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Thank you for Gardening for Wildlife!

Together, our efforts to beautify our yards and enhance our gardens can create large collectives of vital habitat for wildlife.

HOMEWORK IS NOT REQUIRED!

We’ve received some feedback already that a few of our attendees are hesitant to join the next class because they are not able to finish the homework assignment to design your dream garden. Don’t worry! It’s not required. We will start next class in Breakout Rooms to take a look at your garden diagrams, and even if you don’t make a diagram, you can participate and learn from others.

So, please join us, even if you don’t do the homework. It’s all “A’s for Attendance” in our class!

Here’s a recording of last night’s class:

Gardening for Wildlife - Part 1 Slides:

Link to register for the next class:

Links from the class:

• Survey to give us feedback to improve the class and our outreach efforts: https://forms.gle/dsjoDDx172BPPNXa9

• Dream Habitat Activity (OPTIONAL Homework assignment): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1la8gN0ZgUsKpXH2ZZvuWRXqXqJTW-0HP/view

• Association of Northwest Steelheaders info on Certified Wildlife Habitats: https://nwsteelheaders.org/garden-for-wildlife/

• Backyard Habitat Certification info: https://backyardhabitats.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Certification-Criteria.pdf

• Portland plant list: https://www.portland.gov/sites/default/files/2018-12/Portland_Plant_List_2016_Update_Final2.pdf

• Oregon Oak Conservation Guide: https://conservationdistrict.org/2019/oregon-white-oak-restoration-and-preservation.html

• West Multinomah Soil & Water Conservation District Meadowscaping manual: https://wmswcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Meadowscaping_Publication_Complete_LR.2.pdf

Other helpful info:

• Places to get native plants:

  • Echo Valley Natives in Oregon City

  • Boskey Dell

  • Champoeg Native Nursery

  • For bulk meadowscaping seed: Silver Falls Seed Company

• Clackamas Soil & Water Conservation District:

  • How to report invasive weeds: https://conservationdistrict.org/how/report-weeds

  • How to care for trees after an ice storm: https://conservationdistrict.org/2021/after-the-ice-storm-assessing-tree-damage-and-moving-forward.html

• Clackamas River Basin Council Pesticide Pledge: If you live in the Clackamas Watershed, please consider taking our Pesticide Pledge to do your part to reduce the amount of pesticides in our watershed: http://clackamasriver.org/resident-resources/pesticide-reduction/parting-with-pesticides/

Our contact info:

National Wildlife Federation

• MORGAN PARKS (ParksM@nwf.org)

  Oregon Education Manager at National Wildlife Federation

• KRISTINA PETERSON (ORHabitat@nwf.org)

  Education and Outreach Coordinator

  National Wildlife Federation and Association of Northwest Steelheaders

  Confluence Environmental Center AmeriCorps Member

  6641 SE Lake Rd. Milwaukie, OR 97222

  Office: 503.616.4280

Clackamas River Basin Council

• Suzi Cloutier (Suzi@clackamasriver.org)

  Stewardship and Communications Manager

  Clackamas River Basin Council

  PO Box 1869, Clackamas OR 97015

  O-503.303.4372 x105

• Adam Spencer (Adam@clackamasriver.org)

  Communications and Programs Coordinator

  O-503.303.4372 x101

Columbia Land Trust Backyard Habitat Certification Program

• Antonya Pickard (eco.outdoordiva@gmail.com)

Clackamas Soil & Water Conservation District

• Lisa Kilders (lkilders@conservationdistrict.org)

  Clackamas Soil and Water Conservation District

  Education and Outreach Program Manager

  22055 S. Beavercreek Road

  Beavercreek, OR 97004
  503-210-6002

• Nicole Ahr (nahr@conservationdistrict.org)

  Conservation Specialist

  Clackamas Soil and Water Conservation District

  503-210-6003 (office)

More from our organizations:

• Journey Down the Clackamas Conference: Join us for a year-long seminar about or unique river and its natural resources! In the next class, Portland State University lecturer Sheila Alfsen will describe the Geology of the Western Cascades! Join us March 23 @ 6pm, on Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZElf-utpjMjGd0CGvuZ7s_Zicl13LFWuILZ