During the summer of 2025, a team of restoration practitioners working together completed a project that has been over a decade in development. The Greater Oregon City Watershed Council, working in partnership with landowner Port Blakely, and funders including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Oregon Wildlife Foundation, and Read more…
Oregon City, Ore. – The Greater Oregon City Watershed Council (GOCWC) is working with local, state, and federal funders to improve habitat for native salmon, trout, and lamprey in the upper reaches of Abernethy creek this week. Working for over two years with the NOAA Fisheries Office of Habitat Conservation, Read more…
Andrew completed his first restoration project when he was 15 helping fence off a wetland in Tualatin. Since then, his love for plants and local ecology has only grown. After studying terrestrial and freshwater ecology at Western Washington University, he moved back to the Willamette Valley and started work in Read more…
Check out this amazing footage of lamprey in Holcomb Creek from our partner’s at the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Aquatic Inventories Program!
Celebration Event Details Our celebration event will start with a volunteer work party, followed by a complimentary lunch and discussion of past and present watershed projects, new challenges, and recent scientific work in the watersheds. We encourage attendees to bring stories, questions, and visions for what they hope to see Read more…
Join Greater Oregon City Watershed Council, Clackamas River Basin Council, and City of Oregon City Parks and Recreation for a spring time ivy removal work party at Atkinson Park in Oregon City Tools & refreshments provided, bring your own H20 ! Follow the QR code above or click here to Read more…
This February the Greater Oregon City Watershed Council in collaboration with Oregon City Parks is hosting 4 opportunities for volunteers to help plant new native plantings along the shores of Singer Creek. From 10am – 1pm volunteers will be instructed on how to properly install plants and have the opportunity Read more…
Join us Saturday mornings for a few hours of community and stewardship! All of the volunteer effort in Singer Creek Park is helping towards greater goals of restoring the riparian quality of Singer Creek and also connecting Oregon City residents with their neighborhood park! We will be primarily pulling out Read more…
