In honor of Portland General Electric’s (PGE) paperless bill customers, PGE is donating $20,000 to four nonprofit environmental groups. When you sign up for the PGE Paperless Bill option you can vote to help direct a portion of the donation to the Clackamas River Basin Council (CRBC). Each organization will receive a portion of the $20,000 based on the percentage of votes it receives. Not only is switching to paperless billing a sustainable option, it can help protect the Clackamas River watershed. The donation is entirely funded by PGE shareholders and does not affect the price you pay for electricity.

This Pick Paperless, Help Habitat promotion begins July 1, 2008 and ends August 15, 2008. If you are already signed up for the paperless option you can still vote online. So don’t forget to sign up and vote for the Clackamas River Basin Council (CRBC)! Your vote counts and will help the Clackamas River Basin Council continue its mission to foster partnerships for clean water and to improve fish and wildlife habitat and the quality of life for those who live, work, and recreate in the watershed. 

Sign up and vote starting
July 1st until August 15th at: www.PortlandGeneral.com/Paperless

FREE TREES! FREE TREES!

Find out about our Streamside Stewards Program and how you can get Free Trees and shrubs planted on your property. Planting native vegetation enhances water quality and fish and wildlife habitat. For more information on our FREE Trees program click here.

Also, don't forget to sign up to join us in tree planting work parties. For more information please contact rachael@clackamasriver.org or call 503-558-0550.

Pesticides are commonly used in schools, parks, yards, gardens, farms, and along roads to kill unwanted pests. Often after heavy rains, stormwater runoff becomes a highway for the transport of pesticides, allowing them to enter our waterways. A multi-year study recently released by the US Geological Survey detected the presence of numerous pesticides within the Clackamas River basin. Even though pesticides are far below human health benchmarks, their presence is a warning sign. The time is to act now before it develops into a BIG problem. For more information about how you can reduce your pesticide use please click here.

Learn more about invasive Japanese knotweed, an introduced ornamental that we are working to control in the Clackamas watershed. The KNOTWEED homepage shares important information about the plant's destructive behavior, potential solutions, and how you can help the work currently underway by our dedicated knotweed control team. For more information click here.

Field & Outreach Americorps intern
The Clackamas River Basin Council is seeking to hire an additional Americorps Intern to serve as a riparian field crew team member. Please click here for the full job description.

To apply please email your resume to: matthew@clackamasriver.org

Free Guided Watershed Hikes
Lace up your hiking boots and grab your cameras to join CRBC board member Bryon Boyce on several Sunday day hikes this summer. For all hikes meet at 9 am at the Estacada Ranger Station, 595 NW Industrial Way, Estacada, Oregon, 97023. Bring a lunch, water and hiking shoes or boots. Dress considering the weather. Check out our Calendar for descriptions and dates of these hikes.

A Day in Damascus
Saturday, July 26th, 2008
FREE ADMISSION
Join us at this great FREE family community event starting at 10 am until 4 pm! Portland State University Students with the Student Watershed Research Project (SWRP) will test water samples for a variety of water quality parameters for streamside landowners. The festivities will be held at Damascus Civic Community Park, next to Bi-Mart in Damascus.

Clackamas River Cleanup
Sunday, September 7th, 2008
FREE ADMISSION

Mark your calendar and plan to join us for this fun community stewardship event.
Our flotilla of boaters and rafters will clean the river from Barton to Oregon City. Participants will be rewarded with a barbecue and music! Registration and more event details will be available in August. Click here to watch a video from last year's cleanup! Check out the Clackamas River Cleanup website for more information about how you can get involved.
Pre-registration is required.

Current News, Spring/Summer 2008 (PDF, 491 KB) To receive our biennial newsletter or email bulletins about the watershed please contact: laura@clackamasriver.org

The Clackamas River Basin Council along with other Clackamas Stewardship Partners were honored to receive the TWO CHIEF's AWARD presented on January 31, 2008!

The Two Chiefs' Award is an award from the Chief of US Forest Service and the Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, in recognition of the Clackamas Stewardship Partners collaborative efforts to enhance ecosystem health and economic viability of local communities. Click here to read an article highlighting the Clackamas Stewardship Partners hard work and dedication featured in the Oregonian on March 26, 2008.

Clackamas Stewardship Partners include: USFS' Clackamas River Ranger District, Pacific Northwest Research Station - Portland Forestry Sciences Laboratory; NRCS, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Clackamas County Soil and Water Conservation District, Clackamas County Board of County Commissioners, Clackamas River Basin Council, Northwest Oregon Resource Conservation and Development Council, Portland State University, the Northwest Forest Conservancy, Bark, Oregon Wild, and the Gifford Pinchot Task Force.

For more information about the Two Chief's Award CLICK HERE.