Many in Inner Southeast Portland are astonished each time they hear of the amount of trash and garbage that folks fish out of Johnson Creek. But every year, the cleanup justifies its annual status by the volume of discarded junk volunteers pull up out of this important waterway.
This year’s creek cleanup took place on an overcast Saturday morning – August 22nd – and drew some 140 determined volunteers to the banks of Johnson Creek.
The Johnson Creek Watershed Council (JCWC), the organizer of each creek cleanup, announced that, beginning this year, the annual effort will be known as the “Walt Mintkeski Johnson Creek Clean-Up” in lasting honor and memory of the Woodstock-based organization’s founder. The new name serves as a lasting tribute that will appear on future outreach, volunteer sign-ups, and event publicity…