Southwest Watershed Resource Center


The Southwest Watershed Resource Center (WRC) is a partnership between SW Neighborhoods, Inc. and the City of Portland Bureau of Environmental Services. The mission of the WRC is to inspire and support watershed stewardship at the neighborhood level in SW Portland.

 

The Watershed Resource Center:
WRC external view

Learn more about what the WRC offers and how our backyards in SW Portland connect with the larger landscape, ecosystem and watershed:

Video produced by SWNI & the WRC with funding from West Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District.

 

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Contact the WRC

Jen Seamans
watershed at swni.org
Watershed Center Manager

Southwest Watershed Resource Center
6820 SW 45th Ave., Portland, OR 97219
503-823-2862

WRC Hours and Location

The Southwest Watershed Resource Center (WRC) is located inside the lobby of the SW Community Center at SW 45th & Vermont.

 

WRC Open Hours

WRC door
Click here to open a calendar of the WRC open hours schedule. Due to limited staffing, hours may change without advance notice. If you are planning to visit the WRC, please call 503-823-2862 or email watershed at swni.org and time will be reserved for you.
 

What does the WRC offer?

Stewardship Support

We all live in a watershed, and we all contribute to its health. The Watershed Center is here to help landowners meet their goals while helping protect watershed health and function. See other pages on landowner and stewardship group resources. If you have any questions about watershed restoration, or are looking for information or referrals, don't hesitate to contact the Watershed Center.

Education & Outreach Programs

Check out the variety of free outreach programs based at the WRC and out in the community. For more information about bringing the WRC to you, contact 503-823-2862 or watershed at swni.org

Drop in for a visit!

WRC Welcome to Our Watershed

Resources at the WRC include:

Events

Have you seen some colorful salmon on the loose around the Village? Community events such as the Maplewood Picnic, Multnomah Days, Willamette Park summer concerts and National Night Out are opportunities to connect with the WRC.

Outreach Programs

The Southwest Watershed Resource Center offers a variety of watershed outreach programs! Presentations, indoor and outdoor education programs, and event tabling are all offered free of charge. Call or email to discuss your group's interests and needs.

Community presentations are offered to any organization, community of faith, business or neighborhood group in SW Portland. Previous presentation topics have included:

  • Backyard Habitat Certification Program
  • Landscaping for Conservation
  • Nature-Based Education for Early Childhood
  • Projects in development for SW watersheds
  • Salmon recovery in SW Portland
  • Stewardship Begins in Your Backyard (intro to the watershed restoration process)
  • Sustainable Living (gardening and chemical alternatives for your home)
  • ...other topics by request -- just ask!

Indoor, youth-oriented programs include:

  • Stormwater Storytelling
  • Watershed Awareness (non-point source pollution model)
  • Water Quality Chemistry (indoor or outdoor)
  • other programs by request!

Groups of up to 12 such as scouts, youth groups, neighbors, and afterschool programs are welcome to schedule programs at the WRC. Larger groups may check about the possibility of reserving an adjacent room at the Southwest Community Center, or scheduling a traveling program at your site.

School groups interested in watershed education programs should consult BES Clean Rivers Education or contact Lynn Vanderkamp at 503-823-5281.

Download PDF brochure of WRC youth programs: programs.pdf (486 kB)

Outdoor & offsite program opportunities available for community organizations, congregations, or neighborhoods:

  • guided walks, bike or driving tours of SW Portland watersheds: learn where the water goes when it rains, investigate local wildlife habitat
  • storm drain marking and other service projects
  • restoration & stewardship activities in your area
  • tabling and outreach displays for summer block parties and National Night Out events, with or without youth activities

For more information about these opportunities, contact Jen, WRC Coordinator at watershedcenter@spiritone.com or 503-823-2862.

Watershed Restoration Resources

Want to enhance wildlife habitat in your backyard? Organize a group of neighbors to clean up the creek around the corner? Click on the links below for resources that can help you achieve these goals. Feel free to call the Watershed Resource Center at 503-823-2862 to seek guidance over the phone, or stop in during open hours.

New! Landscaping for Conservation workshop, Sunday Sept. 26th, 2010, from 1-4pm at the SW Community Center. Register by email or phone 503-823-2862.

Partnering Organizations and Related Programs

City of Portland Bureau of Environmental Services (BES) Watershed projects in your neighborhood West Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District Technical assistance and funding for native plants, erosion control, and other land management concerns. Staff assistance is prioritized especially toward larger acreage landowners, open tracts, and riparian landowners. OSU Master Watershed Steward Program Tualatin River Watershed Council

Online Native Plant Information

Naturescaping for Clean Rivers: How-to guide on native plant landscaping. Profiles many native plants. Register for a free workshop to learn more. Bosky Dell Natives, a plant nursery located just south of Portland. Scholls Valley Native Nursery Livingscape Nursery Other native plant nurseries in the Portland metro area Contact the WRC for assistance if you are looking for plants for a non-profit organization, community of faith, or a riparian landowner, as there may be assistance available. The Portland Bureau of Environmental Services has a native plant minigrant program for those who own property along a creek. Native Plant Society of Oregon - Portland chapter. Publishes Guidelines for Native Landscaping.

Gardening for Wildlife

Xerces Society for invertebrate conservation and protection of sensitive insect species, especially pollinators. Pacific Northwest Native Wildlife Gardening Backyard Habitat Certification Program, a program of Columbia Land Trust and Audubon Society of Portland.

Native Plant Professionals

PlantNative.org maintains a list of landscape architects, designers and contractors who are versed in Naturescaping and native plants. Contact the WRC if you are looking for assistance in removing invasive plants from your property.

Native Plant Sales

 

Natural & Chemical-Free Gardening

Metro has a multitude of resources:

Funding Resources


Click here for technical assistance providers. They can help you define, design, and plan a project, which are necessary steps before beginning a grant proposal. Grants are listed in chronological order of deadlines. Match refers to a requirement of additional funding through in-kind (volunteer) or dollar sources equal to (or some other value) the amount of the request. If you have any questions about funding or applications, contact the WRC at watershed at swni.org.

 

Metro Nature in the Neighborhoods Restoration grants

  • Focus: individual, non-profit and government sponsored restoration, enhancement and education and efforts in regional watersheds
  • Deadline: Annually cycle, pre-application due in mid January. Grant workshop held in November.
  • Match and limits- up to $25K, 1:1 match
 

BES Community Watershed Stewardship Program

  • Focus: to schools, churches, businesses and other community organizations for projects that protect and enhance watershed health at the local level. Eligible project types include restoration, education and monitoring, stormwater, naturescaping, and ecoroofs. Up to $3,000 of the request can be for technical assistance and project coordination.
  • Deadline: Annually, in early April
  • Limits: Up to $10K per project. No match requirement, but projects that include matches are more competitive.
 

SWNI Neighborhood Small Grants

  • Focus: Projects that increase community outreach, involvement and participation, including watershed issues.
  • Deadline: Annually, in early November
  • Limits: Up to $1,500 per project (2010)
 

Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board Small Grants

  • Focus: on-the-ground restoration projects on public or private lands
  • Deadline: Quarterly cycle - see http://westmultconserv.org/swcd/index.php?id=346 for Lower Willamette West's application and deadlines. Note: funds have been exhausted until the 2011-2013 biennium.
  • Limits and Match: Up to $10K per project; total cost must include a 25% match (e.g. $12,500 project total, $10,000 grant request, $2,500 landowner and/or in-kind)
 

West Multnomah Soil & Water FISH Grants

  • Focus: conservation projects, conservation education, and community events that promote natural resource conservation
  • Deadline: Quarterly cycle - See website link above to download application packet with deadlines
  • Limits: Up to $10K per application (projects may apply during more than one funding cycle)
 

West Multnomah Soil & Water CARE Grants

  • Focus: funding for technical design and/or engineering
  • Deadline: Ongoing - See website link above to contact WMSWCD staff
  • Limits: Generally up to $10K
 

Metro Nature in the Neighborhoods Capital grants

  • Focus: land acquisition or improvements to real property
  • Deadline: Ongoing/rolling basis
  • Match: 2:1
 

Other notes on funding:

  • There are many other funding sources for watershed education projects. Please contact the WRC at watershed at swni.org for assistance.
  • Projects done in partnership with SOLV (Earth Day, Down by the Riverside) are eligible to apply for grants up to $100.
  • In the past, agencies such as the EPA, Oregon DEQ, National Fish & Wildlife Foundation, US Fish & Wildlife, and Oregon Dept of Fish & Wildlife have periodically had funding opportunities aligned with water quality or habitat enhancement.

Landscaping for Conservation Workshop

Sunday, Sept. 26, 1-4pm
SW Community Center

Learn more about how to work with nature to decrease maintenance in your yard. Topics include native plants, why healthy soil is critical to plant success, and more. Information on local technical assistance and funding resources for landowners will also be available.

This workshop will include a site visit to a nearby yard for a discussion with a landowner who has integrated native plants into the landscape.

Registration recommended. Reserve your space by calling 503-823-2862 or emailing watershed at swni.org.

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Starting & Sustaining a Volunteer Group

You've walked through the park many times, bemoaning the encroachment of ivy and other invasive species growing up into the canopy. Your neighbor has commented that the banks of the creek are eroding close to the trail's edge.

The thought might have crossed your mind a few times...what can we do about it?

On the following pages, a series of questions and ideas can help you make some decisions about forming a group to address watershed issues in your local park or neighborhood.

Note: Although this guide was written primarily for watershed stewardship groups, especially groups that are "Friends of" parks or watersheds, the ideas also apply to neighborhood associations and other grassroots groups.

This guide is not intended as a list of requirements, but rather points to ponder.

Feel free to suggest additions or changes to improve this guide.

Click on the pages below to learn more. Or, check back soon for a PDF version.

1 - Forming a Group

Gain clarity, and give your group a stronger foundation by identifying:

  • Core volunteers – find people who have the personal investment (understanding of the problem and desire to take action), skills, and time/energy to start and sustain the group.
    • All volunteers – but especially those without all 3 qualities – need support and training in order to avoid burnout in a leadership position.
    • Conversely, the best volunteers can be people you know who don't have these qualities yet, but can become a leader with a little encouragement, training or help.
    • If you’re unsure about forming a Friends group, test the waters by trying a one-time project. Contact the WRC for assistance.
  • Area of focus or scope: Public park? Watershed? Private landowners?

  • What are the community needs that will be addressed? What niche will the group fill?

  • Check with other nearby groups who might be willing to collaborate and support your efforts, or offer training or other support:

  • Structure & Process: How will the group choose to organize itself? This depends on how many people are interested in being involved in a leadership capacity versus a participant capacity, and personal preference. Leadership can take on many forms. Some volunteers will favor a formal board with roles such as chair, secretary, and treasurer. Other groups have formed coordinating committees with point people for different functions, such as publicity, event coordination, work party leader, fundraising coordinator, etc. Still other groups prefer to function without explicit leadership, instead using a self-organizing process such as open space technology. Watershed Center staff can help you access resources and develop a structure that works for you.

  • Group name

  • Anticipated activities & frequency of events


Next: Documents to Guide Action

2 - Documents to Guide Action

Working together on the following documents may help focus the group's choice of activities and events.

  • Mission statement that includes the scope and purpose of the group

  • Stewardship agreement (if working in a PP&R park) or other landowner agreement

  • Consider how liability will be covered for volunteer events

  • Work plan: what concrete objectives will the group work towards?

  • Awareness of fit with other guiding or planning documents, e.g. park master plan or trails plan, BES watershed management plan, SW Comprehensive Plan

  • Incorporate “before” photos of sites to document conditions prior to enhancement activities

Next: Meetings

3 - Meetings

Provide an accessible way for new & longtime volunteers to interact with the group.

  • Find a location that is visible (consider signage) and convenient. The more you can consistently meet at the same place, the more likely a new volunteer will be able to remember it and find your group.

  • Food helps! No one likes to make decisions on an empty stomach. :)

  • Meetings can take on a variety of appearances. Some groups have less frequent social meetings, others have monthly structured meetings; some just have work party events without separate meetings.

  • Decision-making can also happen via email, but many people value the social or community aspect of belonging to a group that meets face-to-face.

  • Doodle is an online polling tool that can help groups figure out the best meeting time.

Next: Getting the Word Out

4 - Getting the Word Out

Some ideas for recruiting people to your Friends group:

  • Brochures at parks, local libraries, coffee shops, community centers

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  • Post event information on external websites such as PP&R, CNRG, the Dirt, Hands On Portland

  • Create a webpage for your group, hosted by SWNI

  • Table at community events, e.g. Maplewood Picnic, Multnomah Days, BES open houses, community forums

  • Networking: phone calls, public meetings, conferences, word of mouth

  • Postcard mailings or door hangers to neighbors

Note: anonymous web & print publicity is okay for recruiting volunteers who are already knowledgeable about the issues, but know that ultimately 80% of volunteers come to a meeting or event because someone asks them personally.


Next: Functional roles in a group

5 - Functional Roles in a Group

Think about how these activities might help sustain your volunteer group once started.

  • Outreach: generate publicity (see Getting the Word Out), create a table display, main point of contact for new & potential volunteers

  • Communication: coordinate site and tasks for work parties with PP&R/owner, relay information to/from the SWNI-wide SW Watershed Stewards list, report volunteer hours & accomplishments to PP&R/WRC; send out event reminders to volunteers

  • Grantwriting: for project funding

  • Documentation, Photography, Historian: capture events in numbers, images and “before & after” stories to share with other residents

  • Group Pulse/Process: keep things light, keep a read on how the group is functioning – make sure people are having fun and not burning out; and that the group’s process is facilitating equitable involvement by all members


Next: Activities

6 - Activities & Projects

A list of common activities that watershed volunteer groups engage in:

  • Stewardship:
    • invasive removal
    • native planting
    • bioswales, rain gardens, other stormwater projects
    • erosion control
    • litter patrol
    • creek habitat enhancement

  • Education:
    • interpretive signage at natural areas & project sites
    • tabling and activities at community fairs
    • social events to build awareness
    • partnerships with schools, congregations, and neighborhood groups

  • Networking:
      coalitions & partnerships
    • conferences
    • fundraising
    • advocacy on specific related issues, e.g. for land protection, city code updates

Next: Stewardship Event Checklist

7 - Resources & Bibliography

Friends group specific resources
“Combatting the Same Six Syndrome,” SOLV.
"Episodic Volunteers vs. Key Volunteers," SOLV. 
Hands On Greater Portland
“The Core Group” National Wildlife Refuge Association

General Community Organizing & Recruitment Resources
Community Tool Box, especially Chp. 14: Core Functions in Leadership, Section 5: Building and Sustaining Commitment
Michael J Brown: "How to Recruit People to Your Organization," Cambridge, MA, 1994
Kretzmann, John P. and John L. McKnight: "Building Communities from the Inside Out: A Path Toward Finding and Mobilizing a Community's Assets"

Stewardship Event Checklist

Download a PDF version of this checklist here.

Preparation:

  • Site walk-through to delimit area(s) and tasks with PP&R or owner
  • Register with SOLV for Earth Day (April), Down by the Riverside (May)
  • Reserve tools with Watershed Resource Center or PP&R
  • Ask for business donations of beverages, refreshments and/or giveaways
  • Publish event information in the SWNI News, PP&R website & other media
  • Post flyers in libraries, coffee shops, community centers, other public spaces
  • Order plants for planting events (PP&R – Rachel Felice), or dumpster if needed for large invasive removal events (Metro waivers)
  • Pick up tools from Watershed Resource Center
  • Pick up donations – WRC or SWNI can write receipt letter for tax purposes

Day of event:

  • Signage at roadside, check in table, work area
  • Set up check-in table: sign in sheet (PP&R, SOLV or other liability waiver), email list signup, food & beverages, info on how to take it home (Naturescaping brochure)
  • Welcome talk: why are we doing this; safety procedures – have fun!!
  • Clean up site, document accomplishments: photos, number of plants, volunteers, hours, cubic yards of invasives
  • Wrap-up: award fun prizes (longest ivy runner, most unusual litter?), giveaways

Power down:

  • Debriefing – get event feedback, especially from new volunteers
  • Send thank-yous to volunteers & donors, emails to new list subscribers
  • Report numbers to PP&R, SOLV, and/or Watershed Resource Center
  • Report donations to SWNI for accounting
  • Publish follow-up photos &/or success story (SWNI News, websites)
  • Return tools to Watershed Resource Center
  • Celebrate!!
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Technical Assistance Providers

Technical Assistance

Organizations that can provide direct assistance to landowners. Seek advice and help in developing a plan for your property, or just a watershed or ecosystem question.

Backyard Habitat Certification Program (BHCP)
 
Portland Bureau of Environmental Services (BES)
Early Detection/Rapid Response Invasive Plant Control
  • Limited free removal of EDRR species, assuming permission of property owner and current extent of funding (as of Oct 2010).
  • Species include garlic mustard, knotweed, spurge laurel, giant hogweed, pokeweed, knapweeds, false brome, blessed milk thistle, purple loosestrife and others on Required Eradication list. For more info, see http://www.portlandonline.com/bes/invasives.
  • Contact 503-823-2989 if you have identified these species on your property.  For assistance in identifying plants, contact the Watershed Center.
 
Southwest Watershed Resource Center (WRC)
  • Properties 1 acre or less in SW Portland/Multnomah County.
  • Intermediate sites that require additional assistance with challenges such as erosion, permitting, rain gardens.  Receive referrals from other programs.
  • Assist with grantwriting and partnership development. 
  • Organize nearby landowners for neighborhood-scale restoration projects.
  • Fanno Creek watershed or Willamette watershed: contact Jen Seamans, 503-823-2862 or jen@swni.org.
  • Tryon Creek watershed: contact TCWC (below).
 
Tryon Creek Watershed Council (TCWC)
  • Native landscaping and riparian restoration site planning assistance available to streamside property owners in Tryon Creek watershed. Native plants available to complete projects for qualifying properties.
  • Grant writing assistance available to streamside property owners wishing to undertake restoration projects
  • Free eradication of Japanese Knotweed available to Tryon watershed landowners
  • Sean Tevlin, 503-636-4398 x 121 or tcwc@tryonfriends.org
 
Tualatin River Watershed Council (TRWC)
  • Native plant materials available for landowners. Order year-round, with planting season delivery (winter-early spring).
  • Tualatin River watershed groups will contact TRWC on landowner's behalf to request plants for project sites.
 
West Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District (WMSWCD)
  • Technical assistance and restoration plan development for eligible landowners.
  • Properties 1 acre or greater along streams or adjacent to natural areas.
  • Mary Logalbo, 503-238-4775 x103 or mary@wmswcd.org

 

Other Partner Organizations

 

OSU Master Watershed Steward Program
  • Support watershed groups with similar goals.
  • Serve as a point of contact for community members seeking assistance and refer people to OSU Extension Service, local supporting agencies, and watershed groups for reference materials, training, and assistance.
  • Beth Emshoff, Metro Specialist via email or phone, (503) 725-8101

Watershed Contractor Referrals

 

Backyard Habitat Certification Program

  • Receive copy of contractor list when you apply for BHCP registration.
  • Landscape design, invasive plant removal, native plant installation.
  • Some contractors may offer discounts to BHCP participants.
 

Bureau of Environmental Services Stormwater Referral Lists

 

East Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District

  • Online contractor directory (primarily weed removal): www.emswcd.org
 

NW Weed Partnership – Restoration Contractors

 

www.PlantNative.org

  • Landscape architects, designers, design-build services.
 

Watershed Stewardship Near You

Volunteers in SW Portland are out nearly every weekend maintaining healthy parks, creeks, and greenspaces! Contact the WRC to get involved with a group near you. SW Watershed Stewards are supported by SWNI, Portland Parks & Recreation City Nature and the Bureau of Environmental Services. Check out the Portland-wide PP&R Friends Group Directory here.

Fanno Creek Watershed Steward Groups

Other Fanno groups that support watershed stewardship include Tualatin River Watershed Council, and just outside the city limits the Fans of Fanno Creek and the Tualatin Riverkeepers.

Tryon Creek Watershed Steward Groups

 

Willamette Subwatersheds Steward Groups

Contact the WRC if you have any questions about work parties.

4-County CWMA Pull Together

Date of event: 
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 - 9:00am - 12:00pm
Location of event: 
Metro Regional Center
600 NE Grand Ave.
Portland, OR 45° 31' 39.1152" N, 122° 39' 37.8288" W
See map: Google Maps
Cost: 
Free
Audience: 
Environmental professionals, Watershed volunteers

Location

Metro Regional Center
600 NE Grand Ave.
Portland, OR
United States
45° 31' 39.1152" N, 122° 39' 37.8288" W
See map: Google Maps
Contact info: 
Elena Cronin, CWMA Coordinator info@4countycwma.org
Website: 
www.4countycwma.org

The 4-County Cooperative Weed Management Area (CWMA) is sponsoring this free half-day event as a way for area land managers and environmental professionals to exchange ideas, hear about the latest in local weed management, and make new connections. In the world of invasive plant species, the landscape can change a great deal in a year - come and find out what those changes are.

The agenda features a diverse series of talks from professional peers, a choice of break-out sessions, a networking period, and a keynote talk by Andrea Thorpe from the Institute for Applied Ecology. To take advantage of the opportunity to update others about your program, you are invited to display a poster in the event’s networking room. We hope to see you there!

Registration deadline February 24. Contact CWMA Coordinator Elena Cronin at info@4countycwma.org.
http://4countycwma.org/events/

Living with Urban Coyotes

On Wednesday, February 1 at 7pm, Bob Sallinger, Conservation Director at Audubon Society of Portland, will host a presentation and Q&A on living with coyotes in Portland.
For more information on urban coyotes, visit the Audubon Society of Portland coyote page.
PSU and Audubon are tracking urban coyote sightings. Report sightings here.

Feb 1st coyote flyer

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Publications

A list of printable publications from the WRC. For more browser-friendly information, see the Watershed Restoration Resources pages on this website.

Bookmark this page for the most current information, as these documents may be updated periodically.



Stewardship Event Checklist
A cheat sheet of things to consider when planning a watershed stewardship event.


Technical Assistance Publications

Watershed Contractor Referral List (updated 12/2010)
* List modified from original produced by the Northwest Weed Management Partnership and is primarily geared to invasive weed control. List is intended to be all-inclusive and is not an endorsement of services. To refer additional contractors, please email the WRC at watershed at swni.org.

WRC Annual Report, Fiscal Year 2009-2010

WRC Tool Inventory
Tools for checkout by SW Portland groups and landowners, for watershed restoration projects.

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Volunteer & Training Opportunities



Enhance your knowledge of SW Portland watersheds with the WRC's monthly e-newsletter, which contains information, upcoming watershed training opportunities and events! Email watershed@swni.org to sign up.

Upcoming Training Opportunities


Volunteer Opportunities


Work Party Volunteers and Leaders

Enjoy being outdoors? Spend a Saturday morning giving back to your neighborhood park. Group leaders also needed: Help other volunteers remove invasive plants, install native plants, and use tools correctly and safely.

Training: Receive training on best practices for removal and replanting of natural areas, as well as safety, tools and maintenance.
Commitment: Any Saturday morning. Leaders coordinate with WRC staff to hold work parties periodically throughout the year.
Locations: throughout SW Portland. See the Watershed Stewards page to find recurring work parties in your area.

Multnomah Days

Work with Watershed Steward groups and WRC Coordinator to create eye-catching activities, costumes and displays that convey watershed awareness.
Training: Learn the elements of effective environmental outreach, and how to manage large events.
Commitment: Multnomah Days is held on the third Saturday in August, plus about 20-30 hours in the three months preceding event.

Database Guru

Create a database to track WRC visitor and volunteer information and produce monthly and quarterly reports.



If you have any questions or other volunteer interests related to SW Portland watersheds, please contact Jen Seamans, WRC Coordinator, via phone (503-823-2862) or email at watershed at swni.org.

WRC & EMO seek Outreach Intern

INEC logoWRC logoEcumenical Ministries of Oregon Interfaith Network for Earth Concerns is recruiting for an Outreach Intern to support the Congregations Caring for Watersheds and Wildlife (C2W2) program, in partnership with the Southwest Watershed Resource Center (WRC). C2W2 is funded by West Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District to support local communities of faith undertaking watershed restoration projects. A successful intern will work both independently and as a part of a collaborative team with organizational partners and diverse communities of faith.

Essential Functions:

Expected Educational Outcome Areas:

Qualifications:

Internship Details:

200 hour internship, to be completed by July 2012 (average 8-9 hrs/week for 24 weeks). Schedule is flexible but needs to be defined at the start of the internship. A $1,000 education scholarship will be awarded at completion. Intern will also receive free registration to events and trainings; staff will support internship credit opportunities. Project-related expenses will be reimbursed. No other benefits conferred.

To apply: send cover letter and resume to watershed@swni.org.

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Watershed Events Archive

Archive of past watershed related events in SW Portland.

SW Portland Weed Workshop, May 25th

Date of event: 
Wednesday, May 25, 2011 - 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Location of event: 
SW Community Center
6820 SW 45th Ave
Portland, OR 97219
Phone: 503-823-2862
45° 28' 32.952" N, 122° 43' 19.434" W
See map: Google Maps
Cost: 
Free

Location

SW Community Center
6820 SW 45th Ave
Portland, OR 97219
United States
Phone: 503-823-2862
45° 28' 32.952" N, 122° 43' 19.434" W
See map: Google Maps
Contact info: 
To register, contact Brett Lyon at SOLV: 503-844-9571 x332 or go to http://bit.ly/SWPDXEDRR
Website: 
http://swcd.net/Downloads/EDRR_SWPtld_May25.pdf

Join us for a FREE workshop focusing on Early Detection/Rapid Response (EDRR) for invasive weeds. After attending, you will be equipped to: - Identify new invaders in the region - Report new invaders before they become a problem - Use Best Management Practices to control existing invaders.  Read more...

Intro to Rainwater Harvesting Workshop

rainbarrel courtesy CCSWCD
Introduction to Rainwater Harvesting Workshop
Saturday, November 19th
9am - 1pm
SW Community Center - Multipurpose Rooms
6820 SW 45th Ave.
Portland, OR 97219
Cost: Free

Cosponsored by: Tualatin River Watershed Council, Portland Purple Water, Clackamas, Tualatin and West Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation Districts, and Tualatin Basin Partners for Clean Water.

Topics covered:

  • Rainwater collection for both urban and rural settings (<550 gallons)
  • Potable and non-potable uses
  • Parts needed to install a system
  • Water availability calculation
  • Water uses and irrigation efficiency
  • Pump systems, gutters and downspouts
  • Concept of large tanks (>550 gallons)
  • Case studies

Registration is now closed for the Sat., Nov 19 workshop. If you need to cancel your registration, or if you would like to receive notification of future workshops, please contact 503-823-2862 or watershed@swni.org.