NEW! EWRG Summer Tour
SUBJECT: Tour of the Reed Canyon and Crystal Springs Stream Restoration
SPEAKER: Dennis O’Connor
DATE: Tuesday, June 29, 2010
PLACE: Reed College Canyon @ SE 28th street and SE Botsford Drive, Portland
TIME: 4:00 PM, West parking lot off SE 28th Street across from Rhododendron Garden
COST: The meeting is free
Reed canyon is a 28-acre watershed in the heart of the campus. Home to a growing population of wildlife and native plants, the watershed includes the headwaters of Crystal Springs Creek, a tributary of the Johnson Creek Watershed, and Reed Lake, which has been deemed the oldest naturally occurring lake in Portland. Reed College is currently working on the second phase of their large-scale project to restore the creek and canyon area and enhance wildlife habitat. Phase 1 of the project, initiated in 2001, involved the construction of a fish ladder/fishway that reconnects the lake and the lower creek. Phase 2 of the project includes replacement of the culvert, re-meandering Crystal Springs Creek, adding pools, riffles and overhanging wood, wetlands, Oak prairie and riparian buffer planting. The project sites associated with Phases 1 and 2 will be visited and described.
Dennis O’Connor has over 30 years experience as a restoration ecologist. As related to the Reed College project, Dennis prepared an enhancement strategy, which included non-native species management and native plant revegetation. He has assisted with project management, permit writing, monitoring, revegetating the new fishway and fish ladder, grant writing and restoration of the native plant communities. Phase 2, Dennis is involved with the design of the 400 foot realigned creek and plant communities, and permitting, and will conduct project oversight and erosion control monitoring this summer, during construction.
For additional information contact: Chris Goodell at (503) 946-8536. To be added or removed from the EWRG email list, please e-mail Angela Wieland, PE.
All are welcome and encouraged to attend EWRG meetings.
Photos from some past EWRG tours:
2006 Willamette River
Tour Sternwheeler Rose
2006 Willamette River Tour
Clean up of the McCormick Baxter site
2006 Willamette River Tour
Crew Team rows past the BES Water Resources Lab
2006 Willamette River Tour
Ship docked at Port of Portland
2006 Willamette River Tour
Grain ship loading
Shanghai Tunnels Heritage Tour - November/December 2005 Tour
Tanner Springs Park - September 2005 Tour
Clackamas River Side Channel Creation - July 2005 Tour
The Re-Use Center - May 2005 Tour
For additional information, contact Chris Goodell, EWRG President at (503) 946-8536.