Celebrating the real on #GivingTuesday November 29th. How do we capture the hearts and minds of our community? This is the question we “non-profiters” are always thinking about, especially when #GivingTuesday is upon us. It is not enough that we know our work is important, that our community needs the services we provide, the lands
Over the course of the past two years, TWC neighbor and avid volunteer Sue Reed planted 8 milkweed plants at our Nyberg Wetland Preserve. Sue chose to plant the beautiful plant with showy flowers to help support monarch butterfly habitat. Well known for their long-distance seasonal migration and winter gatherings in Mexico and California, the
By Larry McClure, Tualatin Life Behind the big hedge next to the WES station you can barely see Tualatin’s only building on the National Register of Historic Places, the 1858 Sweek House. John and Maria Sweek and descendants made a permanent mark on early city history. But it is two residents in this remarkable house
Last month, twenty Kellogg Creek neighbors joined The Wetlands Conservancy and The North Clackamas Urban Watersheds Council (NCUWC) for a summer evening potluck. The picturesque, streamside Cavalier HOA park in Milwaukie provided the background for a night of storytelling. Long-time residents and watershed newcomers shared their overall appreciation of the place they all call home
The headwaters of Newell Creek are located at the Environmental Learning Center on Clackamas Community College Oregon City campus. Newell Creek makes its way to the Willamette through 1,800 acres of intact green space, the largest in the South Portland metro area. Newell Creek Canyon is home to deer, Pacific wren, pileated woodpeckers, varied thrush, coyotes and