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Several St. Andrew Lutheran Church members have certified Backyard Habitats. Each followed the criteria, available on-line, to study their yards. Learn a little about each of them and their efforts to create habitat!
Site Information: Amber’s habitat in the Cully neighborhood is full sun to full shade, with dry soil conditions and a slope
There are ways we can help birds! The Backyard Habitat encourages folks to keep cats from roaming unsupervised outdoors and implement actions to reduce bird-window collisions.
Many of our partners are offering great classes, events, or resources this spring. Check our the list of partner events we know about.
At Backyard Habitats, we not only provide incentives and knowledge to program participants working toward creating wildlife habitats, but we also enjoy recognizing and celebrating all those who met the…
Ruth’s habitat in Vancouver is part to full sun to full shade, with dry to moist soil conditions
Site Information: Anne and Gary’s habitat in Garden Home in Washington County is part to full sun to full shade, with dry to moist soil conditions and a slope
Site Information: The Water Wise Garden habitat is located in Brush Prairie, Washington. It has part to full shade, with moist soil conditions.
Site Information: Jane’s habitat in Beaverton has full sun, part sun, and shade light conditions and dry to wet soil conditions as well as a slope
We’ll be using this post to talk about the local native plant sales happening before June 2022. Scappoose Bay Watershed Council April 9, 2022 @ 9:00 am – 3:00 pmScappoose…
East Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District (EMSWCD) is hosting a series of free webinars in English this fall. Check them out below or directly on their website at https://emswcd.org/workshops-and-events/upcoming-workshops/.
Site Information: Donna’s habitat in Lake Oswego is part to full shade, with dry to moist soil conditions
Tualatin Soil & Water Conservation District (TSWCD) is hosting a series of free webinars in English and Spanish this fall. Check them out in this post or directly on their website: https://tualatinswcd.org/.
Riverplace condos near the South Waterfront Park naturescaped their grounds to coordinate with the natural beauty of the Willamette shore.
By Janel Hull There it was, a flash of radiant yellow, orange, and jet black in the tree tops. The bird settled on a branch of my backyard pear tree…
Site Information: Laura’s habitat in Cedar Hills in Washington County has full sun, part sun, and shade light conditions and dry to wet soil conditions as well as a slope
Site Information: Anne’s habitat in Portland has full sun conditions
Site Information: Paula’s habitat in North Portland has full sun to part shade to full shade conditions and dry to moist soil conditions
Site Information: Debbie’s habitat in South Tabor in SE Portland has full sun to part shade to full shade conditions and dry to moist soil conditions
People often ask us to identify wildlife, plants, and pests. Although we are happy to help, there are currently many free resources that do an excellent job at that. These are some that our program participants may find useful.
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