How to Collect Water Samples for Nitrate Screening
It’s easy to properly collect water samples for nitrate screening: Collect about a cup of water in a clean container. A glass jar is preferred but other containers will work fine, too. The […]
Time to Plant Your Streamsides
Spring is fast approaching and the urge is strong to get outside and dig in the soil! We have the planting bug, too, at the Clackamas County Soil and Water Conservation District. Our […]
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 days over a three-week period to complete. We’ve […]
What Are the Bugs Telling Us?
Got bugs? If you live in the Clackamas River watershed, you may have noticed folks in orange vests looking under rocks and kicking the sediment in Doane and North Fork Deep creeks in […]
Interested in Weather? Your Help is Needed!
Are you a weather observer? More importantly, do you want to be? We can help you get started. CoCoRaHS is a volunteer network Participating in the Community Collaboration Rain, Hail and Snow (CoCoRaHS) […]
All You Need to Know About Watershed Councils
Our man Clair Klock interviews several watershed council folks in this new video shot by the Clackamas County Government Channel. Learn about watershed council projects and why they are such great partners for […]
Local Farmers Markets Receive a New Year Boost
Ten farmers markets in Clackamas County will receive a boost for their 2013 market season. The Clackamas County Soil and Water Conservation District has awarded ten support grants for a total of $27,500, […]
District Awards Support Funds to Watershed Councils
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 boundary! The District is more successful because […]
Milk Creek Project Update And Next Steps
Milk Creek is home for several Molalla basin fish species: Chinook and Coho salmon, winter steelhead, cutthroat trout, and Pacific lamprey. A limiting factor for salmon and steelhead habitat in Milk Creek is […]