SRBWC Partners with MHCC Gresham Campus to go Salmon-Safe
Over the last six months MHCC has partnered with Sandy River Basin Watershed Council (SRBWC) to conduct a series of campus retrofits to...
Winter 2016 Salmon Surveys are Complete
As this incredibly cold and wet winter is keeping me indoors, I thought it would be a good time to write about the Salmon surveys that my...
Northern Red-legged Frog
One of our favorite things to do as a family is take a walk down to the cool waters of the south fork of Beaver Creek in the summer. In...
Very low water in Beaver Creek not good for smelt
Another dry spell in Oregon has contributed to the dramatic loss of water from the main stem of Beaver Creek. There have been over 3...
Crawdads... Crayfish... Yabbies?
Whatever you want to call them, we've got them! On a creekside stroll today we came across a deep and clear pool in the South fork. I...
Troutdale Farmers Help Survey Returning Adult Salmon
Katherine and Michael Cory are small-scale farmers and landowners just outside the Troutdale city limits. The Corys have a connection to...
Winter 2015 Salmon Surveys are Complete
After a eleven weeks of surveying we only ever viewed the one salmonid in Beaver Creek. I am hopeful that the removal of the Stark Street...
Coho are returning to Beaver Creek!
Second round of stream surveys are complete. We saw one coho salmon holding near the intersection of SE Division Drive and SE Troutdale...
First Salmon Survey Complete
We have completed our first salmon survey of the season. As anticipated, we did not see salmon in either the main stem or south fork of...
Green Sunfish in South Fork Beaver Creek
In the course of completing our first salmon survey of the year, we discovered a high number of green sunfish in our stream. These fish...
