SW Neighborhoods, Inc. Empowering Citizens since 1978

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

• Bridlemile Creek Stewards - stewardship in Albert Kelly, Hamilton & Open Space Parks
• Friends of Vermont Creek - stewardship in Gabriel Park
• Multnomah Village Park
• Friends of April Hill Park
• North Ash Creek Neighbors
• Dickinson Park Stewards
• Friends of Woods Park
• PCC Habitat Team - stewardship in Sylvania Natural Area Park (SNAP)

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

• Friends of Marshall & Maricara Parks
• Friends of Tryon Creek State Park
• Tryon Creek Watershed Council

Willamette Subwatersheds Steward Groups

• Keller Woodlands (Three Rivers Land Conservancy)
• Friends of Marquam Nature Park
• Friends of Terwilliger
• South Portland Riverbank Project
• Stephens Creek Stewards

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