Clackamas River Basin Council
$25,675.93  Willamette Valley Ecoregion  Addresses drought

This project will grow and strengthen the Huckleberry Consortium, the Clackamas River Community Cooperative’s (CRCC) resident led environmental stewardship team. CRCC, a Mobile Home Community located in a neighborhood identified by the Council of Environmental Quality as underserved, lies along the Sieben Creek/Clackamas River confluence, a location of ongoing restoration. Previous community engagement and restoration activity ignited the community around protection of the floodplain habitat on their land. The Consortium is motivated to continue improving habitats, water quality, and outdoor recreation within their community, and in the neighboring Shadowbrook Mobile Home Community as well. This opportunity will provide the Consortium with strategies and resources to further engage Co-op residents and bring Shadowbrook residents into the stewardship fold to mobilize others to protect Sieben Creek. Through peer-to-peer gatherings, educational workshops, and volunteer activities, this project aims to empower future and long-term actions around watershed protection in two Mobile Home Communities.