2018 Annual Report
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ANNUAL REPORT 2018 Johnson Creek Watershed Council 1 20 Years of Pond Watershed Wide Monitoring Event We identified 132 ponds in the wa- tershed through aerial photo analysis. Our signature volunteer event—Watershed Many of these ponds are “in-line” ponds, Wide Event—turned 20 in 2018. On the first meaning that they were created by Saturday of every March, volunteers gather at damming up streams. These ponds trap ten sites from Milwaukie to Boring to plant and heat, creating lethally hot temperatures mulch native trees & shrubs and to remove for salmon. We monitored temperature invasive plants in riparian areas. Last year we and flow at eight larger ponds to assess had a record 450 volunteers turn out. In 20 the quantity of heat added to the stream years, we estimate we’ve had about 7,000 vol- system by each. Our ultimate goal is to Family unteer signups, and our volunteers have plant- work with landowners to reduce the heat ed 100,000 native trees and shrubs. For the coming out of these ponds. 20th, we celebrated with a post-event costume Education contest at our pizza parties. Funders: Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board, East Multnomah Soil & Water Conserva- We’ve had youth and adult education pro- Funders: East Multnomah SWCD, Mintkeski Fund tion District grams for years. Our community has asked of the Oregon Community Foundation, PGE, Clackamas for events for the entire family. The result is Water Environment Services, City of Gresham, Portland “Science in the park,” a one-day event that Bureau of Environmental Services. combines macroinvertebrate and water quality learning with hands-on art and story-telling. Mill Park was the perfect venue: 80 kids and their parents turned out! Thanks to partners North Clackamas Parks & Recreation and North Clackamas Urban Watershed Council. Funder: Clackamas Water Environment Services. A New Home After 14 years on Milport Road in Mil- waukie, we moved our office to the Wood- stock neighborhood in Portland. We are grateful to the Oregon Worsted Company for those many years of rent-free Low Cost, Cutting Edge Fish Passage tenancy. In 2013 and 2014, we surveyed 273 road/stream crossings, mostly culverts, and discovered that 75% created We now work on the second floor some level of blockage to fish passage. There is not enough funding to provide permanent fixes quickly. Placing baf- of Keiter Hall at the All-Saints Episcopal fles in a culvert is a temporary fix that can often provide 5-10 years of fish passage until funding for a culvert replace- Church at 4033 SE Woodstock Boulevard. ment or removal can be enacted. Our project on the North Fork Johnson Creek at SE 262nd St was the site of a new low cost baffle technology called “New Zealand baffles.” A baffle is a low barrier placed perpendicular to the stream- Many volunteers helped us move, paint, and flow that slows velocity at high flow and creates pools at low flow. In this photo, note the “escalator stairs.” These re-floor the new office space. are the slower backwater areas upstream of the baffles that make it easier for fish to ascend. We were the first site in 22 Western North America to use this technology. Funders: Metro, PGE & The Nature Conservancy. 3 Donors Donors Business, Foundation & Government Individuals $25,000 and above $10,000-$24,999 National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Under $1,000 $500 and above Brett Kelver Katie & Ron Goodwin City of Portland: Bureau of Clackamas Water Environment Oregon Dept of Environmental Crawley LLP Anonymous Jess Kimball James Sjulin & Gay Greger Environmental Services Services Quality ESA Michael Babbit & Ellen Bartholomew Ann Kracke Keri Handaly East Multnomah SWCD Freeway Land II PCC Structurals, Inc. Friends of Trees Diane Boly Ed Labinowicz Jim Harlan Metro Portland General Electric & Portland General Electric GeoEngineers Darlene & Savelly Chirman Amy Lodholz Cindy Workman & Tren Haselton Meyer Memorial Trust The Nature Conservancy Foundation Inter-fluve Ed Clark & Janet Roberts Curtis Loeb Susan Hawes Mintkeski Family Fund of the West Multnomah SWCD Mickelberry Gardens, LLC Melanie & Matt Klym Michele & David Lytle Nancy Hendrickson Oregon Community Foundation $2,500 - $9,999 Wilson Family Foundation OTAK Robert Root & Abigail Marshall Bill McCracken Megan Hilgart Oregon Watershed Enhancement City of Gresham PGE Alice & Navin Nayak Michael Mills Kate Holleran Board City of Milwaukie $1,000-$2,499 Riverview Bank Daniel Newberry & Caroline Spear Mike & Rhoda Moeller Dennis & Carlene Hopman Schnitzer Steel Clackamas River Basin Council Cushman & Wakefield St. Timothy Lutheran Church Dick & Sue Schubert Madelyn Morris Alexandra Howard Clackamas SWCD Kroger-Fred Meyer Wolf Water Resources Marty Urman & Perry Rikli John & Joyce Nagy Mart Hughes Herbert A. Templeton Foundation Oregon RFID Marjorie Wolfe Peter Passarelli Benjamin Jenkins MODA Health Walker Emulsions, Inc. Nancy Robrecht Brad Jonasson Multnomah County $250-$499 Nadyne Rosin Dolores & David Judkins Martha Jane Bixby-Mealy & John Runyon Keith Karoly Partners Janet Sarah Bixby Robert & Gail Sanders Clair & Beverly Klock Matt Clark & Abby Sarmac Mary Ann & Robert Schmidt Kristen Kulongoski ACCESS Academy Crystal Springs Partnership Mt. Tabor Middle School Patrick Lynch Elementary School Tim & Leesa Cooper AmeriCorps National Civilian East Multnomah SWCD Multnomah County Road Services Portland Audubon Maggie Skenderian & John Schuberg Irma Lagomarsino Shirley Craddick Community Corps El Puente Bilingual Elementary Native American Youth and Family Portland General Electric Steve Smith & Kelsey Wirtzfeld Andrea Leal Asian Pacific American Network of Elmonica Elementary Center Portland State University Tracy Hokanson Bob Stern Moshe Lenske Oregon Friends of Errol Heights National Indian Parent Information Portland Waldorf School Lisa Huntington Adam Stonewall Torrey & Angela Lindbo Bilquist Elementary School Friends of Powell Butte Center Reed College David Jursik & Jill Schwie Suzanne Thornton Todd Lofgren Blueprint Foundation Friends of Tideman Johnson Park Network of Oregon Watershed Rose CDC Gary & Sharon Klein Kevin Timmins Erin Looper Brentwood Darlington Friends of Trees Councils Rotary Club of Clackamas Noelwah Netusil Marie Walkiewicz Kaitlin Lovell Neighborhood Association Green Lents New Seasons Market Russell Elementary Bruce & Wendy Newton Robert Wederquist Doug & Theresa Lovett Butler Creek Elementary School Gresham Chamber of Commerce Non-profit Association of Oregon Salmon Watch Vinh Nguyen Melody & Phil Wilson Bill McLaughlin Centennial High School Hoodview Disposal and Recycling North Clackamas Parks and Scouter’s Mountain Elementary Nicholas Meyers Centennial School District Immigrant & Refugee Community Recreation SOLVE $100 - $249 City of Gresham Organization North Clackamas Urban Watersheds Spring Mt. Academy Under $100 Carole Miles City of Milwaukie Intertwine Council Sunset Garbage Collection Katya Amato Jane Bacchieri Alison & Charlie Moore City of Portland, Bureau of Kelly Elementary Northwest Family Services Treecology Barbara Amen Tom & Judy Barnes Nadine Morris Environmental Services Lao Buddhist Center Northwest Oregon Department of U.S. Army Reserve, 671st Engineer Anne Marie Anderson Reva Basch Anne Mullan City of Portland, Parks & Recreation Leach Gardens Friends Environmental Quality Company Anonymous (2) Gaylen Beatty Hannah Partridge Clackamas Middle College Lents Youth Initiative Oregon Department of Fish and U.S. Geological Survey Barbara Baylor Jon Biemer & Willow Dixon Marilyn Pitts Clackamas SWCD Lewis Elementary School Wildlife Vanderbilt University Steve Berliner Natalia Blackburn David and Nancy Pribnow Clackamas Water Environment Marysville Elementary School Oregon Department of Verde NW Sylvia Gray & Vicktors Berstis Chris & Cynthia Blattner Zach Rego Services Metro Transportation Walker Emulsions Inc. Gerry & Meredith Brodsky Clackamas Web Academy Milwaukie High School Oregon Episcopal School Wetlands Conservancy Andrew & Diane Bogenhagen Terry Rice Jim & Sherry Burles Columbia Sportswear MODA Health Oregon Zoo Wisdom of the Elders Eric Brennecke Carlotta Richard Confluence Environmental Center Mt. Scott Learning Center Overland Park Coalition Woodmere Elementary School Michelle Bussard Melissa Brown Deborah Runciman Donald Carlson Marsha Buono Holly Scholles In-Kind Donors ($50 or more value) Maryann Coultas Joanne Campbell Barbara Schroeder Timothy Crawley Janet Cartmill Stacey Schubert aCena Ristoronte Gigantic Brewery Bruce MacGregor Papa Murphy’s Rose City Coffee John Davis Paul Ciri Sam Sharka Ashley Furniture Grand Central Bakery Celeste Mazzacano PDX Sliders Company Frank & Jeanie DiGregorio Wendy Coffin Kayla Snow Barnes and Noble Lloyd Great American Video and McMenamins Terry Peasley Mary Ann Schmidt Kevin Downing Marianne Colgrove Margaret Starr Center Espresso Walt Mintkeski Paulann Petersen Dick & Sue Schubert David Dugan Nicholas Cook Kyla Tanaka Steve Barthold John Hamil MODA Health Popina Senkos Farm Terry Griffiths Andrew Degner Sheryl & Kelly Uchytil Black Rock Coffee Henry Higgins Boiled Nancy’s Floral Portland Children’s Sesame Donuts Christian Haaning Tamra & Richard Dickinson Deanne Vegge Blue Kangaroo Bagels New Seasons Market Museum Skamania Lodge John & Kathleen Hamil Ryan Durocher Benjamin Ward Bogs Footwear Human Access Project Bruce Newton Portland Culinary Starbucks Hanna Heddy Peregrine & Paul Edison-Lahm David Allen Weiss and California Pizza Kitchen Jazzy Bagels Next Adventure Workshop Trader Joe’s Jason Howard Sarah Ferguson Debra Rose-Weiss Champoeg