We All Live Upstream – A Watershed Event
Save the Date: We All Live Upstream – A Watershed Event October 27, 2012 This free family event is coming up on October 27, 2012. Speakers, exhibits, drawings and nibbles from local food […]
ODA Delivers Agricultural Water Quality Report
September 26, 2012 — A lot has happened since the Oregon Legislature passed Senate Bill 1010 in 1993, giving birth to the Oregon Department of Agriculture’s Water Quality Management Program. A new report […]
Plant a Patch of Flowering Plants for Pollinators
Plant a patch of flowering plants to attract native pollinators like bees, butterflies, and beetles! The value these small creatures provide is extraordinary. While honeybees do pollinate crops, so do our less heralded […]
Milk Creek Project: Water is Flowing in the Restored Channel
The contractor and engineers worked closely today to return Milk Creek to the old channel. Stream riffles that existed before the project were restored. Great progress was made on engineered log jams downstream […]
Milk Creek Project: Surface Seeded and Bank Shaping Underway
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 seed. The opposite bank is being […]
Milk Creek Project: Final Grade Achieved Today
The remainder of backfilling the structure was completed today, topsoil was replaced, and smoothing of the restored upper bank was started. Tomorrow, the surface will be smoothed, cobbles will be picked and raked, […]
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 original grade. Add some biodegradable […]
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 happenings outside the classroom today. The Clackamas […]
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 soil compacted up to grade. Photos […]