The Clackamas County Soil and Water Conservation District recently assisted a local church in replacing a parking lot island with a new rain garden. Rain gardens work like a native forest by capturing […]
Archive | Water quality & quantity
The Water Quality and Quantity category covers protecting and restoring the quality of surface and ground water. District programs include water quality monitoring and many conservation practices. Rain gardens and bioswales help clean water before it infiltrates into ground water. Livestock exclusion fencing keeps animals out of surface water.
Activities focusing on water quality are about assuring future supplies of water for people, plants, and animals. Rainwater harvesting and irrigation system improvements are good examples of water quantity practices.
Waterlogged: Unwanted Water!
It’s springtime. Can water be too much of a good thing? Sometimes yes! Join Clair Klock as he describes the flood control dike in the Three Creeks Natural Area, installed after the 1996 […]
Jumpstart Your Spring Pasture
It’s officially spring, and if you haven’t already done so, it’s time to get your pasture ready. After the continual rain of winter, grazed pastures and hay fields need a boost of nutirients […]
Six Minutes on Currin Creek Restoration
Six minutes about the Currin Creek Restoration work in Estacada…with sound and pictures! It’s our newest video! This stream restoration project on Currin Creek is located behind the Estacada High School. This is […]
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 the land to surface streams. When water travels over […]
Possible project on Mt. Scott and Camas creeks
Clackamas County SWCD staff visited a potential project site today at North Clackamas Park. Two streams pass through the park: Mt. Scott Creek and Camas Creek. Like many urban streams, these two streams […]