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If you're having trouble viewing this email, you can see it online . Thank you for celebrating with us! On September 28 th , we hosted our Annual Celebration, an event that draws partners, supporters, and community members together to honor the incredible accomplishments and partnerships that help to restore the Columbia River. The Annual Celebr ation is our most significant fundraiser of the year

The City of Rainier and the Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership recently completed a project aimed at improving the quality and health of water in the Columbia River. Both entities partnered on the project, which involved the installation of bioswales at the Rainier Boat Launch that will capture, treat, and infiltrate stormwater from more than 13,000 square feet of impervious parking lot surface

We won an award, are having a party, got a new UAV...and more! If you're having trouble viewing this email, you can see it online . Join us for our Annual Celebration! Our favorite event of the year is just around the corner! Tickets are on sale now for our Annual Celebration. Our Annual Celebration will feature the Steward of the Year Award, amazing raffle packages to win, a delicious taco bar

The sky is the limit! We recently obtained a new Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). This cutting-edge tool will dramatically improve our ability to monitor and research habitat restoration and reference sites on federal lands. Since 2017, our Monitoring and Research Team has been using UAV technology for several aspects of habitat monitoring, including modeling site topography and identifying dominant

Representative Peter Abbarno and Councilor Sue Marshall join scientists for lamprey survey on the East Fork Lewis River The Lower East Fork Lewis Floodplain Reclamation Project is moving full steam ahead. With grants from the Washington Recreation and Conservation Office, Department of Ecology, and NOAA totaling nearly $20 million, this project to restore habitat for native fish and wildlife

Tickets are on sale now for our Annual Celebration, which takes place at 6pm on Thursday, September 28 at Easton Broad in Portland. Join us for an evening of good food and drink, raffles, and great company, and help us honor our 2023 Steward of the Year and raise funds to support our mission. Find all the details, buy tickets, and see raffle previews on our event website.

We are thrilled to announce that the East Fork Lewis Floodplain Reclamation Project has secured $20 million in funding! This project addresses long-standing issues with salmon and steelhead habitat, as well as flooding and erosion threats to homes, county property, and businesses. Not only does it solve these problems, but it also brings economic benefits, sustaining over 300 jobs in the region

If you're having trouble viewing this email, you can see it online . Save the date for a celebration! Save the Date! Our Annual Celebration is on Thursday, September 28 at 6pm at Easton Broad in NE Portland. Mark your calendar today and keep an eye out for information on how to buy tickets and participate in raffles, even if you can’t celebrate in-person. And please consider nominating an

The students sat in pairs under a picnic shelter at Vancouver Lake Park, each set poised before a small trout laid out on a piece of newspaper. It was dissection day, but these students got to be outside at a local park instead of inside their classroom. They were full of questions: Why do they have a line across their body? That is their lateral line and helps them sense and “hear” things in the

We 💚 our volunteers! We love them because they show up, rain or shine, to plant native trees and shrubs along salmon-bearing streams and rivers. The 2022-23 planting season has ended and we couldn't be more excited to share what you all accomplished. 466 volunteers planted nearly 15,000 trees and shrubs across six parks and natural areas in Oregon and Washington. “Volunteering with the Estuary