Tualatin River Watershed Council Provides Small Grant to Tualatin River Forest Conservation Project

The Tualatin River Watershed Council awarded a $1900 grant to Ash Creek Forest Management, LLC, to assist in an ongoing 52 acre reforestation project being funding by private landowners and the Forest Resources Trust. The project lies on steep slopes overlooking the Tualatin River, approximately three-quarters of a mile upstream of the confluence of the Tualatin and Willamette rivers. Reforestation of this project will help prevent erosion and surface water run-off, reduce invasive plant species capture, restore native habitats, and provide critical stream shade on the lower Tualatin River for salmonid and other fish species. The monies were used for purchase of additional tree planting stock.

The Council received a $1000 gift from the estate of Jane Claire Dirks-Edmunds, a professor of biology at Linfield College until her retirement. Professor Dirks-Edmunds requested that her estate was bequeathed to local organizations that are helping Oregon restore the ecological conditions that characterize Douglas fir forests that she deeply cared about. The Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board also provided a special grant of $1000 to match the $1000 gift.