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...
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...
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...
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...
Milk Creek is home for several Molalla basin fish species: Chinook and Coho salmon, winter steelhead, cutthroat trout, and Pacific lamprey. A limiting factor...
Clackamas Soil and Water Conservation District, Friends of Trees and Trillium Creek Primary School in West Linn are partnering to revegetate a natural area...
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...
Molalla-area landowners Jim and Mary Toops were recognized by the Oregon Association of Conservation Districts (OACD) as their statewide Cooperator of the Year...
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...
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...
