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WE HAVE GOOD NEWS! Camp evictions and sweeps are finally happening at the Delta, and we’ve been asked to help. Multnomah Sheriffs, and Forest Service Law Enforcement are beginning to address the transient issue at the Delta.  We’ve been asked to help with cleaning the trails while the camps are cleaned by inmate crews.  (this is a big deal for us as we’ve put a lot of effort into cleaning camps over

Yes, there will be a Hootenanny at the Delta. If you’re a regular visitor of the Delta, we invite you to come out and meet some of the people and groups involved in making the area a great place. The event will be Saturday, July 19th, from 4 – 8 pm. The Friends of the Sandy River Delta, will be there, along with some of the partners involved in the restoration work.  Pack along a diner, and come join us f

 What a day Well, we completed all the work for the weekend, and would you believe we spread 60 tons of 1/4 minus gravel on three trails. On Saturday, we completed the Beach Trail (see previous post).  Sunday with a smaller crew (Barb, Dave, Priscilla, and myself), we spread half as much stone to repair the Meadow Trail as it enters the large open meadow North of the Parking lot. Wanting to finish the job, and losing

Finished work on Beach Trail Today we completed laying stone along ~600 feet of the beach trail from 1000 Acres Road.  We thank all the visitors that found their way around us to the beach while we were working.  (with the tractor running back and forth, the last thing we wanted was someones dog getting hurt.) Normally, we’re able to do this work when things are still a little wet.  That helps the stone compact

Below is an article in the Gresham Outlook on the approval of funds to address the Transient Camps at the Delta. Click on the image to view, or go to the on-line article  

Hi all, We are finally getting a delivery of stone on very short notice for some of the trail work we’ve been planning since early this year. We will be getting four loads to spread along the trail to the beach, to fill in along the Boundary Trail, and to fill some low spots at the start of the Meadow Trail. We tentatively are planning on working both days, Saturday and Sunday of this coming weekend (June 7th a

—- see bottom of post to report camp activity —- Many of you are aware of the work we’ve done in the early part of the year attempting to clean out transient camps along the Sandy. (see here, here, here, and here). By spring, we had cleared the remnants of virtually all the previously active sites, and we were making progress with local law enforcement in understanding how to keep the transient camp

One of our trash can crew was doing the rounds early Saturday morning at the Delta shortly after 6:00 AM, when he noticed an old chevy pickup roving the parking lot and occasionally parking near other vehicles.  Returning to the lot after his rounds, he noticed the truck was in yet other locations, and one of the two individuals was out looking into other cars. After calling police dispatch, and finishing up the othe

We were just given notice of a project at the Walt Morey Middle School in Troutdale that has ties to the Confluence Project. The project and event, Gifts of our Ancestors, is described by Carson Abbert, the school Art Teacher involved in the project as follows:   “I’d like to invite you to join us on Saturday. As part of our research with the Confluence Project’s Gifts from Our Ancestor’s