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Mountain Rose Herbs Stormwater and Rain Garden Project

At 4020 Steward Road, adjacent to Amazon Creek, Mountain Rose Herbs (MRH) installed a 500 sqft rain garden that manages 11,000 sqft of stormwater runoff from their primary parking area. Additionally, 23 trees planted to help reduce heat on the property and expand the habitat function of the Creek. In summer of 2016, the existing … Read more

Essex General Construction, Inc. Rain Garden Project

Essex General Construction has remodeled their home building with a rain garden and native habitat project.  They have created a naturalistic landscape composed of a series of cascading rain gardens that manages 800 sqft of roof surface runoff. The project not only collects and filters water but also adds a beautiful foreground for a outdoor … Read more

QSL Print Communications Rain Garden Project

A patch of lawn near a storm drain presented an ideal space for a rain garden. The curb from the parking lot was removed, the drain bypassed, and a depression was created for water to flow into. Native plants have been attracting bees and other pollinators ever since! The completed rain garden offers both environmental … Read more

OSU Extension Stormwater and Rain Garden Project

OSU Extension is located on a site with Historic designation and as such, any changes to the site have to meet strict criteria.  To date, we have been able to install two projects that meet these as well as city stormwater management manual criteria, managing over half of the large roof surfaces. Both projects have … Read more

Upper Coyote Creek: Kingzett Oak Savanna Restoration and Wetland Enhancement

Watershed Context

  • Oak and prairie habitat within Coyote Creek subwatershed and surrounding Fern Ridge is considered the anchor for the entire Willamette Valley; prairie and oak savanna are the rarest habitat types in the Long Tom Watershed. Less than two percent of former prairie, oak, and wetland habitat remains and the majority lies in private ownership.
  • Habitat loss and fragmentation has been identified as the major limiting factor affecting most focal terrestrial wildlife populations.

Project Goals

  • Restore 75 acres of oak savanna habitat structure
  • Enhance 10 acres of native nectar species – including population of Kincaid’s lupine
  • Restore 20-25 acres of wetland habitat

 

Indigenous Peoples of The Long Tom

Chelamela and Chemapho Kalapuyans | By Dr. David G. Lewis (Grand Ronde) | Visit Dr. Lewis’ Website | The Long Tom Watershed was the original homelands to two major tribes of Kalapuyan Indians, the Chelamela and Chemapho tribes. The Chelamela occupied the upper or southern part of the watershed from the Coast Range to the … Read more