Feb 8, 2022 | Education and Youth Programs, Stewardship
Lakeridge High School Updates & Goals for 2022 By Mia Mickelsen The Lakeridge Green Team remains hard at work continuing to promote environmentalism, stewardship, and sustainability on Lakeridge’s campus and beyond! One of Green Team’s primary goals this year is...
Feb 8, 2022 | Stewardship
Our Oregon White Oaks (Quercus garryana) are special trees. They represent strength and continuity and need to be celebrated and protected.
OLWC has just received a grant from the Oregon Conservation and Recreation Fund (OCRF) to support oak woodland enhancement in the Westlake area. Included in the grant is funding to develop messaging for our community about our native oaks and how they were used and protected by indigenous people prior to colonization. You can learn more about OLWC’s oak enhancement project here.
Dec 12, 2021 | Stewardship
Springbrook Creek Riparian Buffer Project The Springbrook Creek Riparian Buffer Project began in 2021 and is funded by Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board’s small grant program. This stretch of Springbrook Creek has been unvegetated in patches, leading to erosion, lack...
Dec 1, 2021 | Education and Youth Programs, Stewardship
The LOSD Green Teams are an integral part of the community and play a big role in helping OLWC learn and innovate. We’ve been partnering with high school Green Teams to coordinate regular campus stewardship events like ivy pulls and native tree plantings. Here is what...
Oct 4, 2021 | Stewardship, Watershed Science and Systems
By Kathleen Wiens My family and I moved to Lake Oswego in 2015. One of the reasons we fell in love with LO is the large beautiful trees in the community. We were thrilled that our home had an incredible heritage redwood tree in the front yard and worked with Bosky...
Oct 4, 2021 | Stewardship
Submitted by Barbara Fisher, OLWC council member and Friends of Hallinan Heights Woods coordinator You have probably never heard of Gans Street. It’s a short dead-end street in the Hallinan Heights neighborhood. The OLWC has been working to restore ¾ of acre on this...
