Watershed Wide Event

Thanks for another great Tryon Creek Watershed Wide Event!
	Our 2nd annual Tryon Creek Watershed Wide Event: a day of hands on restoration was helpd April 30th and was a great success. Over 130 volunteers worked at 9 sites across the watershed. Thanks to our volunteers and partners for another great event!
Thanks to our sponsors and partners: SWNI andPortland Office of Neighborhood Involvement, Portland Parks, SW Watershed Resource Center, West Multnomah SWCD, SOLV, Hands on Portland, Friends of Tryon Creek State Park, Friends of Marshall and Maricara Parks, and Burlingame Market of Choice.


*-Volunteer Work Party Sites- Garlic Mustard Pull* SW Lancaster Rd. & SW Stephenson St. - Garlic mustard pull along roadsides in the Arnold Creek neighborhood. Due to roadside working conditions, adults only please. Deer Creek 9114 SW Trail Ct. - Ivy and Clematis removal and native planting at a streamside property along Deer Creek, an important headwater tributary to Tryon Creek. Goff site 11000 SW Boones Ferry Rd. - Invasive species removal on a piece of streamside property along the main stem of Tryon Creek. Lewis & Clark College SW Boones Ferry Rd. & SW Terwilliger Blvd. - Invasive species removal and mulching native plants on forested property just off the Lewis and Clark bike path. Marshall Park SW 12th Dr. entrance to Marshall Park - Ivy removal as part of a larger project to close a demand trail along the edge of Tryon Creek in the forests of Marshall Park. SW 4th Avenue 10744 SW 4th Ave. - Ivy removal and native planting at a forested property along the edge of Tryon Creek State Park near Lewis and Clark College. St Nicholas Church wetlands 2210 SW Dolph Ct. - Invasive species removal and mulching native plants at a small wetland property in Tryon Creek’s upper watershed. Tryon Creek State Park 11321 SW Terwilliger Blvd. - Ivy removal in the forests of Tryon Creek State Park. Nettle Creek SW Boca Ratan Dr. & Atwater Rd., Lake Oswego, OR - Invasive species removal on a piece of streamside property along Nettle Creek, Lake Oswego’s largest tributary to Tryon Creek. West Portland Park Natural Area SW 35th Ave. & SW Arnold St. - Ivy removal on a newly acquired Portland Parks/Metro property at the headwaters of Tryon Creek’s largest tributary, Arnold Creek.

The 2nd Annual Tryon Creek Watershed Wide Event was made possible through a grant from Southwest Neighborhoods, Inc. (SWNI).

Event partners include West Multnomah Soil and Water Conservation District, Friends of Tryon Creek State Park, SOLV, Portland Parks and Recreation, Hands On Greater Portland, and several neighborhood organizations.

Thanks for another great Tryon Creek Watershed Wide Event!