Following a story published March 21 about Metros Killin Wetlands property expanding by 52 acres, several readers reached out and asked for a map showing the new acreage. At this newspapers request, Metro created a map showing the expanded area recently purchased by the regional government.�Located to the south of Cedar Canyon Road, the 52-acre lot is just east of Eberly Road.The Killin Wetlands Nature Park is a smaller portion of the Metro site, which has trails, interpretive signs, and more, surrounded by the Killin Wetlands Natural Area, which is where the new acreage was added.
A detailed map of the tax lot (in yellow) purchased by Metro, courtesy Washington County
Using satellite imagery, researchers have discovered that nearly 5% of Oregon and Washington’s western forest canopy — about the size of Rhode Island — was scorched and damaged in the multi-day 2021 heat dome.
The Oregon Department of Forestry announced the completion of a stream enhancement project in the upper reaches of Gales Creek in the Tillamook State Forest.
A pest that has destroyed over 10 million ash trees across the eastern United States is expected to reach its peak emergence in Oregon this month. First discovered in Oregon in trees growing at Forest Grove's Joseph Gale Elementary School, the insects are expected to devastate Oregon's ash trees.
A pest that has destroyed over 10 million ash trees across the eastern United States is expected to reach its peak emergence in Oregon this month. First discovered in Oregon in trees growing at Joseph Gale Elementary, the insects are expected to devastate Oregon's ash trees.
Water from Prickett Creek near the Watts community outside of Gales Creek floods Stringtown Road January 12, 2021. Photo: Chas Hundley
With
high winds expected Thursday night and into Friday
File photo: Chas Hundley
Washington County's Mobile Vaccine Team continues to schedule Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccination clinics in western Washington County as the county
Harold Lloyd Fellas
Harold Lloyd Fellas, 96, a resident of the Banks community passed away on April 14, 2021 at the Marquis Forest Grove, OR.
Lloyd was born on January
The Gales Creek Valley on Saturday, February 13. Photo: Chas Hundley
Oregon Governor Kate Brown declared a state of emergency on Saturday due to the severe winter weather in the
