Water
Shade, Streams, and Salmon!
Over 86,000 trees and shrubs are here to shade! The Shade our Streams program is bringing attractive natives like western red cedar, big leaf maple, salmon berry, red-osier dogwood, swamp rose, elderberry, and many others to the Clackamas watershed this winter. Shade Our Streams is a community tree planting project that will improve water quality and habitat in the Clackamas…
Read MoreWater Lean, Grow Green
Regional Water Providers presents: Best Management Practices for Waterwise Landscapes TOPICS INCLUDE: Design For Today & Tomorrow Preparing Productive Soil Functional Turf Areas &Alternatives Proper Plant Placement Fundamentals of Waterwise Irrigation Why Maintenance Is Critical Water Saving Devices & Technologies Info & Registration 4 CEHs – FREE – LUNCH March 5, 2014 Portland, OR 8:30 –…
Read MoreGet Involved in Conservation, River Clean-Up and more
Are you interested in getting involved in projects that can help keep our rivers healthy ? Want to learn more about our watershed and how you can help conserve water? Here are a few of the opportunities coming this spring. Get outside and join with other volunteers and the local group Clackamas River Basin Council…
Read Morefor the Love of Water
I found this inspiring post at “I am For Love of Water” Regenerative Water Solutions, Inspired by Nature “Purifying and protecting the waters is a critical challenge for humanity. Fortunately, new technologies are being developed that are effective and adapted to an era of material and energy scarcities. Through decoding the language of ecosystems, it…
Read MoreRain Barrels – Water Tomorrow with Today’s Rain
Water Barrels seem like an easy way to conserve water to me. Recently Regional Water Providers released a discussion that exposed some of the cons of rain barrels. They make some good points like this one. ” So, if you have a 100 square foot patch of lawn you will need about 62 gallons a week…
Read MoreWhitewater Park in the Clackamas River
We Love Clean Rivers (WLCR) recently was awarded a grant from Clackamas County Tourism and Cultural Affairs to develop a plan for a whitewater surf park on the lower Clackamas River. The new whitewater surf park could increase tourism in the area. White water parks are usually man made formations in a river to create rapids and…
Read MoreCrisis on the Colorado
Feeling fortunate to have a source like the Clackamas River. Take a look at the article in the New York Times. The sinuous Colorado River and its slew of man-made reservoirs from the Rockies to southern Arizona are being sapped by 14 years of drought nearly unrivaled in 1,250 years.
Read MoreWater Saving Tips for Kids
Clackamas River Water’s General Manager Lee Moore always says, “I learned to recycle by listening to my kids.” Most families know that kids can teach their parents how to do new things. And there are many great places on the web for kids to learn, play and explore about water conservation. Water Use It Wisely’s…
Read MoreClackamas Regional Water Supply
On November 12, 2013 an agreement was finalized that will allow with Sunrise Water Authority (SWA) and Clackamas River Water (CRW) to work together as an agency under the Oregon Revised Statute (ORS) 190. Our newly formed ORS 190 organization, Clackamas Regional Water Supply (CRWS), will have a board of 6 commissioners representing both agency’s customers, with…
Read MoreWater for the North Pole or at least for Santa Claus
With record lows like 9 degrees farenheit on December 8, 2013, Portland has felt like the North Poke . Most of us imagine the North Pole to be a place that is freezing with fluffy snow and quiet music thanks to all of the Christmas movies we see. They almost all show Santa Clause at…
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