urban | Urban Agriculture | 10 | CCC on teaching gardening and farming to urbanites, emphasis on the next generation of farming of more small scale diversified farming rather than huge monocultures. Potential for converting to food crops in CC to market in Metro area. |
Urban | Urban & Rural Reserves: News conf. of Ag and Natural Resources groups | 9 | Diverse stakeholders from farming advocacy groups and conservation groups speak on land use planning for future economic growth as well as areas to be reserved for continued agricultural and natural resources use. METRO in the tri county area. |
Urban | Farm Fresh | 27 | CSAs, U picks, ready picks, farmers markets, local economy, fresh goods |
Urban | Lawncare BMPs for homeowners | 2 | (Very Short) Natural and chemical moss and weed control tips |
Urban | Leveraging the landscape to manage water | 4 | LID stormwater planning basics- greenroofs, porous pavers, bioretention, rain gardens produced by Landscape Architects |
Watershed education | Watershed Ed 2013 | 22 | Clackamas area Teacher workshop - Water Related Education, macros, water testing, watersheds, hands on activities, fish hatchery tour |
Watershed education | Salmon Toss | 7 | Clackamas HS students, nutrient cycling, ethnobotany, healthy streams and riparian areas |
Watershed education | Clean Water | 26 | USFS, forest wildlife habitat, CRBC River cleanups and riparian restoration |
Weeds | Stomping Weeds | 29 | Weedwise: Terrible 10 invasive plants. |
Weeds | Weed Control: Pastures & openland | 21 | Weed wrench, chain saw and loppers on scotch broom, cinnabar on tansy ragwort, discing, rotational grazing, fencing and grazing regrowth, chemical treatment, knotweed control, pesticide application and safety. |
Wildlife | Rural Wildlife Habitat Design | 13 | Conifer forest, riparian & oak habitats with ODFW, cutoff at end |