Celebrate National Pollinator Week by taking a few moments to learn how you can best support our native pollinators! If you have listened to news reports over the last few years, you probably know that pollinators […]
Author Archive | Lisa Kilders
Spring Pasture – Anxious to Graze?
We’ve had a taste of warm weather and spring pasture grasses are growing, but wait! Don’t turn those horses out too early! While your horses may have been hanging out in a sacrifice area over the […]
Scholarships Offered to Local Students
The Clackamas Soil and Water Conservation District is pleased to offer three $1,500 scholarships for the 2017-18 school year! The scholarship money may be used toward earning an associate, bachelor, or graduate degree. Students must have […]
Bugs as Indicators of Water Quality
Got bugs? Did you notice folks in orange vests looking under rocks and kicking the sediment in Doane and North Fork Deep Creeks in early October? They were staff and volunteers from Clackamas Soil and Water […]
Almost 60 Tons of Pesticides Removed from Watersheds
Early in November, several organizations worked together to hold two pesticide collection events in Clackamas County. More than 8,437 pounds of unused, old, restricted, or damaged pesticides were collected from area agricultural producers. These pesticides were […]
Dispose of Pesticides at No Cost
Safely and anonymously dispose of old and unusable pesticides! Clackamas SWCD is partnering with Clackamas River Water Providers to offer a 2016 Pesticide Round-up primarily for farm producers in the Clackamas River watershed, but all producers […]
