RFQ for Architectural Design Services

The Clackamas County Soil and Water Conservation District is pleased to publish a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for architectural design services. The...

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Annual Report Published

The Clackamas County SWCD is pleased to provide our annual report for fiscal year 2013-2014.  The report covers the period from July 1, 2013 through June 30,...

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District Provides Support for Local Watershed Councils

As a local government, the Clackamas County Soil and Water Conservation District works to conserve natural resources throughout Clackamas County.  The...

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Photo by Erik Carr with permission from Candy Lane School

Candy Lane Students to the Rescue!

During a blustery morning of wind and rain, enthusiastic students from Candy Lane Elementary braved the elements in order to help support local pollinators....

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Board Officers for Fiscal Year 2014-2015

At the July 15, 2014 regular meeting of the Board of Directors, the Board elected officers to serve through June 30, 2015. Ron Oberg was re-elected to the...

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Protecting Our Best Lands For Future Generations

Recently, the Clackamas County Soil and Water Conservation District’s Board of Directors began reviewing the long-term strategies used by the District to...

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Five Positions for Election to Board of Directors

Five positions on the Clackamas County Soil and Water Conservation District’s Board of Directors are up for election this year. To be eligible to run for...

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2012 Census of Agriculture Published

We’ve been waiting for the state and county-level data to be published by the United States Department of Agriculture, and it’s finally here....

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District Updates Nondiscrimination Statement

Our federal partners — agencies with the United States Department of Agriculture — recently updated their nondiscrimination statement. Following...

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Rough-skinned newts on the farm

We’ve seen several rough-skinned newts (Taricha granulosa) wandering across the fields and gravel at the farm, but it was a surprise to see dozens in the...

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Transform your hedge into a habitat hedgerow!

What happens when the hedge you planted for privacy becomes too large to prune and turns into a maintenance headache?  Well, one option is to replace it with...

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Rain Drops and Restoration Along the Trolley Trail!

Fueled by hot coffee and Voodoo doughnuts, nearly 50 volunteers braved a rain-soaked Saturday morning to help install over 1,400 native trees and shrubs along...

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Close-up of a barn owl with white and light brown feathers, dark round eyes, and a heart-shaped face, set against a blurred outdoor background.

Birds! We have birds!

Well, of course we have birds at the farm, but what kind of birds?  A fellow volunteered to help identify birds and yesterday, a walk through the farm...

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The farmhouse is pretty as a picture

Support the farm

There are many ways you can support the Clackamas County Soil and Water Conservation District’s demonstration farm. Volunteer Your time and caring are of...

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ODFW finds frogs at the farm

Wildlife is one of the key priorities of the District, so we want to take every opportunity to evaluate wildlife habitat at the farm. We invited Habitat...

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Sunlight filters through tall pine trees in a forest, casting warm light on the trunks and the grassy ground. Shadows and patches of green highlight the peaceful, natural setting.

We have a woodlot

The farm is 13.15 acres in farm deferral, an acre for the home, and an acre for a woodlot. Our woodlot is primarily tall Douglas fir trees, but there are...

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Close-up of a barn owl with white and light brown feathers, dark round eyes, and a heart-shaped face, set against a blurred outdoor background.

There’s a barn owl in that old barn!

We’ve been seeing owl pellets on the floor of the old barn, but we’ve not seen the owl…until yesterday. When we opened the main doors and...

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A green walnut hanging from a tree branch with large leaves, set against a grassy yard and a white fence in the background.

The walnut tree

We don’t know what variety of walnut we have at the farm, but our guess is English walnut. The old hulls on the ground don’t look like black...

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District Will Expand Educational Focus On Two Properties

See. Touch. Do. These are key steps in helping people learn about how and why conservation benefits people and places. The Clackamas County Soil and Water...

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RFP: Instream and Riparian Vegetation Management

UPDATE June 28, 2013: RFP closed at noon today! Request for Proposals: Clackamas County Instream and Riparian Vegetation Management for Noxious Weeds...

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Milk Creek: Spring Checkup on Vegetated Log Matrix

With a contract crew on site today to treat weeds, it was the perfect time to take a look at the condition of the vegetated log matrix the Clackamas County...

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Everything You Need to Know About…Rural Fences

Got animals?  Got neighbors?  Then you need fences! Join Clair Klock and Kenn Evans as they review aspects of good country fencing. High-tensile New Zealand...

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Creating a Rain Garden with Elementary School Students

The following photo gallery is probably just as descriptive as anything we could write!  This rain garden was recently completed with design and construction...

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Milk Creek: Three Weeks of Construction in Three Minutes

Watch this time-lapse video to see the construction of a large vegetated log matrix structure. Construction occurred in August and September 2012 and took 12...

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