Welcome
Don't Miss the 2012 Walk/Run for
the White Oak Savanna
Who: The City of West Linn and the community based
non-profit organization, NLWL, are jointly sponsoring this event.
Everyone is welcome to participate.
What: 5k run and 1 mile walk with proceeds going toward
the restoration and acquisition of the White Oak Savanna Natural Park
and Wildlife Habitat.
Prizes awarded to top finishers.
All participants get a reusable cloth White Oak Savanna goody bag with
great stuff inside.
When: April 7th from 9:00 am to 11:00am
Where: Rosemont Ridge Middle School track at 20001
Salamo Rd in West Linn
How to register: Email
info [at] NLWL.org for registration packet.
The cost is $25 and includes the White Oak Savanna goody bag.
Four More Families Benefit from NLWL
"Computers for Kids Program
Thanks to the generosity of the community, in 2011 four more families
received a refurbished computer, monitor, keyboard, mouse, printer and
Microsoft software from NLWL's "Computers for Kids Program".
This program provides the above computer hardware free of charge to four
families in the West Linn-Wilsonville School District. NLWL believes
that access to computers is critical for school age children and this is
our way of helping that happen.
More information is
here.
200 School Children Plant 1,000
Blue Camas bulbs in the White Oak Savanna
On Thursday, October 20, approximately 200 local school children helped
in restoring the White Oak Savanna by planting 1,000
blue camas bulbs.
NLWL would like to thank Fred Meyer (Wilsonville) and
Lowe's (Tigard) for providing the planting tools at
cost, Albertson's (West Linn) for providing cookies and
water for the students, and Ken Worcester and the City of West Linn Parks
Department for providing the blue camas bulbs.
Click here to see a video of the planting.
White Oak
Savanna T-shirts, caps, and cloth grocery bags are now available
We now have t-shirts, caps, and cloth grocery bags available for
purchase. The t-shirts and caps are only $15 and the grocery bags are
only $5. Why not buy some today and support the restoration and
acquisition of the West Linn White Oak Savanna?
Click here to see a photo collage of these items.
You can contact us at info [at] nlwl.org
to purchase.
NLWL Awarded Spirit
Mountain Community Fund Grant
On May 26, 2011 NLWL was notified that it had been awarded a grant
of $3,950 from the Spirit
Mountain Community Fund which is managed by the
Confederated Tribes of
Grand Ronde. This grant money will be matched by the City of West
Linn. The funds will be used to once again hire the
Northwest Youth Corps Outdoor
Oregon crew to work in the White Oak Savanna for two weeks this
summer removing invasive plants and helping to restore the Savanna.
NLWL is very grateful to the Spirit Mountain Community Fund for their
generous grant.
UPDATE -- Our line of jewelry based on the White Oak Savanna is now available! CLICK HERE to go to the page and start ordering.
Who We Are
Neighbors for a Livable West Linn (NLWL) is a non-profit organization in West Linn, Oregon.
We were founded in 2005 by local concerned citizens. Our goal is to preserve a rare White Oak Savanna located in West Linn. We have made great strides in preserving the savanna by raising $1,000,000 to purchase over 14 acres of it, but we still have more to accomplish. There are an additional 5+ acres of this savanna still not protected from development.
Over one hundred years ago the Willamette Valley in Oregon was covered with White Oak Savanna. It is now estimated that less than 2% of the original White Oak Savanna remains in the Willamette Valley and only a fraction of that is in public hands and safe from development.
Our goal is to preserve this entire 20+ acre piece of White Oak Savanna in perpetuity as a natural park.
To help raise funds to preserve this last piece of the savanna we have developed a line of jewelry designed around a photo of an oak tree from the West Linn White Oak Savanna. We have worked with renowned jewelry designer Mike Warner of Wild Bryde Jewelry to design this line of earrings, pins and necklaces. Please go here to order some of this beautiful jewelry.
The White Oak Savanna is also now part of The Intertwine, a connected network of parks, trails and natural areas in the Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, Washington region.
In addition to our efforts above, we also hold an annual fundraising auction. The proceeds of the auction are used to purchase computers for families with children in our local school district. We provide these computers free of charge to these families in the hope that having a computer in their home will enable their children to learn and prosper in our society. To date we have provided 20 computers, monitors and printers to families in need.
We invite you to explore our web site and learn more about NLWL. And don't forget our annual auction -- anyone can attend and we guarantee a great time.
Thanks for visiting!