An A-list of Portland’s children’s songwriters – from nationally-known artists like Aaron Nigel Smith and Laura Veirs to local favorites like The Alphabeticians and Mo Phillips – have come together, contributing their talents to a compilation album benefiting salmon restoration. The 12-song album, called Songs for Johnson Creek, is available digitally from Bandcamp (http://johnsoncreek.bandcamp.com/). All [...]
Downriver Neighbors Do Their Part: Port of Portland
You’re probably most familiar with the Port of Portland if you’ve traveled through Portland International Airport (PDX), but the Port also owns four marine terminals and five industrial districts. Many Port facilities are located along Oregon’s most iconic rivers – the Willamette and the Columbia – which makes protecting watershed health a high priority. In [...]
Reveg Keeps it Green in Johnson Creek
Plants Half Million Trees and Shrubs Tree canopy and healthy natural areas protect and improve water quality in Johnson Creek. Trees shade the stream to cool the water, reduce erosion, and catch rain to reduce stormwater runoff. The Portland Bureau of Environmental Services Watershed Revegetation Program works to protect Johnson Creek water quality by removing [...]
Northwest Youth Corps Receives Grant From Nike Employee Grant Fund
The Northwest Youth Corps received a $17,000 grant from the Nike Employee Grant Fund for the Johnson Creek Youth Stewardship Project. The Fund is administered in partnership with The Oregon Community Foundation, and awards over $500,000 each year to local organizations. We look forward to this opportunity to engage local youth in our mission to promote restoration and [...]
JCWC wins a $10,000 grant from Oregon Wildlife to improve salmon habitat
JCWC was the winner of Oregon Wildlife’s “Go Wild for Oregon Wildlife” Facebook contest held in December 2012! The $10,000 awarded to JCWC will support our community effort to improve salmon habitat along Johnson Creek near the site of the Johnson Creek Max station, opening in 2015 on the Portland – Milwaukie Light Rail line. [...]