Keep it local: consider voting for the Johnson Creek Watershed Council (JCWC) in a national grant competition that would mean $30,000 to support salmon restoration in one of the last above-ground creeks in the metropolitan Portland area.I voted - will you?
The watershed council is one of six finalists for the grant from River Network and MillerCoors and the only one west of the Mississippi. The one with the most votes by Sunday March 20 wins. (You can vote here.)
Update April 5th, 2011, from JCWC:
Hooray! JCWC came from behind to place second in the River Network/MillerCoors contest. We'll receive $10,000 for our salmon habitat project. Thanks to all of you for your support.
Thank you PDX Nature Nut! This is just one of MANY restoration projects going in Johnson Creek this year -- others include culvert removals on Crystal Springs Creek, the East Lents Floodplain Project, and LOTS of streamside plantings. On March 5th, 350 volunteers helped plant over 6000 trees along Johnson Creek!
ReplyDeleteThat's wonderful, Robin! I read recently about the East Lents Floodplain Project. It's great to know that one of the last free-flowing streams in Portland is only getting healthier.
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