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.
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
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
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 ...
#LoveYourWCs
#LoveYourWCs
Watershed Councils work with our community members, building a sense of place while together ...
Westlake Oak Woodland: Restoring a Vanishing Habitat
The Westlake neighborhood, which was created in the 1980s, is graced with mature oak trees in private yards and ...
Leaves are Falling, Oaks are Calling For Your Help
Next weekend, Oswego Lake Watershed Council is hosting a morning of stewardship and community building! ...
2019 Tree Summit
2019 Lake Oswego Tree Summit Recap
On October 5th the Oswego Watershed Council (OLWC) partnered with the Lake ...
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