Welcome!

The Crystal Springs Partnership is a group of community members, organizations, and City representatives who are working toward making the Crystal Springs Watershed a vibrant, healthy place for people and wildlife. The group is partnering local knowledge and agency expertise to develop a national model for urban watersheds. In particular, working toward ensuring that Crystal Springs Creek will have healthy urban salmon through community collaboration around education, advocacy, and restoration. Explore these pages for more information, or to join us at an event!

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2017 Walking Tour Map available 

November 2017- The fourth edition of our Walking Tour Map has been printed and and should be available at the two branch libraries (Woodstock and Sellwood-Moreland), the Sellwood Community Center.  Much thanks to the Watershed Services Group, Bureau of Environmental Services for making this happen.  ​

CSP YouTube channel

Check out our new YouTube channel for videos of and about Crystal Springs Creek: community, restoration, wildlife and history HERE.

News / Events

• The meeting will be held in the Performing Arts Building, room 130. (Building is #21 on the Reed College map.)  Please note that this is a different location from our usual meeting place.Topics on the agenda include:
  
• plans for upcoming work parties and Naturescaped Yard Tour
• how to use the Salmon Sanctuary Grant
• future educational activities
• 2018 Watershed-Wide Event at Union Manor- Blog post with photos.
• Freshwater mussels in the news- KGW story on mussels in Willamette and Crystal Springs.  Story HERE.
• Crystal Springs Creek in the news- Portland Tribune coverage of the Salmon Celebration and Salmon Sanctuary designation link HERE
• Photos from the 2017 Salmon Celebration at Westmoreland Park
  We don't have an estimate of the number of people who came for the whole event or who stopped by as part of Sellwood-Milwaukie Sunday Parkways, but it must have been in the thousands. Thanks to all who participated and attended for making the event a success.  Pictures here.
• Commissioner Nick Fish to introduce "Salmon in Our City Day," Council to declare Crystal Springs first "Salmon Sanctuary"  News Release  - with video of coho in Crystal Springs: http://bit.ly/salmonPDXprocl​
• Over 3,000 mussels rescued and relocated at McLoughlin Blvd. Bridge worksite  On Sunday and Monday (June 25/26) 30 CSP volunteers and several ODOT employees used wire nets and gloved hands to scour the streambed, searching for endangered freshwater mussels that would perish when the new box culvert is installed to replace the decayed bridge over Crystal Springs Creek at McLoughlin Blvd. Blog post on its way, Oregonian article here.
• Otter spotted feeding at Westmoreland Park (video)​

Everyone Has a Role to Play!

Crystal Springs is a phenomenal resource with immense value to both people and wildlife. There are many ways to get involved.  Contact us for more details at crystalspringscc@gmail.com

• Join the Crystal Springs Partnership (come to a monthly meeting)
• Walk your watershed — Know your neighborhood
• Support local businesses that promote good stewardship
• Volunteer to help restoration efforts or at CSP events
• Learn about good stewardship practices and share them with your friends
• Don't feed ducks or other wildlife!

Crystal Springs:
A Gem in the City

_Crystal Springs Creek
Oral History

See also: Crystal Clear, a short film from Straw Bale Films (2015)