stewardship

This site at Glencoe High School is a SOLVE Green Team site where students have removed more than an acre of Himalayan blackberry and planted hundreds of native plants. The final steps in retoring the site are removal of some invasive weeds and in-fill planting of native shrubs. The site borders are large wetland complex. On the opposite side of the wetlands neighbors are working hard to enhance the wetlands edge, removing invasive vegetation and planting native trees and shrubs. Volunteers will weed, mulch, and plant native vegetation.

Register online here: http://solveoregon.org/get-involved/events/hillsdoer-day

Interested in the animals that live on Mt Hood?  Love to snowshoe?  Join the Wolverine Tracking Project and help search for rare carnivores and other wildlife on Mt Hood.  Develop animal tracking skills, enjoy group trips in a winter wonderland, and help increase knowledge of rare wildlife.  

There are 4 sets of training dates to choose from.  Last set of training dates:

Classroom session: Tuesday, Dec 8, 6:30-8:30pm, at Cascadia Wild, 5431 NE 20th Ave.

Field session: Sunday, Dec 13, 9-noon, at Oxbow Park.

Survey trips take place all winter long.

For more information and to register: www.cascadiawild.org/wolverine-tracking-project.html

Interested in the animals that live on Mt Hood?  Love to snowshoe?  Join the Wolverine Tracking Project and help search for rare carnivores and other wildlife on Mt Hood.  Develop animal tracking skills, enjoy group trips in a winter wonderland, and help increase knowledge of rare wildlife.  

There are 4 sets of training dates to choose from.  Second set of training dates:

Classroom session: Wednesday, Nov 11, 6:30-8:30pm, at Cascadia Wild, 5431 NE 20th Ave.

Field session: Sunday, Nov 15, 9-noon, at Oxbow Park.

Survey trips take place all winter long.

For more information and to register:  www.cascadiawild.org/wolverine-tracking-project.html

Help us clean up this summertime recreational mecca in the lower Sandy Watershed! As the Troutdale section of our Timberline to Troutdale Cleanup, the Lower Sandy Floating Cleanup is focused on reducing trash with a watershed-wide impact. Coordinated by the Sandy River Basin Watershed Council, in partnership with Stout Creek Outfitters, Oregon State Parks, and others. Volunteers of all skill levels are welcome, just bring your own boat and PFD, appropriate clothing to get wet and walk along rocky beaches, and water to drink. We will meet at Lewis and Clark State Recreation Area, and leave cars to shuttle to our launch point at Dabney State Park. Bring your own boat and PFD if you'd like to participate in the floating clean-up, otherwise you can help clean up the banks of the Sandy River near Lewis and Clark!

Register to volunteer online at: http://www.solveoregon.org/get-involved/events/lower-sandy-floating-cleanup

This workshop provides a quick overview of mason bees and their most common pest, the Krombein mite (also known as the pollen mite).  Attendees are encouraged to bring in their mason bee nesting devices to work on extracting the cocoons and cleaning them with a dry sand process.  Mason bee nesting trays used at Jackson Bottom Wetlands will also be available for attendees to clean so that they can get a hands on experience of what is involved in this important step in raising mason bees.

16 -- Adult

Ron Spendal

Jackson Bottom Wetlands Education Center

Sat       12/5      1 -- 3 pm

Free.    Call 503-681-6283 to pre-register.