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Clean Rivers Education

Program

Clean Rivers Education offers free classroom and field study science education programs for students in elementary, middle, and high school. We address local water quality topics, stormwater management, wastewater treatment, riparian habitat issues, and more through hands-on learning activities.

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Photo shows students at a table using test tubes and equipment to conduct water quality analysis

Clean Rivers Education – Classroom Lessons

Photo shows young student on dock with net collecting samples from a pond

Clean Rivers Education – Field Trips

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Clean Rivers Education Resources for Teachers

Photo shows triptych. First shows students on tour at treatment plant. Second shows students canoeing in the slough. Third shows student working on a sampling core.

Environmental Services Internship Programs

Aerial image of creek meandering through a green space full of trees and plants.

Portland's Watersheds

Photo shows people in a creek picking up trash.

How You Can Help Keep Our Rivers Healthy

A worker wearing a reflective vest sprays a tank

Clean Rivers Education – Career Spotlights

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Clean Rivers Education Resources – Virtual Tours

Photo shows a female coho salmon with male coho in the background during spawning season in Crystal Springs Creek. Photo taken underwater.

Clean Rivers Education – Resources about Salmon

Contact

Environmental Services Clean Rivers Educator – North

Megan Hanson

megan.hanson@portlandoregon.gov

503-823-8225Contact Megan for schools north of Burnside Street.

Environmental Services Clean Rivers Educator – South

Christa Shier

christa.shier@portlandoregon.gov

503-823-8859Contact Christa for schools south of Burnside Street

Related offices, programs, and projects

Aerial view of bridges over the Willamette River in Downtown Portland

Environmental Services

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Environmental Grants and Incentives

Several kayakers paddling in the Columbia Slough with many trees along the bank.

Protecting Rivers and Streams

Portland Parks & Recreation Environmental Education

Environmental Education

Class of young kids with their backs to camera looking over the side of a concrete dam looking at a calm body of water with green mountains in the background.

Water Resources Education

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Safe Routes to School

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