Columbia Slough Watershed Council Inc

Programs: Education - slough school provides hands-on science in classrooms and in the field for students, kindergarten throught college. They learn about the watershed, ecology, water qualtity, native plants and animals, and human impacts. 7,000 students and918 teachers and chaperones participated in slought school. During the spring, we offered tadpoles tales,, a weekly story, walk, and activity for preschoolers. Additionally, some of these students also particapated in restoration and stewardship activities. In addition, we partnered with culturally specific groups including native american youth and family services to offer after-school slough school programing

outreach programs and activities - we held 24 workshops, paddling-cycling-or walking outings and festivals to teach adults and children about the slough and its watershed. Participants cycled the wellfield to learn about portlands groundwater system, explored smith andy bybee wetlands, paddled the slough at a moonlight midnight paddle, planted a container garden at explorando el columbia slough, and learned the history and current issues for the slough at slough 101. We also partnered with other organizations at 12 other events, over 1676 event participants. Also workshops and festivals. Over 5,000 contacts were made during the year. Cswc prioritizes justice equity diversity and inclusion work, which manifests internally, through strong community partnerships and events such as exlorando el columbia slough

stewardship, restoration and monitoring - we held 25 stewardship events at 22 sites and planted 6,800 native plants. Our great slough cleanup expanded to three sites and we now monitor trash. We made significant progress on habitat restoration at whitaker ponds, in time for the park renovations that started in 2017. Other major habitat restoration projects include buffalo slough, heron pointe wetland, and heron lakes golf course. We had over 30 partners for our work, including environmental workforce development projects with digin, mecha, verde, and multnomah youth corps.