Technical Assistance

Organizations that can provide direct assistance to landowners. Seek advice and help in developing a plan for your property, or just a watershed or ecosystem question.

• Properties one acre or less, currently within the City of Portland but expected to grow to other areas.
• Receive site visit, basic restoration plan/report and access to program resources.  Incentives for participants include discounts on plants, soil amendments, and other benefits with local nature organizations.
• $25 registration fee.
• Sign up online: http://audubonportland.org/backyardwildlife/backyardhabitat or http://www.columbialandtrust.org/get-involved/act/backyard-habitats/backyard-habitats-certification-program

• Limited free removal of EDRR species, assuming permission of property owner and current extent of funding (as of Oct 2010).
• Species include garlic mustard, knotweed, spurge laurel, giant hogweed, pokeweed, knapweeds, false brome, blessed milk thistle, purple loosestrife and others on Required Eradication list. For more info, see http://www.portlandonline.com/bes/invasives.
• Contact 503-823-2989 if you have identified these species on your property.  For assistance in identifying plants, contact the Watershed Center.

• Properties 1 acre or less in SW Portland/Multnomah County.
• Intermediate sites that require additional assistance with challenges such as erosion, permitting, rain gardens.  Receive referrals from other programs.
• Assist with grantwriting and partnership development. 
• Organize nearby landowners for neighborhood-scale restoration projects.
• Fanno Creek watershed or Willamette watershed: contact Jen Seamans, 503-823-2862 or jen@swni.org.
• Tryon Creek watershed: contact TCWC (below).

• Native landscaping and riparian restoration site planning assistance available to streamside property owners in Tryon Creek watershed. Native plants available to complete projects for qualifying properties.
• Grant writing assistance available to streamside property owners wishing to undertake restoration projects
• Free eradication of Japanese Knotweed available to Tryon watershed landowners
• Sean Tevlin, 503-636-4398 x 121 or tcwc@tryonfriends.org

• Native plant materials available for landowners. Order year-round, with planting season delivery (winter-early spring).
• Tualatin River watershed groups will contact TRWC on landowner's behalf to request plants for project sites.

• Technical assistance and restoration plan development for eligible landowners.
• Properties 1 acre or greater along streams or adjacent to natural areas.
• Mary Logalbo, 503-238-4775 x103 or mary@wmswcd.org

Other Partner Organizations

• Support watershed groups with similar goals.
• Serve as a point of contact for community members seeking assistance and refer people to OSU Extension Service, local supporting agencies, and watershed groups for reference materials, training, and assistance.
• Beth Emshoff, Metro Specialist via email or phone, (503) 725-8101