Get involved in restoring our watershed and volunteer with CRBC!
Our typical volunteer opportunities include:
- in-stream and riparian restoration projects
- planting native trees and shrubs while learning about how we can improve watershed health
- pulling invasive weeds
- recycling Christmas trees in a side channel
- cleaning up a creek
Upcoming volunteer events:

Work Party: Invasive Garlic Mustard Pull
Join us for a spring time work party at Mciver! What: Pulling invasive garlic mustard When: June 1, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm Where: Milo [...]

22nd Annual Down the River Cleanup
How clean can a river get? Let's find out! Who: the Clackamas River Basin Council, We Love Clean Rivers, and volunteers - like you! What: The [...]
27
Sep
Upper Clackamas Cleanup 2025
Join us for the first ever cleanup in the Wild and Scenic Upper Clackamas River! Taking place on National Public Lands Day, we are calling [...]
Questions about volunteering? email amy@clackamasriver.org.
Volunteers Create Bucket Brigade
to Move Mulch
Volunteers at the Rock Creek Native Planting Work Party passed buckets of mulch down the hill to the planting site.
Video courtesy of Friends of Trees.
Ever Wonder Where Your Recycled
Xmas Tree Goes?
Some discarded Xmas trees are used by Clackamas River Basin Council to provide refuge and habitat for young and migrating fish. Volunteers place trees in side channels and streams. Take a look at what’s under the surface.