Local parks nab 'Nature in Neighborhoods' grants
Photo courtesy City of Milwaukie
Envision standing underneath a magnificent old oak and looking down into the Willamette River to see salmon and trout making their way into the mouth of Johnson Creek. That’s closer to reality as The Metro Council announced new funding for a variety of neighborhoods across Portland metro.
Here are local projects we’re excited about:
Boardman Creek fish habitat restoration project
Recipient: Oak Lodge Sanitary District, Clackamas County Department of Transportation and Development
Partners: North Clackamas Urban Watershed Council, Oak Lodge Community Council, Jennings Lodge Citizen Participation Organization, Clackamas County Urban Green, North Clackamas Parks & Recreation District
Nature in Neighborhoods capital grant: $485,000
Total project cost: $1,667,000
Location: Southeast River Road and Southeast Walta Vista Court, Jennings Lodge
Boardman Creek is slowly being transformed from an overgrown urban ditch to a refuge for fish and wildlife. This grant will support the keystone to the restoration of this basin — replacing two culverts near the mouth of the creek with bridges, and allowing fish to return to more than a mile of the creek between the park and the Willamette River. This transformation will daylight and restore instream habitat along 300 feet of the creek, and demonstrate how bridges can also create a “wildlife crossing” for amphibians and land animals.
Klein Point overlook and habitat enhancement
Recipient: Johnson Creek Watershed Council, City of Milwaukie
Partners: Willamette Riverkeepers, Milwaukie Rotary, Oregon Dental Services (ODS), Gary and Sharon Klein, Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board, PGE Salmon Fund, FishAmerica Foundation, City of Portland
Nature in Neighborhoods capital grant: $225,000
Total project cost: $670,399
Location: 1900 SE Jefferson St., Milwaukie
Someday soon, Milwaukie Riverfront Park will provide a unique vantage point on the history and restoration of fish and wildlife habitat along the Willamette River. This grant will initiate the first phase of a master plan for the park, constructing an interpretive overlook and a new trail tracing the river bluff. Visitors will be able to stand in the shade of a magnificent old Oregon white oak. Below, they might see salmon and trout making their way into the mouth of Johnson Creek, where six acres of restored riparian habitat will provide refuge to help threatened fish species thrive.
Mount Scott Creek restoration at North Clackamas Park
Recipient: Clackamas Water Environmental Services
Partners: City of Milwaukie, North Clackamas Parks & Recreation District, Friends of Trees, North Clackamas Urban Watershed Council, Friends of Kellogg and Mt. Scott Creeks, Friends of North Clackamas Park
Nature in Neighborhoods capital grant: $150,034
Total project cost: $450,222
Location: 5440 SE Kellogg Creek Drive, Milwaukie
Restoring lower Mount Scott Creek at North Clackamas Park will balance the needs of people and fish, creating a model for improving habitat at popular recreation destinations. Located in a densely developed urban area, Mount Scott Creek is a priority for restoration because of the salmon, steelhead and cutthroat trout that have been documented there. This project will restore the stream bank and its riparian areas, and remove a small culvert at the confluence of Camas Creek. It will also redesign access to the creek, installing two new visitor overlooks to reduce the heavy foot traffic that has trampled plants and habitat.
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