At Clean Water Services, our favorite plants are native plants. Local birds, bees, and butterflies agree. Native plants are vitally important to protecting and supporting a healthy watershed. They are adapted to our climate, soils, and ecosystems.
When you kayak along the river or take a stroll through your neighborhood park, you may not realize the critical infrastructure just below the surface, hiding underground and carrying wastewater to a treatment facility or stormwater to a nearby waterway.
The Emerald Ash Borer has the potential to cause the local extinction of Oregon’s native ash species. Native ash makes up about 70% of the Willamette Valley forests that surround rivers and streams.