Watershed
Bridlemile Creek Stewards 10 Year Celebration
Submitted by BNA Webmaster on August 2, 2008 - 1:47pm. Bridlemile | Activities | Environmental | WatershedCelebrate all the great things the Creek Stewards did such as: naming the stream at Hamilton Park; improving water quality for the Bridlemile Neighborhood; building productive partnerships with St. Andrews Church, Bureau of Environmental Services (BES), and other groups and volunteers throughout SW Portland. AND come see our Weed Management Project award sign. Snacks, too.
Bridlemile Creek Stewards Monthly Meeting
Submitted by BNA Webmaster on May 21, 2008 - 9:42am. Bridlemile | Activities | Environmental | Meeting | Planning | WatershedAll are welcome to discuss watershed issues in Bridlemile and Fanno Creek, planning for upcoming projects, and to join the Award Winning Bridlemile Creek Stewards.
Bridlemile Creek Stewards Monthly Meeting
Submitted by BNA Webmaster on April 10, 2008 - 9:21am. Bridlemile | Activities | Environmental | Meeting | Planning | WatershedAll are welcome to discuss watershed issues in Bridlemile and Fanno Creek, planning for upcoming projects, and to join the Award Winning Bridlemile Creek Stewards.
Bridlemile Creek Stewards - Albert Kelly Park - Watershed Interpretative Tour & Invasive Removal Community Service Event
Submitted by BNA Webmaster on April 10, 2008 - 9:16am. Bridlemile | Activities | Environmental | Watershed | Work PartyThe Bridlemile Creek Stewards partner with SOLV's "Down By The Riverside" event to help Oregon's rivers, streams and lakes. Join us to help remove invasive species, and tour the model restoration site with the Creek Stewards. Free native plants. This event qualifies for Community Service Hours. Dress for the weather. Tools will be provided, but bring your favorite gardening gloves.
Bridlemile Creek Stewards - Hamilton Park - Watershed Interpretative Tour & Invasive Removal Community Service Event
Submitted by BNA Webmaster on March 4, 2008 - 1:41pm. Bridlemile | Activities | Environmental | Walk | Watershed | Work PartyCome on an interpretative tour and learn about how native plants are being used to maintain healthy streams and habitat along Bridlemile Creek. Habitat that supports trillium, red-tail hawks, frogs, towering firs and hemlocks, and which helps support cutthroat trout and clean water further down in Fanno Creek too.
Bridlemile Creek Stewards Monthly Meeting
Submitted by BNA Webmaster on March 4, 2008 - 12:27pm. Bridlemile | Activities | Environmental | Meeting | Planning | WatershedAll are welcome to discuss watershed issues in Bridlemile and Fanno Creek.
Bridlemile Creek Stewards Monthly Meeting
Submitted by BNA Webmaster on January 24, 2008 - 4:24pm. Bridlemile | Activities | Environmental | Meeting | Planning | WatershedAll are welcome to discuss watershed issues in Bridlemile and Fanno Creek.
2008 Events & Photos
Tuesday January 1st, 2007 • Planting Event
Seven volunteers: Dave Baasch, Glen Bellows, Jan Dougall, Kathy Gantman, Jerry Eckstein, Amanda Fritz, and Greg Schifsky planted 40 native trees and shrubs and did some invasive removal as well. The only areas left to do s
Bridlemile Creek Stewards Monthly Meeting
Submitted by BNA Webmaster on December 19, 2007 - 2:20pm. Bridlemile | Activities | Environmental | Meeting | Planning | WatershedAll are welcome to discuss watershed issues in Bridlemile and Fanno Creek.
Bridlemile Creek Stewards Monthly Meeting
Submitted by BNA Webmaster on November 29, 2007 - 10:48pm. Bridlemile | Environmental | Meeting | Planning | WatershedAll are welcome to discuss watershed issues in Bridlemile and Fanno Creek.
Bridlemile Creek Stewards - Albert Kelly Creek Restoration Planting Event
Submitted by BNA Webmaster on November 27, 2007 - 10:52am. Bridlemile | Activities | Environmental | Watershed | Work PartyIn January 2006 one Tsuga heterophylla 24" tall was planted by volunteers in Albert Kelly Park; that Hemlock tree is now six (6') feet tall and growing. Join with the Bridlemile Creek Stewards, students, parents, and neighbors to do some infill planting and if time allows remove a few invasive plant resprouts. See how this successful restoration project is progressing.
Bridlemile Creek Stewards Monthly Meeting
Submitted by BNA Webmaster on October 30, 2007 - 9:24pm. Bridlemile | Activities | Environmental | Meeting | Planning | WatershedAll are welcome to discuss watershed issues in Bridlemile and Fanno Creek.
Friends of Marshall Park
The Friends of Marshall Park is organized as a subcommittee of the Marshall Park Neighborhood Association, although many volunteers from outside the neighborhood help maintain this special place!
Join the Bridlemile Creek Stewards
Do you and your family love to see the trillium blooming in the spring in our Bridlemile neighborhood parks?
Himalayan Blackberry Removal Sbs
How to Remove Himalayan Blackberry a Step-by-Step Tutorial using common hand tools. The key to successfully getting rid of blackberries is removing the root nodule and as much of the attached roots as you can. This is easiest when the soil is moist and crumbly in late Spring, not when its rock hard after Summer's drying heat.
Removing Invasive Plants
This page is for Members of the Bridlemile Creek Stewards(BCS)) who would like to work at one of the BCS restoration sites removing invasive plants on their own or in small groups. This work also qualifies for Community Service hours (see below).
And for anyone who wants to know how to remove invasive plants from their own yard.
Friends of Vermont Creek

The Friends of Vermont Creek (FOVC) is a citizen group that was formed in 2004 when Vermont Creek was rated among the lowest in water quality and habitat resources in Portland.
FOVC's goal is to help neighbors preserve and enhance the Vermont Creek watershed. We accomplish this through:
Bridlemile Creek Stewards Monthly Meeting
Submitted by BNA Webmaster on October 3, 2007 - 9:17am. Bridlemile | Activities | Environmental | Meeting | Planning | WatershedAll are welcome to discuss watershed issues in Bridlemile and Fanno Creek.
BNA Monthly Meeting - Bridlemile Creeks, 39th Stoplight, more...
Submitted by BNA Webmaster on October 3, 2007 - 8:46am. Bridlemile | Activities | Auto | Environmental | Meeting | Transportation | WatershedBridlemile Creeks Need Some of Your Love
