Oct 27, 2020 | Featured, Flora/Fauna, You can get involved!
By Stephanie Wagner “OMG – I get it!” exclaimed Mona as she grabbed my arm, “Trees grow out of thin air!” We were walking the trails at Tryon Creek as part of a workshop for elementary school teachers exploring why “Trees are Terrific”. That morning, we had...
Nov 19, 2019 | Featured, You can get involved!
You can help protect watershed health! Volunteer to plant trees, sign up for our newsletter, host a presentation, or attend a free workshop. We are beginning to plan for fall invasive species removal and installation of native plants! We will be implementing COVID-19...
Oct 19, 2019 | Past Opportunities, You can get involved!
Next weekend, Oswego Lake Watershed Council is hosting a morning of stewardship and community building! We’ll be pulling ivy at Westlake as part of a Portland metro-wide effort, No Ivy Day. Westlake Oak Woodland is a beautiful 17-acre site that hosts rare oak...
May 1, 2019 | You can get involved!
Join OLWC Chair Stephanie Wagner for one of the Oswego Lake watershed tours! Our watershed tours are for area residents to introduce them to Oswego Lake Watershed and provide an overview of watershed science and issues affecting watershed health. WhenThe third...
Mar 14, 2019 | Featured, In the News, Projects, You can get involved!
Restoring another white oak woodland by Corey Buchanan, March 14, 2019 in the West Linn Tidings Westlake Homeowners Association Open Spaces Liaison Tom Berridge is looking forward to the time when he can peer into the 17-acre oak woodlands that borders Kruse Way in...
Jan 23, 2013 | Featured, You can get involved!
The City of Lake Oswego has over 300 acres in natural areas and neighboring Tryon Creek State Park adds another 770 acres. That adds up to a lot of natural space but most of that space is surrounded by neighborhoods creating habitat islands. What if we could somehow...