Which wetland plant are you? All of the wetland plants have personalities, just like each of our preserves! Come out and experience first-hand just how special wetlands are through the personalities of unique wetland plants! Horsetail— The Old Soul Are you loyal, dependable, and humble? If so, you are a horsetail. This ancient plant
All of the soil on earth tells a story. The soil at our Happ Wetland Preserve in Seal Rock, Oregon tells the story of the massive earthquake and tsunami of 1700. Sixth grade students at Eddyville Charter School take core samples at the wetland and share their findings in this poster–check it out! tsunami poster
This past Saturday marks the close of a wonderful partnership with Mount Hood Community College’s SEED (Scholarships for Education and Economic Development) program. The students from this program have volunteered at our Gresham Meadowlands preserve five times over the past two years. They have been hard-working, fun-loving and dedicated volunteers! The SEED program supports projects for international students–one
February 7, 2015 was our very first planting day of the year! We partnered with the City of Tualatin for a great productive work day. About 400 live stakes of red osier dogwood and willows were placed in the soft wetland ground by about 40 people. We also scoured the uplands for litter and huge pickup truck full
This spring, with the help of amphibian expert Katie Holzer, our urban land stewards Megan and Kaegan have launched an amphibian survey program to monitor amphibian populations on six of our urban preserves. Together, they trained and developed a dedicated amphibian survey team of about 20 people for a season-long search for the egg masses