Weather For All

We all use weather information every day.  For instance, do you look outside or view the morning news before you decide what to wear? Is your favorite weather...

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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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Scholarships Awarded To Two Local Students

Clackamas County Soil and Water Conservation District awarded scholarships to two local students working toward degrees in agriculturally related fields....

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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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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...

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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...

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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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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Don’t Miss This Volunteer Planting Opportunity

Clackamas Soil and Water Conservation District, Friends of Trees and Trillium Creek Primary School in West Linn are partnering to revegetate a natural area...

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Milk Creek Structures Endure First High Water Event

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...

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District receives statewide honor from NRCS

The Clackamas County Soil and Water Conservation District recently received a statewide honor from the United States Department of Agriculture’s Natural...

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Local Landowner Selected as Oregon Cooperator of the Year

Molalla-area landowners Jim and Mary Toops were recognized by the Oregon Association of Conservation Districts (OACD) as their statewide Cooperator of the Year...

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Environmental Markets for Farmers and Ranchers

Environmental markets? Environmental services? What do these terms mean?  How can these markets benefit farming and ranching? How do environmental services...

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Milk Creek Project: Greening Up Before Fall Rains Arrive

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...

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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,...

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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...

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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....

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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....

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