Our man Clair Klock interviews several watershed council folks in this new video shot by the Clackamas County Government Channel. Learn about watershed council...
Ten farmers markets in Clackamas County will receive a boost for their 2013 market season. The Clackamas County Soil and Water Conservation District has...
We have a fairly unique situation in the Clackamas County Soil and Water Conservation District: we have all or part of ten watershed councils within our...
Recent heavy rainfall resulted in a sudden rise in the level of Milk Creek. This caused us to take a close look at how well the large vegetated log matrix...
The Clackamas County Soil and Water Conservation District recently received a statewide honor from the United States Department of Agriculture’s Natural...
Environmental markets? Environmental services? What do these terms mean? How can these markets benefit farming and ranching? How do environmental services...
A quick inspection of the Milk Creek Project log structures shows grasses and willows sprouting, even though fall rains have not yet arrived. Milk Creek...
Plant a patch of flowering plants to attract native pollinators like bees, butterflies, and beetles! The value these small creatures provide is extraordinary....
The contractor and engineers worked closely today to return Milk Creek to the old channel. Stream riffles that existed before the project were restored....
What a difference a day makes! Topsoil was spread today and raked to provide good soil-to-seed contact. Straw mulch was placed to help with germination of...
The remainder of backfilling the structure was completed today, topsoil was replaced, and smoothing of the restored upper bank was started. Tomorrow, the...
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...
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...
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...
The last base logs were added today and most of the cross-logs with root wads attached were added. Today you can see how the project sweeps along the curve...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
