Terri Preeg Riggsby - West Multnomah SWCD Director

Looking for a community garden plot in the south metro area? Bethlehem House of Bread has a great deal $40 covers a plot for the year and the use of tools, wheelbarrows, and seeds and starts!!

Community Garden - Bethlehem House of Bread … too short for excerpt, but Read More anyway »

thanks Nickole Cheron for this :)

You are holding a cup of coffee when someone comes along and bumps into you or shakes your arm, making you spill your coffee everywhere. Why did you spill the coffee?

"Because someone bumped into me!!!"

Wrong answer.

You spilled the coffee because there was coffee in your cup. Had there been tea in the cup, you would have spilled tea. Whatever is inside the cup is what will spill out.

Therefore, when life comes along and shakes you (which WILL happen), whatever is inside you will come out. It's easy to fake it, until you get rattled.

So we have to ask ourselves... “what's in my cup?"

When life gets tough, what spills over? Joy, gratitude, peace and humility?

Anger, bitterness, victim mentality and quitting-tendencies?
Life provides the cup, YOU choose how to fill it.

Today let's work towards filling our cups with gratitude, forgiveness, joy, words of affirmation, resilience, positivity; and kindness, gentleness and love for others.
- Author unknown

Thank you Lexi Barton for your leadership in the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion arena with the Tryon Creek Watershed Council and Network of Oregon Watershed Councils - and great presentation today with Jack Halsey at the 2024 Connect Conference 👍🏼🙌🏼👏🏼

Come say hello next Saturday! I'll be in Multnomah Village for their Earth Day celebration tabling for the Tryon Creek Watershed Council in front of JP General Shop 🤗🌿🌱🌲

Celebrate Earth Day! | MVBA Website A celebration with community activities in honor of Earth Day and the spring season!

EEEK!! So exciting! The 15th Annual Watershed-Wide Event with the Tryon Creek Watershed Council is THIS WEEKEND!! It's super fun and family friendly and there's a pizza party afterwards! 😁

15th Annual Watershed Wide Event Tryon Creek Watershed Council’s 15th Annual Watershed Wide Event Join us in supporting the unique urban Tryon Creek watershed by volunteering to remove invasive plant species and plant native…

Good news for once!!
https://fortune.com/2024/02/24/white-house-1-billion-salmon-oregon-washington-columbia-river/amp/

Hi folks! The West Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District is looking for volunteer Budget Committee Members - please check it out!

We Need You For Our Budget Committee - West Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District West Multnomah Soil and Water Conservation District is seeking community members to serve on the Budget Committee. As a Budget Committee member, your input will help shape local conservation efforts.

The US Economy alone is currently experiencing damages equal to $1 Billion every 3 weeks due to climate change - but we can flip the script and invest now - better for our environment, our health, our financial futures.
Check this out for more info from an expert --> and some much needed inspo

Private investment in clean energy transition is taking place all over the world: S&P's Mattison Richard Mattison, S&P Global Sustainable1 vice chair, joins 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss if capital markets are ramping up enough to finance the clean e...

We need housing but not at the cost of paving wetlands - we've already lost over 1 million acres of wetlands in Oregon alone. This is a terrible decision for the environment and will further the social inequities already present by worsening and even causing new heat islands. This isn't an either/or equation. We NEED new housing. We don't need to pave over wetlands.

https://www.wweek.com/news/2023/08/09/koteks-housing-advisory-panel-proposes-gutting-wetland-protections-outraging-environmentalists/?mc_cid=99bcc2f615&mc_eid=db6dcb79be&fbclid=IwAR2T34Y1iT_WcPWl4xOZPmN771YwjycifTwH2KeFeWXmTlawjE7Hnq2em-Q

Kotek’s Housing Advisory Panel Proposes Gutting Wetland Protections, Outraging Environmentalists Gov. Tina Kotek got elected last year with strong support from environmental groups. But since taking office, she’s made housing production her top priority—putting her at odds with them.In June, Kotek teamed with Senate Republicans to try to preempt long-standing land use protections. Environme...

We're hiring at the West Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District!!

Employment - West Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District Position Title: Office Coordinator Initial Posting Date: 4/13/2023 Application Deadline: 5/4/2023 Salary Range: $4,660 to $5,665 per month to start; full range up to $6,876 per month Who We Are: The West Multnomah Soil […]

Really excited to be part of thid project to bring much needed affordable housing to SW PDX, through HAKI Community Organization and led by
Community Partners for Affordable Housing - CPAH 🤗👍🏼
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Redevelopment team for Portland Value Inn site announced Metro and the Portland Housing Bureau select team to create 77 affordable apartments in SW Portland.

Over 1,000 shootings in Portland in 1 year alone.
We can do better, and we must do better.
We deserve better.

Which Portland neighborhoods recorded the most shootings in 2022? Find your address Police logged 1,306 shootings in Portland. Type in your address to see incidents near you.