SCAPPOOSE, The Scappoose Bay Watershed Council has five public events in the next three weeks, from a seed-bomb craft night to a forum on freshwater mussels, and is starting construction this fall on a restoration of South Scappoose Creek at Chief Concomly Park, according to the council’s website.
The council, a nonprofit that works with landowners on streams draining to Scappoose Bay, says its fish passage program has removed or replaced 43 barriers and opened more than 57 miles of creek to fish. Its Milton Creek riparian project restored about nine-tenths of a mile with nine private landowners, and a larger project aims to place about 400 pieces of large wood along 2.5 miles of upper Milton Creek. The Lower Milton Creek oxbow reconnection ran from July 2021 to December 2025.
The council’s native plant nursery at Scappoose High School grows the trees, shrubs and sedges for that work and sold to the public at its fall sale Oct. 10. Plants are available outside sale days by calling 503-397-7904.
Coming up, from the council’s calendar:
- Monday, Oct. 26, 6 to 8 p.m.: Adult crafting class, native seed bombs.
- Wednesday, Nov. 4, 4 to 6 p.m.: Freshwater Mussel Forum.
- Saturday, Nov. 7, 1 to 3 p.m.: Nob Hill Nature Park volunteer work party, St. Helens.
- Saturday, Nov. 14, 10 a.m. to noon: Native plant propagation class, and a Columbia Botanical Garden volunteer work party at the same time.
Locations and sign-up details are on each event page. The council lists Columbia County, the Natural Resources Conservation Service, ODFW and the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board among its partners.