This Saturday we hosted an in-person workshop (Get to Know North Clackamas Watersheds) where we dove into learning about what a watershed is, where the North Clackamas Watersheds are, and how we can work both individually and together to protect them! We spent the morning inside, sipping coffee, munching on snacks and absorbing a lot of interesting information – everything from the impacts of urbanization on streams to how beavers act as ecosystem engineers.
After a cozy morning of learning, we headed outside for the second part of the workshop which was focused on helping our Streamside Stewards participants learn more about managing streamside properties! We learned that Fall and Winter are a great time of year for managing invasive species, such as blackberry and English ivy, and for spreading native seeds and installing live stakes. Live stakes are cuttings of woody plants that placed in the ground, where they root and grow! Live stakes offer a free and relatively easy way for people to add more native plants to natural areas they steward. It’s best to cut and plant live stakes during the fall and winter when plants are dormant. Below, you can check out our full calendar of activities for maintaining a restored area- such as your backyard!
Be sure to tune in when we offer this workshop series again – at each, we’ll go over what to do in your yards at that time of year (in January, April, & June)!
ncwatersheds.org 