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Come on Down by the Riverside to collect litter from Albany's waterways. We will remove English Ivy from trees to help restore this riparian area. A free pizza celebration will end this day of volunteer service. Activities include: Invasive Plant Removal, Litter Cleanup.

Register online here: http://solveoregon.org/get-involved/events/down-riverside

Come help beautify Old Town Chinatown. Join in the fun with neighbors and community members in cleaning and beautifying the tree wells and street-scapes within Old Town/Chinatown! Activities include: Invasive plant removal, litter cleanup, maintenance and monitoring and spreading mulch. Lunch will be served!

Register online here: http://solveoregon.org/get-involved/events/beautify-old-town-chinatown

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

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

Join us as we do what the squirrels do! In this Columbia Land Trust led event, we'll be collecting acorns from nearby oaks and planting them in the footprint of the former Haul Road along the Klickitat River. Come prepared for an athletic endeavor, featuring a 6-10 mile hike along the scenic shoreline. We'll be collecting and planting as we go, while Stewardship Lead Lindsay Cornelius shares information about property and this ambitious multi-phase restoration project. If you're able to join for this full day in the outdoors, you'll be treated to the rare opportunity to get hands-on with one of Columbia Land Trust's most impactful and interesting restoration projects yet.

About Haul Road: The Klickitat River is spectacular: Make a trip to the river and you'll see why its lower 10.8 miles were designated as Wild and Scenic. Located on the shores of the Klickitat, Haul Road is easily one of Columbia Land Trust's most ambitious restoration projects to date. We're removing eight and a half miles of the old Haul Road, allowing the river to reclaim its historic floodplain for the first time in 80 years. Using funds from the Salmon Recovery Funding Board, Columbia Land Trust purchased the old road in 2007. Since then, together with Yakama Nation Fisheries, we've removed 4.5 miles of road from the floodplain and plan to remove 4 more. Phase 5 of construction began in August.

Registration Required: To register, contact Sam Schongalla, Columbia Land Trust Volunteer Coordinator, at volunteer@columbialandtrust.org or 360-213-1214. Directions and additional information will be provided upon registration.