Portland's Columbia Slough: A surprising natural oasis | Oregon Field Guide

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Exploring the surprising natural oasis in the most urban watershed in Oregon with the folks of the Columbia Slough Watershed Council and a dedicated volunteer helping to clean it up.
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@MatthewOliphant 4 месяца назад

Props to the editor to let there be moments of "silence" in this video.

@tsonflieth 4 месяца назад

As the editor for this story I very much appreciate you noticing the moments of "silence'. Thank you. - Todd Sonflieth

@bothellkenmore 4 месяца назад

Those doubled up canoes are pretty cool. Nice to see the community reclaiming a wildlife area in their backyard.

@wild-radio7373 4 месяца назад

I didn't know portland had TURTLES!!❤❤❤ this looks AWESOME!

@biosfearmag 4 месяца назад

I love riding my bike next to the slough. Interesting to see how changes across the seasons. Also has a very similar story as what happened to the San Francisco Bay during WWII and the eventual cleanup decades later.

@josephirvinh 4 месяца назад

Great video. Im so glad there's been progress on this waterway. Nature will reward you

@r8chlletters 4 месяца назад

What a marvelous resource!

@erinrising2799 4 месяца назад

awesome that the guy is cleaning up the river

@lisafaust3801 4 месяца назад

Great video OPB -- thanks!

@OPB 4 месяца назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@nickmckee9399 4 месяца назад

ive always heard the water was toxic and so ive stayed away but its good to hear its not that bad. definitely a beautiful area. Thank you to the volunteers who have made a difference!

@PB-jk8bl Месяц назад

you heard correctly, very toxic water!

@mandyc3658 4 месяца назад

It is a shame you don't link the site to "rent" canoes for the slough. Most of what I found at Columbia Slough Watershed Council is several years old.

@denisetschann7301 4 месяца назад

I had read about the post war flooding and the destruction of the city of Vanport. I never knew of the slough. I have now set my sites on canoeing it next summer.

@allalukyanova6328 2 месяца назад

Good video ❤

@kaijusportsclub5440 4 месяца назад

Good to see some nice stretches of it. However, the section behind IKEA warehouse went from pristine to a dump from the homeless encampment on its edge. Even had a floating shack for awhile.

@allalukyanova6328 2 месяца назад

Interesting

@allalukyanova6328 2 месяца назад

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@bobanundson9247 4 месяца назад

When I was in highschool I lived just off Lombard and visited the slough but it was dangerous. I got cut in it and had a big infection.

@allalukyanova6328 2 месяца назад

🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈

@alanyajmorgan 4 месяца назад

We used to walk from our home by the Charles Jordan through the wastewater treatment plant to the Slough. It's a dump but not devoid of beauty, or shopping carts. There's a berm that runs between the Slough and a golf course. Never saw much of anyone from the neighborhood there. Just joggers and people on expensive bicycles, occasionally a person in grubby clothes, but we never saw the man surely infamous to any Slough goer, Sexo. From the pictograms he drew, I believe that man had a sexual awakening there among the rust and cormorants.

@foxmanghost1822 4 месяца назад

That would be an amazing place to do some flyfishing

@jamesdriscoll_tmp1515 4 месяца назад

Catch and release

@eyvindr 4 месяца назад

'Bi-maran'? Catamaran?

@Jweigand21 4 месяца назад

…Portland 😂

@user-xo4xk9eo9s 4 месяца назад

Bi-maran is what they named it when they designed the connectors.

@hotttt28 День назад

Watch out for transients !

@matthewbolton4289 4 месяца назад

Now its johnson creek in oregon city

@welcometoportlandistan3657 4 месяца назад

I paddled the Slough in 2017. Saw some muskrats. Got a bacterial infection.

@dagwood953 4 месяца назад

What is the water quality? Does anyone do regular testing? Is the water contaminated with toxins? Are the companies releasing toxins into it being held accountable?

@PB-jk8bl Месяц назад

It's filthy!!

@andrewwayne1512 4 месяца назад

I grew up in Portland off of 82nd and freemont during the late 80s through 2000's. It was so beautiful. Sad to see what its become. You can see so much from Rocky Butte.

@jasminemungin2713 Месяц назад

Why don't we see any of the homeless overrunning the slough.. or the fact that 3 bodies were found in the water over the last 2 years. 2 of which were homicides. 2002 a 18 year chopped up his girlfriend and put her in a duffel bag as well It is a dumping ground still for chopped up cars and bodies. That area is not a safe area. Please be honest about the safety of Kelly point park.

@jackehli621 Месяц назад

Paddle with your mouth closed. We'd fish for carp when I was a kid. HUGE carp that would make a loud sucking sounds while feeding off the surface. We'd were cruel and would kick them off our fishing lines back into the water. Any waterway in the middle of a metro industrial area is going to have a certain amount of toxins from many sources especial just good ole automotive oil, antifreeze etc. They are a lot more brave than me but kudos the people cleaning it up. I had a lot of fond memories growing up in that area.

@humblecourageous3919 4 месяца назад

I always pronounced slough differently. If you look it up on internet it IS pronounced differently. More OOWWW in it rather than like you.

@andyl8532 4 месяца назад

I love the place. But why does everything have to be about ones race? It is always brought up in Everything! It is a slough, let the video be about the slough!

@pinematter 4 месяца назад

There's nothing wrong with them adding some cultural context that's very relevant to the slough's location, and if you're uncomfortable with them briefly discussing race you should probably reflect on why that is.

@elizzievb 4 месяца назад

@@pinematter Yes! Personally, I am always encouraged to see people of color engaging with Nature. There is peace and hope there that they may not otherwise find or have access to. I wish I was closer. I'm in Eugene and I don't know of anything like the canoe access here in our wetlands - whatup Eugene??

@PB-jk8bl Месяц назад

That waterway is disgusting !! Super polluted, full of garbage, homeless human waste, industrial litter, dumped stolen cars, etc.