District Supports 2025 Farmers Markets

The Clackamas Soil and Water Conservation District is proud to support local farmers markets! Our Farmers Markets Support Grant program is designed to help our...

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National Farmers Market Week: August 4 – 10, 2024

We’re celebrating National Farmers Market Week! This annual celebration highlights the important role that farmers markets play across our nation and...

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District Supports 2024 Farmers Markets

The Clackamas Soil and Water Conservation District is proud to support local farmers markets! Our Farmers Markets Support Grant program is designed to help our...

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Council of Councils Supports Clackamas Watershed Councils

Clackamas County is home to nine different watershed councils.  These councils exists wholly or partially within the Clackamas SWCD service area and they are...

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District Supports 2023 Farmers Markets

The Clackamas Soil and Water Conservation District is proud to support local farmers markets with Farmers Markets Support Grants.  Clackamas County farmers...

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2023 Watershed Council Support Grants Awarded

On Tuesday, December 20, 2022 , the Clackamas Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Directors unanimously approved Watershed Council Support Grants...

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Council of Councils Deepens Watershed Partnerships

Clackamas County is home to nine different watershed councils.  These councils exists wholly or partially within the Clackamas SWCD service area and they are...

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Council of Councils Deepens Watershed Partnerships

Directors and coordinators representing all nine watershed councils in Clackamas County attended a Council of Councils meeting on March 1, 2022. District...

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2022 Watershed Council Support Grants Awarded

On Tuesday, January 18, 2021, the Clackamas Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Directors unanimously approved Watershed Council Support Grants...

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District Awards 2020 Watershed Council Support Grants

On Tuesday, December 17, 2019, the Clackamas Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Directors unanimously approved Watershed Council Support Grants...

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Watershed Councils Receive 2019 Support Grants

On Tuesday, December 22, 2018, the Clackamas Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Directors unanimously approved Watershed Council Support Grants...

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Council of Councils Deepens Watershed Partnerships

Directors and coordinators representing all ten watershed councils in Clackamas County attended a Council of Councils meeting on January 9, 2019. General...

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Backyard Habitat Program Off to a Successful Start!

In March 2016, the Clackamas Soil and Water Conservation District formally partnered with the Audubon Society of Portland and Columbia Land Trust to expand the...

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Over 66 tons of Pesticide Removed from Area Watersheds

In late April, several organizations worked together to hold the most recent pesticide collection event in Clackamas County. More than 9,000 pounds of unused,...

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Project Highlight: Clackamas River Invasive Species Partnership

The Clackamas River Basin is not without its fair share of invasive weeds.  Thankfully, we have a hard working group of skilled land managers actively...

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District Supports Watershed Councils

On Tuesday, December 20, 2016 , the Clackamas Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Directors unanimously approved Watershed Council Partnership...

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Almost 60 Tons of Pesticides Removed from Watersheds

Early in November, several organizations worked together to hold two pesticide collection events in Clackamas County.  More than 8,437 pounds of unused, old,...

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ONEStop Farmgate: A New Resource in Clackamas County

Clackamas County OneStop Farmgate is a new, FREE resource for farmers in Clackamas County. This website is designed to make it easier for farmers to find the...

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New Partnership Tackles Costly Invasive Weeds on Clackamas River

Invasive weeds cost Oregon residents millions of dollars each year, but a new effort is now underway to control invasive weeds along the Clackamas River. This...

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Windsocks Help Reduce Pesticide Drift

Since 2000, monitoring conducted by Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has detected pesticides in Clackamas River tributaries at concentrations that...

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Restoration in Milk Creek Continues…Fish are Thrilled

In 2012 the Clackamas Soil and Water Conservation District implemented a stream restoration project on Milk Creek, a tributary and major stream in the Lower...

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Pesticide Collection Event Was Tons of Success!

The Tualatin and Clackamas County Soil and Water Conservation Districts co-hosted an  Agricultural Pesticide Collection event on Saturday March 8, 2014, at...

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Rain Drops and Restoration Along the Trolley Trail!

Fueled by hot coffee and Voodoo doughnuts, nearly 50 volunteers braved a rain-soaked Saturday morning to help install over 1,400 native trees and shrubs along...

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Conservation District Awards Partnership Grants

Clackamas County Soil and Water Conservation District is excited to announce that partnership support grants totaling over $94,000 will be distributed to...

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