Spring Workshops, Field Days, Trainings, and MORE!

Clackamas SWCD has what you need this Spring!  Rural and urban residents alike can benefit from our many workshops, trainings, and events.  Link to the...

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Mud, Manure, Horse Pasture Management Workshop Series

  The registration for this workshop series is currently full.  If you are still interested in joining us, please call 503-210-6000 to have your name...

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Managing Your Manure – Using Your Compost

  Manure management may be one of the less glamorous responsibilities of owning or caring for livestock, but this information from the Clackamas Soil and...

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Managing Your Manure – Making Compost

One horse produces 50 pounds of manure per day. Manure and bedding for a horse in a single year can exceed 25 cubic yards. When multiplied by a number of...

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Focus on Staff: Scott Eden, Conservation Specialist

If you’re an agricultural producer in Clackamas and have worked with the District over the past few years, you probably already know Scott Eden. Like...

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Conquering the Mountain. . . of Manure (Part 2)

  Manure management may be one of the less glamorous responsibilities of owning or caring for livestock, but this information from the Clackamas Soil and...

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Conquering the Mountain . . . of Manure (Part 1)

What to Do With the Poo A reality of having livestock is the accumulation of manure from stall cleanouts and picking in heavy use areas. A horse produces 50...

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Spring Tips to Keep Manure Out of Water

We have had an especially wet winter and spring this year.   While some of that rain soaks into our ground water, much of it runs off into local streams....

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Herbicide Residue in Manure, Hay, and Compost

hr What is Herbicide Residue? In recent weeks, the Oregon Dept of Agriculture announced the discovery of contaminated soil and compost materials from an...

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Conquering the Mountain. . . of Manure (Part 2)

Manure management may be one of the less glamorous responsibilities of owning or caring for livestock, but this information from the Clackamas Soil and Water...

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Conquering the Mountain . . . of Manure (Part 1)

What to Do With the Poo A reality of having livestock is the accumulation of manure from stall cleanouts and picking in heavy use areas. A horse produces 50...

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Springtime Tips to Keep Manure Out of Water

We have had an especially wet winter and there is more rain in store for us this spring.   While some of that rain soaks into our ground water, much …...

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Why Manage Manure?

Why manage manure? There are several reasons! Manure can affect your operation in good and bad ways, and it can impact other people and creatures. The...

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Ten Simple Ways to Keep Manure Out of Water

It’s springtime and the Willamette Valley is greening up. We’ll certainly receive more rain before summertime, and some of that rain will run off...

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