November’s Weed of the Month: Spurge Laurel

hr The Scourge of Spurge Laurel Spurge laurel (Daphne laureola) is neither a spurge nor a laurel, but rather an invasive plant in the Daphne family.  This...

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November’s Weed of the Month: Spurge Laurel

hr The Scourge of Spurge Laurel Spurge laurel (Daphne laureola) is neither a spurge nor a laurel, but rather an invasive plant in the Daphne family.  This...

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November’s Weed of the Month: Spurge Laurel

hr The Scourge of Spurge Laurel Spurge laurel (Daphne laureola) is neither a spurge nor a laurel, but rather an invasive plant in the Daphne family.  This...

Read More November’s Weed of the Month: Spurge Laurel

November’s Weed of the Month: Spurge Laurel

hr The Scourge of Spurge Laurel Spurge laurel (Daphne laureola) is neither a spurge nor a laurel, but rather an invasive plant in the Daphne family.  This...

Read More November’s Weed of the Month: Spurge Laurel

November’s Weed of the Month: Spurge Laurel

hr The Scourge of Spurge Laurel Spurge laurel (Daphne laureola) is neither a spurge nor a laurel, but rather an invasive plant in the Daphne family.  This...

Read More November’s Weed of the Month: Spurge Laurel

November’s Weed of the Month: Spurge Laurel

hr The Scourge of Spurge Laurel Spurge laurel (Daphne laureola) is neither a spurge nor a laurel, but rather an invasive plant in the Daphne family.  This...

Read More November’s Weed of the Month: Spurge Laurel

November’s Weed of the Month: Spurge Laurel

hr The Scourge of Spurge Laurel Spurge laurel (Daphne laureola) is neither a spurge nor a laurel, but rather an invasive plant in the Daphne family.  This...

Read More November’s Weed of the Month: Spurge Laurel

November’s Weed of the Month: Spurge Laurel

hr The Scourge of Spurge Laurel Spurge laurel (Daphne laureola) is neither a spurge nor a laurel, but rather an invasive plant in the Daphne family.  This...

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November Invasive Weed of the Month: Spurge Laurel

  Spurge laurel (Daphne laureola) is neither a spurge nor a laurel, but rather an invasive plant in the Daphne family.  This perennial plant has...

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Partners Come Together to Combat Spurge Laurel

The Clackamas County Soil and Water Conservation District’s WeedWise Program recently participated in a Spurge Laurel field tour in cooperation with...

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Spurge Laurel: Invasive Weed Fact Sheet

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Milk Creek Project: Making the Turn

More logs were placed today and we started to make the turn to follow the course of the stream.  In the photos below, you’ll find a few that show the...

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Parking Lot Island Out, Rain Garden In

The Clackamas County Soil and Water Conservation District recently assisted a local church in replacing a parking lot island with a new rain garden. Rain...

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Clackamas County Lavender Festival!

A little rain couldn’t dampen the spirits of those who attended the Clackamas County Lavender Festival last weekend at the Oregon Lavender Farm. Although...

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Milk Creek Project: Mobilization (gallery)

Our contractor — Aquatic Contracting, LLC — arrived on Thursday, August 23, 2012 to begin mobilizing equipment, hauling wood, and establishing...

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Milk Creek Project: First Logs Placed!

Today (Monday, August 27, 2012) the contractor placed the first logs on the mudstone stream bottom.  As we build the engineered log jam, logs with roots still...

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Milk Creek Project: Base Log Layer

Today the crew made great strides toward installing the base layer of logs in the large engineered log jam.  Trunks with roots attached were placed so the...

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Milk Creek Project: We See How It Will Look

More logs, more slash, more boulders, more rock, more soil!  Excellent progress was made today on the log jam.  The upstream end is just about completed with...

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Milk Creek Project: Live Willows Added

Work today consisted of beginning to build up the roughness of the structure, because more friction means less erosive energy for flowing water.  This design...

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Possible project on Mt. Scott and Camas creeks

Clackamas County SWCD staff visited a potential project site today at North Clackamas Park. Two streams pass through the park: Mt. Scott Creek and Camas Creek....

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Milk Creek Project: Log Jam Starts to Fill-in

Quite a bit more of the engineered structure became evident today as base logs and cross-members were extended farther downstream.  At the upper end, more...

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Milk Creek Project: Adding Materials to the Engineered Log Jam

We abbreviate “engineered log jam” as ELJ. The photos collected today show the final length of the structure, and the progression of work as slash,...

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Small Farm School (photo gallery)

The first annual Small Farm School appears to be a great success with more than 200 registrants attending. The photo gallery below highlights some of the...

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Milk Creek Project: Upstream End Finished to Final Grade

Now we can see what the finished log jam system will look like!  Contractors finished packing soil on the upstream end and graded the surface back to the...

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