Job Opening: Administrative Assistant

Work for a successful conservation organization with a dynamic staff! Duties include reception, phones, general administration, filling, taking minutes at Board meetings and ensuring that we meet our public notice requirements. Computer literacy including MS office, excellent organizational and communication skills, typing, impeccable ethics, and the ability to take accurate minutes and are all required. Competitive salary and benefits DOE. Minorities are especially encouraged to apply.

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Native Plant Sale 2010 a Success!

Thank you volunteers, Clackamas Community College, and Happy Fish Restoration for helping to get over 10,000 native plants in the the hands (and yards) of area residents.

Curious about native plants?  Visit our native plant database.

Blackberry - Removing without chemicals

For homeowners and small infestations usually the best way to remove Himalayan blackberry using common hand tools. The key to successfully getting rid of blackberries is removing the root nodule and as much of the attached roots as you can. This is easiest when the soil is moist and crumbly in late Spring, not when its rock hard after Summer's drying heat.

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Old Man's Beard (Clematis vitalba) Control Project

FREE CONTROL IS AVAILABLE TO ALL LANDOWNERS EAST OF THE SANDY RIVER!

clematis_vitalbaseed030206.jpgEast Multnomah SWCD is beginning a project to control the advance and limit the distribution of the devastating invasive vine Clematis vitalba. The removal of this vine can be very labor intensive and we hope that landowners will take advantage of our free services.

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Lose that pile!

Manure Connection brings together gardeners searching for local sources of organic fertilizer with livestock owners who have excess fresh and composted manure.

Check out the Manure Connection and get rid of your pile!
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