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Proposed budget cuts impact watershed health
In response to the City of Portland's current budget shortfall, Mayor Charlie Hales requested that every city bureau submit a proposed budget that includes a 10% reduction for 2013-2014. The Bureau of Environmental Services (BES) currently proposes cutting several programs including the Invasive Species Program, the Clean Rivers Education program, the Community Watershed Stewardship Program (CWSP), the Youth Conservation Corps (PP&R youth job training in watershed restoration), one of the three Portland Parks Stewardship Coordinator positions, and a City Tree Inspector, among others.
As you may know, these programs have been developed to protect Portland's watersheds over many years. CWSP has provided funding for dozens of projects in southwest Portland neighborhoods including Multnomah Village Park, Hillsdale Neighborhood/Stephens Creek Nature Park, Heron Pointe/Johns Landing, Marquam Nature Park, Tryon Creek Watershed Council, and PCC Sylvania Habitat Team.
If you feel passionate about these or any other City of Portland budget issues you can write the mayor and/or the City Council members directly as well as attend Community Budget Forums.
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TOMORROW
Celebrate Earth Day with SOLVE!
Gabriel Park: Caldew St. trailhead (west of SW 35th)
Saturday, April 20
9:00am-noon
 Get outside and help keep our southwest Portland watersheds healthy this Saturday! Enjoy a rewarding morning of meeting new neighbors, breathing fresh air, and ripping the livin' daylights out of invasive plants!
For more details and to register, go to SOLVE It!
Other SW Portland sites include:
Tryon Creek State Park
Lewis & Clark
Vermont Creek
Willamette Park
South Waterfront
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 Arbor Month
The entire month of April is Arbor Month!
Help celebrate and learn about Portland's urban forest through tree walks, workshops, and classes.
Get involved in the fun all month including at Arbor Day Festival 2013 on April 20th at Portland Farmers Market (Portland State).
For a full list of Arbor Month activities and dates check the Portland Parks and Recreation Arbor Month page.
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Help improve the future of your watershed!
Southwest Watersheds Open House
Wednesday, April 24, 5:30-7:30pm
Multnomah Center, Room 30
7688 SW Capitol Highway
Come to the open house for refreshments and to learn how Environmental Services works regularly with SWNI and the SW Portland community to develop watershed plans and projects to improve water quality, address public interests, enhance fish and wildlife habitat, improve infrastructure, and restore watershed functions.
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 Tryon Creek Watershed Wide Event
Saturday, April 27th
8:30am - 12:30pm
All hands on deck around the watershed! TCWC
needs your help at one of its many restoration sites on the 27th. We are meeting at the Riverdale High School, 9727 SW Terwilliger Blvd, from 8:30-9am. Fuel up for the day with breakfast, pick out your gloves/tools and join a work party. Carpools will depart to 10 sites throughout the watershed to pull invasives, plant native trees/shrubs, and install fencing, and return after noon.
Contact TCWC Coordinator Corrina Chase at tcwc@tryonfriends.org if you can help! A limited quantity of TCWC volunteer T-shirts are available for those who register -- first come, first served!
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Why "Riffles"?
A riffle is a section of creek where velocity and turbulence are higher, creating small waves on the surface. Riffles often occur at an elevation change, where the stream suddenly slopes, or where the material at the bottom of the creek bed is coarser.
So why the name for this newsletter? A riffle is free flowing, unencumbered water, not stagnant. Riffle habitat adds oxygen to the water, and often supports higher species diversity among macroinvertebrates and fish. We'd like to see a few more Riffles around SW Portland!
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 Upcoming Watershed Events & Grant Deadlines NEW! For event details and the most up-to-date information, check out the Google/HTML or ICAL version of the SW Portland Watershed Events calendar. | Sat Apr 20 | 8:30am - 2:00pm | Arbor Day Festival at Portland Farmer's Market |
| 9:00am - 12:00pm | SOLVE IT Earth Day at Gabriel Park
South Portland Riverbank Partners work party
Friends of Tryon Creek work party
| | Sun Apr 21 | 9:45am - 12:00pm | Shomrei Teva at Neveh Shalom work party | | Mon Apr 22 | All day | OWEB Regular Grant deadline |
| 11:00am - 1:00pm | OHSU Sustainability Fair | | Wed Apr 24 | 5:30pm - 7:30pm | BES Watershed Open House | | Fri Apr 26 | 1:00pm - 6:00pm | Intertwine Alliance Spring Summit | | Sat Apr 27 | 8:30am - 12:30pm | Tryon Creek Watershed Wide Event |
| 9:00am - 12:00pm | Friends of Tryon Creek work party
Friends of Woods Park work party
Friends of Marquam Nature Park work party
| | Mon Apr 29 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm | Tips & Tricks to Tree ID | | Wed May 1 | 9:00am - 11:30am | Oregon Conservation Educators meeting |
| 7:00pm - 9:00pm | Tualatin River Watershed Council meeting | | Thu May 2 | All day | Ecoroof Symposium |
| 2:30pm - 4:00pm | West Willamette Restoration Partnership | | Sat May 4 | 9:00am - 12:00pm | Friends of Tryon Creek work party
Community Recycling - St. Luke's
| | Sat May 11 | 9:00am - 12:00pm | Friends of Terwilliger work party
Friends of Tryon Creek work party
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| 9:00am - 1:00pm | Urban Watershed Mentors training |
| 10:00am - 1:00pm | Landscaping for Conservation | | Mon May 13 | 6:00pm - 8:00pm | Tryon Creek Watershed Council | | Tue May 14 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm | South Portland Riverbank Partners mtg, DEQ | | Thu May 16 | 6:00pm - 8:00pm | Spring FOR YOUR RIVER Benefit | | Sat May 18 | 9:00am - 12:00pm | South Portland Riverbank Partners work party
Friends of Tryon Creek work party
| | Sun May 19 | 9:45am - 12:00pm | Shomrei Teva at Neveh Shalom work party | | Sat May 25 | 9:00am - 12:00pm | Friends of Tryon Creek work party
Friends of Woods Park work party
Friends of Marquam Nature Park work party
| | Sat Jun 1 | All day | National Fish & Wildlife Foundation grants due |
| 9:00am - 12:00pm | Friends of Tryon Creek work party | | Wed Jun 5 | All day | UN World Environment Day in Portland |
| 9:00am - 11:30am | Oregon Conservation Educators meeting |
| 7:00pm - 9:00pm | Tualatin River Watershed Council meeting | | Thu Jun 6 | 2:30pm - 4:00pm | West Willamette Restoration Partnership |
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Other Watershed Items of Interest
Water & Wood - excerpt of Willamette Futures video
Local music video shot on ecoroofs
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For healthy SW watersheds,
Jen
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