Get Involved

^{You are an important part of Tabor to the River. We can all do our part to improve watershed health.}

Manage Stormwater on Your Property

^{Managing stormwater on your property is one of the most important things you can do for healthy watersheds and clean rivers and streams. Learn how to contain the rain on your property and earn a discount on your stormwater bill.}

^{www.CleanRiverRewards.com and www.portlandonline.com/downspoutdisconnect}

Plant Trees

^{Consider planting trees on your property, or joining other volunteers planting street trees in your neighborhood. Meet your neighbors, help manage stormwater and beautify your neighborhood. Trees absorb rain and reduce stormwater runoff.}

^{www.friendsoftrees.org}

Fight Invasive Plants

^{Invasive, non-native plants can overwhelm landscapes, destroy native plants, and ruin wildlife habitat. You can help by keeping invasive, non-native plants out of your yard and using native plants in your landscaping. Read more about city efforts to stop invasive plants, how to identify invasive plants and find native alternatives for your yard. www.portlandonline.com/bes/index.cfm?c=45696}

Mark Storm Drains

^{From May to October, citizen and community groups, students, and businesses can mark storm drains in the Brooklyn Creek Basin with the message that only rain should go down the drain.}

^{www.portlandonline.com/bes/index.cfm?c=41186#curb_marking or call 503-823-7185}

Naturescape Your Yard

^{Learn about the benefits of using native plants in your landscape.}

^{www.naturescape.org}

Make Family and River-Friendly Consumer Choices

^{One of the best ways to improve water quality is to buy non-toxic gardening, cleaning and personal care products.}

^{www.metro-region.org/index.cfm/go/by.web/id=24199}

^{Use compost instead of fertilizer. Manage garden pests naturally.}

^{www.pesticide.org/factsheets.html#alternatives}

^{Learn more about personal care products and how to find ones that don't harm your family or our rivers.}

^{www.ewg.org/featured/16}

^{Reduce your use of potentially toxic chemicals from personal care products.}

^{www.oeconline.org/pollutioninpeople/report/}

^{www.epa.gov/ppcp/faq.html}

^{http://toxics.usgs.gov/regional/emc/}

Explore Your Watershed on Foot or Bicycle

^{Reduce auto-releated stormwater pollution and learn more about your neighborhood. Take a stormwater bike tour, public art tour or heritage tree tour with the Portland Office of Transportation (PDOT).}

^{Stormwater biking tour map}

^{www.portlandonline.com/shared/cfm/image.cfm?id=53568}

^{Portland By Cycle}

^{www.portlandonline.com/transportation/index.cfm?c=44099&}

^{Women on Bikes}

^{www.portlandonline.com/transportation/index.cfm?c=44100}

Be Creative

^{Get together with your neighbors and find ways to artfully manage stormwater on your property, increase urban habitat, and manage stormwater on site.}

^{www.portlandonline.com/shared/cfm/image.cfm?id=172335}

^{Visit the Landscapes for Rain traveling art exhibit to get some ideas of beautiful ways to manage stormwater.}

^{www.portlandonline.com/bes/index.cfm?c=45470}

^{Tour local facilities for ideas with the Hosford-Abernathy Stormwater Walking Tour map.}

^{www.portlandonline.com/shared/cfm/image.cfm?id=84192}

More Links

^{Oregon Environmental Council}

^{www.oeconline.org}

^{Southeast Portland walking map}

^{www.portlandonline.com/transportation/index.cfm?c=39330}

^{Southeast Portland biking map} 

^{www.portlandonline.com/shared/cfm/image.cfm?id=181708}