NEWS RELEASE Greater Oregon City Watershed Council Completes Upper Abernethy Tributary Restoration Project The Greater Oregon City Watershed Council (GOCWC), in partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board (OWEB), The Oregon Wildlife Foundation – Port Blakely and a private landowner, has completed the Read more
We’re teaming up with our friends from the Environmental Learning Center to offer a free, two-day lamprey biology and field survey workshop in May 2026. This course will introduce dozens of current and aspiring watershed professionals to PNW lamprey with a focus on their cultural significance to local Tribes and Read more
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
The Greater Oregon City Watershed Council and Metro partner to complete another phase in the North Newell Creek Restoration Process. Beginning July 13, helicopters will be transporting logs into the middle reaches of Newell Creek to restore structure that is vital to healthy stream habitat. With the help of a Read more
Have you noticed the signs around Oregon City that identify the names of creeks and include the GOCWC logo? Thanks to grant funds from the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board, we were able to fabricate the signs. Oregon City Public Works generously installed the signs as an in-kind donation. The logo Read more
Several years ago, an idea blossomed during a walk through Mt View Cemetery to access Newell Creek Canyon. Mt View Cemetery, established in 1854, is one of the oldest on the west coast. The scattering canyon, where ashes can be scattered, contains a seasonal creek. The banks of the Read more
In 2015, The Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board (OWEB) granted a $137,696 Focused Investment Partnership (FIP) to Clackamas area watershed councils. GOCWC is partnering with regional, tribal, state & federal agencies, PGE, Clackamas River Basin, Johnson Creek & North Clackamas Urban Watershed Councils and Clackamas Soil and Water District to guide Read more
