Black bear on the Eagle Creek Community Forest

Black bear on the Eagle Creek Community Forest

May 5, 2019 – A black bear walks by the trail camera in the early morning darkness. Keen observers will also see a bat fly by!...

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Bobcat on the Eagle Creek Community Forest

Bobcat on the Eagle Creek Community Forest

May 3, 2019 – A bobcat stops in front of our trail camera!...

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Deer on the Eagle Creek Community Forest

Deer on the Eagle Creek Community Forest

May 8, 2019 – A deer walks right up to our trail camera....

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Deer browsing on the Eagle Creek Community Forest

Deer browsing on the Eagle Creek Community Forest

May 1, 2019 – Deer browsing in a black locust stand on the Eagle Creek Community Forest....

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Conservation Resource Center overflight - 3 Dec 2019

Conservation Resource Center overflight – 3 Dec 2019

P&C Construction filmed the new project by drone aircraft on December 3, 2019....

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Molalla River Watershed Drinking Water Quality Assessment and Source Protection Plan – Public Presentation, May 13, 2020

Clackamas SWCD is conducting an assessment of drinking water source quality in order to identify and direct resources to implement improvements. This public...

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Wet Season Erosion and Sediment Control Practices for Growers: Introduction

Wet Season Erosion and Sediment Control Practices for Growers: Introduction

This introduction shares the importance of erosion and sediment control from the viewpoints of producers, industry associations, water providers, regulators,...

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Wet Season Erosion and Sediment Control Practices for Growers Episode 1: Operational and Planning Practices

Wet Season Erosion and Sediment Control Practices for Growers Episode 1: Operational and Planning Practices

Episode 1 covers identifying areas with a high potential for erosion and assessing drainage on your property. It looks at the influences you can control and...

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Wet Season Erosion and Sediment Control Practices for Growers Episode 2: Border and Entry Practices

Wet Season Erosion and Sediment Control Practices for Growers Episode 2: Border and Entry Practices

Episode 2 addresses what we call “Keeping the Inside In and the Outside Out” by using practices that make sure that your soil is retained on your...

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Wet Season Erosion and Sediment Control Practices for Growers Episode 3: Covering Practices

Wet Season Erosion and Sediment Control Practices for Growers Episode 3: Covering Practices

Episode 3 reveals ways to protect soil from the impact of rain and its erosive forces. Both long-term and short-term practices are highlighted to protect the...

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Wet Season Erosion and Sediment Control Practices for Growers Episode 4: Slope Management Practices

Wet Season Erosion and Sediment Control Practices for Growers Episode 4: Slope Management Practices

Episode 4 shows how to take many of the practices learned in the previous episode, covering practices, and apply them to a sloped landscape. The different...

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Wet Season Erosion and Sediment Control Practices for Growers Episode 5: Ditches, Piping, and Ponds

Wet Season Erosion and Sediment Control Practices for Growers Episode 5: Ditches, Piping, and Ponds

Episode 5 highlights how to move water across your property without causing erosion or loss of soil. The idea is to keep clean water clean. Thanks for...

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Molalla River Watershed Drinking Water Quality Assessment and Source Protection Plan – Public Presentation, June 16, 2021

Clackamas SWCD is wrapping up its assessment of drinking water source quality and has developed an associated Drinking Water Source Area Protection Plan to...

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Woman raking mud in a horse and livestock yard on a farm

CSWCD Manage Mud with Heavy Use Area

This video discusses the problems that mud creates in managing a barnyard. Learn about the advantages of a heavy use area for pasture protection, chore ease,...

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Two people checking the temperature of manure in an outdoor shelter

CSWCD Horse Manure Management

This video discusses manure management on a small acreage horse operation that is located on a stream. Learn about the importance of receiving technical...

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CSWCD Horse Pasture Management

This video discusses the technical assistance available from your local Soil and Water Conservation District. Learn about ways to have healthy pastures, forage...

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Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP)

The Oregon Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) is a local, state, and federal cooperative program that pays landowners to install conservation...

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Reduce Pesticide Use and Runoff with Cover Crops

Reduce Pesticide Use and Runoff with Cover Crops

Hear from producers about the value of vegetative cover in their growing operation....

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Reducing Pesticides in the Clackamas River Watershed

Learn how pesticides reach the Clackamas River and ways to prevent this process....

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Reduce Pesticide Drift with Improved Sprayer Efficiency

Reduce Pesticide Drift with Improved Sprayer Efficiency

Learn how to make your sprayer more efficient and tools that can help reduce pesticide drift....

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Reduce Pesticide Drift with Windsocks

Reduce Pesticide Drift with Windsocks

Hear from producers that use calibrated windsocks to reduce pesticide drift....

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Cover Crop Selection Tool

Cover Crop Selection Tool

This Cover Crop Selection Tool for Idaho, Oregon, and Washington can help growers and conservation planners select cover crop species adapted to their climate,...

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Managing for Soil Biology

Managing for Soil Biology

Learn about the soil biological community and how it relates to nutrient management and how soil organisms affect pest management with Soil Heath Specialist...

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Weather and Climate Data for Farm Planning and Management

Weather and Climate Data for Farm Planning and Management

This workshop recording features Andy Bryant, a Service Hydrologist at the National Weather Service forecast office in Portland. Here he demonstrates online...

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