Office Location: 650 Hawthorne Ave SE, Ste # 130 Salem, OR 97301-5894 We are located in the Salem USDA Service Center Phone: (503) 391-9927 Fax: (503) 399-5799 E-mail: marion.swcd@oacd.org Office Photo and Map

Project Description:

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The Pringle Creek Watershed Council (PCWC) recently received a grant from the City of Salem’s Watershed Protection and Preservation Grant Program for their Invasive Weed Outreach Project. In this project, the council proposes to demonstrate the harm caused by invasive weeds and teach Salem gardeners, homeowners, and property owners how to identify and eradicate those weeds. They will focus on weeds that are widespread threats to urban watersheds, and those that are readily recognizable in the community.

Through the grant-funded project, they will be:

• publishing an informative visual guide to help people identify and manage weeds effectively
• producing bookmarks that show and describe the weeds and ways to control them
• placing signs in two Salem parks that show and describe the effects of invasive weeds
• giving 1/2-hour presentations about identifying and managing weeds to local area groups

The PCWC is hoping to distribute the publications and deliver the presentations to neighborhood associations, garden clubs, service clubs, schools, local nurseries and other businesses, and at local events. Their aim is to reach 10,000 people with their important message. Please contact PCWC if you or your group would like to host a presentation or help distribute brochures.

Project Coordinator: Luca De Stefanis
Phone: 503-391-9927
E-mail: Luca.DeStefanis@or.nacdnet.net

The presentation, brochure, and bookmarks may be provided to groups in editable form (on CD or via e-mail) so that they can be reproduced for other groups in the area. The bookmarks and brochure are also available for downloading below in PDF format.

• Weed Bookmarks
• Weed Brochure

In addition to the publications and presentation, PCWC has put together an herbarium (plant samples that have been dried, pressed, labeled and laminated) of the focus weeds which will be available for people to view at the presentations. This was designed to help people identify individual weed species.

Download a free screensaver featuring photos of noxious weeds. Click here and scroll to the bottom of the page.

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Marion Soil and Water Conservation District
650 Hawthorne Avenue SE, Suite 130
Salem, OR 97301
Phone: (503) 391-9927
Fax: (503) 399-5799
E-mail: marion.swcd@oacd.org
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