News & Events from the Intertwine
Join local birding enthusiast Rhett Wilkins for an early-morning bird walk around Whitaker Ponds. Look for songbirds, raptors, and waterfowl and learn more about bird identification. Please dress for the weather and bring your own binoculars and guide books.
Load up your canoe or kayak for a springtime paddle! Paddler and naturalist Troy Clark will lead this group trip in search of bald eagles, otters, turtles, and osprey. $5 suggested donation, suitable for adults and teens 12, pre-registration requested.
The Columbia Slough Watershed Council is happy to be celebrating Earth Day with Portland Parks and Recreation and SOLVE! Celebrate with us by helping remove invasive English Ivy from the Wilkes Creek headwaters.
Looking to participate in Earth Day? Join the Council and Friends of Force Lake for this very special Earth Day clean up event! Volunteers have helped restore the ecological community of Force Lake with clean-up and planting events over multiple seasons.
You can help us plant natives along the Peninsula Crossing Trail in north Portland! The Peninsula Crossing Trail is the only north-south recreational trail along the north Portland peninsula.
Join Council member and Metro naturalist James Davis for a birding tour of Whitaker Ponds. We'll walk around the trails looking for birds before enjoying a delicious lunch from the Council. Space is limited to 20 people; suitable for adults and children 12 & up. Advance registration requir
Learn about the history of water control in the Portland area and get an up-close look at the people, machines, and structures that keep parts of NE Portland and Gresham from flooding.
Ever wonder about that slow-moving channel of water running through Gresham, Fairview, and NE & N Portland? Learn about the history, water, wildlife, and current issues of the Columbia Slough at Slough 101. Slough experts will lead hands-on activities including a tour of a pump station and
Want to spend a day helping kids learn about water, watersheds and wetlands? Join us at the Children's Clean Water Festival on March 11th. We'll be there teaching about how much Groundwater Rocks! Sign up to volunteer by using the "Register for this Event" link below.
Assist the Council's SERVE (Students Engaged in Restoring Vital Ecosystems) program at this Stewardship Saturday event. The SERVE program exposes local students to hands-on restoration work in the Slough watershed, and now you can help!