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Improve Soil Health and Habitat by Leaving Leaf Litter Understanding Water Rights in Oregon ROADS Act: Promoting Safety on Rural Roads West Union Elementary Awarded Tualatin SWCD Grant to Install Permaculture-Based Garden Supporting Emerging Vendors at Beaverton Farmers Market Understanding Values and Priorities of Owners of Streamside Properties Projects Backyard Habitat Beaverton Farmers Market Grant Belt and Lundy Forest Improvement: Virtual Project Tours Conservation Canines: Lending a Helping Paw Croakers Crossing Farm Joins the Effort to Save Oregon White Oak Falconer Stream Project and Pollinators Glencoe Swale Restoration Grazing Research Project to Support Native Prairies Hall Creek Habitat Restoration Project Hedgerow at Sparrowhawk Farm Mud & Manure Management Project Stream Enhancement on East Fork Dairy Creek West Union Elementary TWIG Grant Wingham Farms Partners With Tualatin SWCD to Protect Streams Staff Aaron Shaw Adriana Lovell Andrew Felton Annie Bronez Bethany Lund Brandy Saffell Briita Pajunas Charlotte Trowbridge Eli Staggs Jen Shih Judy Marsh Kelly Dawes Kristina Peterson Lacey Townsend Mary Meier Maura Olivos Mike Conroy Nicole Ruggiero Olivia Hurd Tatiana Taylor Trevor Norman Tyler Pedersen Species Balfour’s Balsam (Impatiens balfourii) Blackberry (Rubus species) Brooms & Gorse Bull Thistle (Cirsium vulgare) Butterfly Bush (Buddleia davidii) Canada Thistle (Cirsium arvense) Common & Bigleaf Vinca (Vinca minor & Vinca major) Common Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) Common Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum) Deadly Nightshade (Solanum dulcamara) Drooping Sedge (Carex pendula) English & Irish Ivy (Hedera species) English Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) English Holly (Ilex aquifolium) False Brome (Brachypodium sylvaticum) Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata) Giant Hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum) Giant Reed (Arundo donax) Goatsrue (Galega officinalis) Herb Robert (Geranium robertianum) Italian Arum (Arum italicum) Italian Thistle (Carduus pycnocephalus) Japanese Butterbur (Petasites japonicus) Knapweeds (Centaurea species) Laurels (Prunus species) Lesser Celandine (Ficaria verna) Milk Thistle (Silybum marianum) Mouse-ear Hawkweed (Hieracium pilosella) Oblong Spurge (Euphorbia oblongata) Old Man’s Beard (Clematis vitalba) Orange Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster franchetii) Orange Hawkweed (Hieracium aurantiacum) Parrotfeather (Myriophyllum aquaticum) Pokeweed (Phytolacca americana) Policeman’s Helmet (Impatiens glandulifera) Puncturevine (Tribulus terrestris) Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) Reed Canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea) Shiny Geranium (Geranium lucidum) Spurge Laurel (Daphne laureola) Tansy Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima) Woody Knotweed (Polygonum species) Yellow Archangel (Lamiastrum galeobdolon) Email me about caring for the soil and water! 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