Your source for stories, insights, and updates about the Oswego Lake Watershed and the work of the Oswego Lake Watershed Council. Here you’ll find many of our newsletter articles, event highlights, project updates, and information to help you learn about and protect our local environment.

The Dirt on Trees

The Dirt on Trees Stephanie Wagner We love our trees!  We love their shade, their graceful patterns against the ...

Mason Bee Fun!

Mason Bee Fun! Sharon Hawley, OLWC Volunteer Supporting native fauna, educating on the cycle of life, enlivening ...

Living With “Wildlife”

By Stephanie Wagner There goes another one! Ants in our bathroom!  Teeny, tiny sugar ants waltzing along the ...

December 2020 Update: Lake Oswego High School Green Team

By Nate Foster, Lake Oswego High School Green Team Leadership For the past year, I have had the privilege of ...

Discover Lake Oswego’s Winter Birds!

By Mary Ratcliff, OLWC Board Member   Ruby-crowned Kinglet on a branch. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia ...

The Overstory by Richard Powers – a Book Review

By Mary Ratcliff, OLWC Board Member, and Volunteer The Overstory is, first of all, a story of trees. It is the ...

Fallen Leaves Find a Way Home

By Sharon Hawley, OLWC Volunteer My yards have always allowed me to “dispose” of leaves without banishing them ...

Fall Updates From Lakeridge and Lake Oswego High School Green Teams

By Lakeridge High School and Lake Oswego High School Green Teams Lake Oswego High School Green Team: The Lake ...

Out of Thin Air – Trees and Climate Action

By Stephanie Wagner “OMG - I get it!” exclaimed Mona as she grabbed my arm, “Trees grow out of thin air!” ...
Lessons on Resilience

Lessons on Resilience

In times of turmoil, fear, and uncertainty, it can be helpful to turn to the natural world for answers. If you can, try to have a moment with nature today. Let us all learn resilience, how to thrive under difficult circumstances, and how to maintain some beauty and whimsy in our lives at the same time. Let us all be a little bit more like Douglas spirea.
Earth Day Turns 50

Earth Day Turns 50

Reflections from Stephanie Wagner, LOSN and OLWC Board Member Knowing that you love the earth changes you, ...

MLK Days of Service

On Martin Luther King Jr. weekend 2020, Oswego Lake Watershed Council will be honoring MLK Jr’s legacy with two ...
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