SALMON-SAFE DE-PAVE EVENT TO SET RAINWATER FREE
Graphic by Nicole Meade // The Advocate
The Sandy River Watershed Council’s de-paving project is officially under way in Mt. Hood’s E, F, G, and H parking lots to install rain gardens to filter the polluted runoff that currently drains untreated into Beaver Creek, where endangered salmon live.
It’s a big step in MHCC becoming the first official “Salmon Safe” community college in the nation.
On Saturday, May 19, volunteers can help remove asphalt where the rain gardens will be built this summer and fall. The event runs 8:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Anyone interested can visit sandyriver.org/projects/depave to learn more, and to register to help.
A total of seven parking spaces will be permanently removed in favor of the rain gardens, but the construction will affect spaces around these sites during the remainder of Spring Term. Most work will occur during late June or July.
There is ample parking on the east side (lower level) of campus to serve students the rest of Spring Term, the school notes.
Over 150 volunteers turned out for the May 19 work party with Depave and Sandy River Watershed Council!