Master Watershed Stewards from Marshfield High School spent two afternoons this winter learning about amphibians and being trained to identify and monitor their presence based on adults and egg masses surveyed in the wetland. Many thanks to our partner, the Coos Watershed Association for leading this study on our Matson Creek Preserve in Coos Bay, Oregon. Check
The Wetlands Conservancy teams up with local fishing groups and ODFW to help juvenile salmon and steelhead. Toledo, Oregon- 2/22/2015 After a record breaking year for salmon returns, local fishermen from the U-Da-Man and Longview Hills Fishing Clubs teamed up with The Wetlands Conservancy and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife in hopes of
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
Last spring a beaver dam at our Hedges Creek Preserve (Tualatin) was breached by vandals, resulting in water levels dropping by a few feet in the beaver pond above.