In This Issue
Stormwater Challenge Workshops
Riverview Natural Area Meeting
Tryon-Stephens Headwaters Neighborhood Street Plan
Weed Watcher Trainings
Watershed Open House 4/22
Upcoming Events


WELCOME
Terri Preeg Riggsby, Watershed Program Specialist!

Terri Preeg RIggsby
 
Terri is already a familiar face to many in SW Portland, having served for many years as chair of Tryon Creek Watershed Council.  Terri will be supporting stormwater workshops, other watershed projects and events, as well as WRC communications with SW Portland residents.  Many thanks to West Mutlnomah Soil & Water Conservation District for funding this position! 


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April 2015

 


Stormwater Challenge Workshop Series   

Build workshops: April 19 and May 3    

9 am - 1 pm 

 
2015 Stormwater Workshops flyer
click flyer for details

Stormwater Challenge Workshops go into depth on how to design and manage for stormwater on residential sites with challenging conditions such as poorly infiltrating soils and steep slopes.  

   

Led by instructors Maria Cahill and Jamie Stamberger, in partnership with SW Watershed Resource Center and with funding from the West Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District, the series continues with demonstration projects that will be constructed at local residences.    

 

Learn more here

and

register here!

 

River View Natural Area Public Advisory Committee Meeting and Open House  

PAC: Wednesday, April 8
Open House: Monday, May 4 
  

The River View Natural Area Management Plan process has resumed and will be completed by the end of this year.  The Public Advisory Committee will be meeting on Wednesday, April 8th, and there will be a Community Open House on Monday, May 4th.  Details below. 

Learn more about the River View Natural Area here. 

River View Public Advisory Committee (PAC) Meeting:

Wednesday, April 8th, 5:30pm - 8:00pm

The Watershed Community Room, 6388 SW Capitol Highway  (@Bertha)

  • Agenda here
  • Meeting Materials here
  • This meeting is open to the public, but space is limited.
  • Parking is not available on Capitol Hwy or Bertha, so explore other neighboring streets or choose bus service (#10) or bike. 

Community Open House:

Monday, May 4th, 5:30pm - 7:30pm

Multnomah Arts Center, 7688 SW Capitol Highway

  • Open to all.
  • Parking onsite, bus service by #44. 
  • More details to come.
Contact project Public Involvement Coordinator Maija Spencer at Maija.Spencer@portlandoregon.gov or 503-823-7720 for the meeting location.


Tryon-Stephens Headwaters Neighborhood Street Plan - Community Work Group Meeting
Monday, April 6
6 - 8 pm
Multnomah Arts Center Room 30 
7688 SW Capitol Hwy
Open to the Public
 
The Tryon-Stephens Headwaters Neighborhood Street Plan Community Work Group will be meeting on Monday, 4/8, 6 - 8 pm.  This meeting is open to the public; the agenda includes a review of products developed by PBOT and BES staff, including street and stormwater tools, a typology of streets, and a flow chart to match street and stormwater tools.

Learn more about this project at the Bureau of Transportation's website.

    


Weed Watcher Training
Wednesday, April 29
6:30-8:30pm
SW Community Center
6820 SW 45th Ave
FREE

Want to help keep new invasive plants from taking hold in SW Portland? Join the Multnomah Weed Watchers!  Attend the upcoming training on Wednesday, April 29 to learn how to identify new, high priority invasive species and what to do when you find them.  Training is led by West Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District (WMSWCD), Tualatin Soil & Water Conservation District (TSWCD) and Bureau of Environmental Services (BES).

Advance registration at the WMSWCD website:
Watershed Open House
Wednesday, April 22
5:30 - 7:30 pm
Multnomah Arts Center, 7688 SW Capitol Hwy, Room 29
You're invited to the Southwest Watersheds Open House.  Stop by on your way home for refreshments and to learn about projects to improve water quality, enhance fish and wildlife habitat, improve infrastructure, and restore watershed functions in SW Portland.


The culvert shown above is under Boones Ferry Road and restricts fish passage into the mainstem of Tryon Creek.  BES is working with partners on the Boones Ferry Road Culvert Replacement Project - one example of many that will be showcased at the Open House.  


Native Plant Grant Opportunity

The City of Portland's Bureau of Environmental Services, Community Watershed Stewardship Program, provides gift certificates for native plants to community groups or individuals that need seed money to help start or maintain projects beneficial to the local watershed.  Applications for these native plant minigrants are accepted year-round.

 

Bureau of Environmental Services (BES) - Native Plant Minigrants

http://www.portlandoregon.gov/bes/65509   

    

 

Get help from the WRC   

 

Need help on a watershed question or project?  Stop in to the Southwest Neighborhoods office in room 5 of the Multnomah Arts Center for information and assistance!  The WRC phone number (503-823-2862) and email (watershed@swni.org) remain the same.  

 

 


Events
SW Portland Watershed Events Calendar  

For details about upcoming watershed events, and the most up-to-date information, check out the Google/HTML or ICAL version of the SW Portland Watershed Events Google calendar.  Links to websites are usually in the event description.

 

      

 

 

If you'd like your event listed in a future watershed e-newsletter, please send text (200 words or less) and a image, if desired (800kb or less), to watershed@swni.org.  
 

  

Watershed Videos

The Nature Conservancy Pollinators video
Portland Tribune article - Green Streets: Function or Frill?
Water & Wood - excerpt of Willamette Futures video
Salmon: Running the Gauntlet PBS Nature special on Pacific salmon populations
Oregon Rain Garden Guide

  

Watershed Program Links
Bureau of Environmental Services watershed planning & projects
Metro natural gardening group presentations
Naturescaping for Clean Rivers free workshops
Portland Parks & Recreation natural areas work party calendar
Tualatin Soil & Water Conservation District Weed Watchers program
Watershed Resource Center watershed stewardship around the neighborhood
  

 

For healthy SW watersheds,
Jen

Jen Seamans
Watershed Resource Center Manager
Southwest Neighborhoods, Inc.
503-823-2862

watershed@swni.org 

http://wrc.swni.org 
WRC photo bar images (c) David Pickar