General Info & Documents

• Backyard Habitat General Volunteer Description
• BHCP Volunteer Manual – Spring 2021
• How to Conduct a Certification Visit
• CertificationDeterminationForm_September2021
• Certification Submission Link

 

Helpful Handouts & Resources

• Naturescaping with Native Plants video (4 mins)
• Naturescaping with Native Plants handout

Noxious Weed Plant ID

• Noxious Weeds Photo List handout
• Big Leaf Maple vs Norway Maple vs Sycamore Maple
• Garlic Mustard vs Creeping Charlie
• Giant Hogweed vs. Cow Parsnip
• Shiny Geranium

Native Plant ID

Native Plant ID Volunteer Training Presentations:

Plant ID slideshows of common PPL native plants. These lists are not exhaustive. PLEASE NOTE: Due to photo sharing restrictions, these slideshows cannot be shared and can only be used by volunteers for plant ID training purposes.

1. GROUND COVER PLANTS
   – Images slideshow
2. SMALL/MEDIUM SHRUBS & FERNS
   – Images + plant descriptions slideshow
   – Images slideshow
3. LARGE SHRUBS
   – Images slideshow
4. SMALL TREES
   – Images slideshow
5. LARGE TREES
   – Images slideshow

Other native plant ID resources:

• Native Roses comparison
• Native Strawberry comparison

Volunteer Training (2021):

• Backyard Habitat Volunteer Training Overview document (2021)
• BHCP Volunteer Manual (2021)

Presentations

• BHCP Program Overview presentation video (60 mins)
  – Portland Audubon – Organization & Volunteering Overview presentation video (40 mins)
  – Columbia Land Trust – Organization Overview presentation video (20 mins)
• Noxious Weeds presentation video (50 mins)
• Pesticide Reduction & IPM presentation video (40 mins)
• Wildlife Stewardship presentation video (50 mins)
• Stormwater Management presentation video (2 hrs)