Remove Weeds Near the Willamette

Meldrum Bar Park is located along the Willamette River just downstream from the mouth of the Clackamas River. The park is owned by the City of Gladstone and is enjoyed for its sports fields, impressive community garden, boat launch, and natural riparian forest. Several organizations, including the Estuary Partnership, work within the park to improve wildlife habitat. Just across the river on the Willamette's western shore is Mary S. Young State Park and Goat Island, home to an active heronry. Preserved riparian forests on both sides of the Willamette River make this area a wildlife oasis in an otherwise densely populated and developed stretch of the Willamette River.