Feb 13, 2025 | Stewardship, Watershed Science and Systems
What is Lake Oswego Forest Resiliency? The idea of land resilience and community involvement requires a coupling of social and ecological resilience in rapidly changing landscapes affected by our warming climate. Land management is strongest when it adopts multiple...
Feb 13, 2025 | Stewardship, Watershed Science and Systems
Characteristics of a Healthy Watershed A healthy watershed is vital to maintaining a balanced and thriving ecosystem. Key characteristics include: Dense Native Vegetation and Tree Canopy: Supports biodiversity and helps stabilize the environment. Stable Soils: Capable...
Feb 8, 2025 | Stewardship, Watershed Science and Systems
By Sharon Hawley Yes, if the soil beneath it is healthy. One might then ask, is that likely to be the case? There is increasing awareness of the role healthy soils can play in the future of our planet. Regenerative farming can greatly enhance food production without...
Sep 2, 2022 | Watershed Science and Systems
Like everywhere on earth, today’s varied landscapes in Lake Oswego can be traced back to the rocks and earth forces of the past.
May 25, 2022 | Watershed Science and Systems
By Barbara Fisher, OLWC Board Member A few years ago when my OLWC colleague, Master Naturalist, Mike Buck started talking about a super spreader invasive plant, shiny geranium, I was puzzled. I wanted to know what it looked like. It hadn’t, to my knowledge,...
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...
