The News - a newsletter, a report, a new park

Cedar Mill residents are lucky to have a monthly newsletter that provides all kinds of local news. You can sign up for it at http://www.cedarmill.org.

Who knew that there is a "State of the County" report for Washington County? I found out about it through the Cedar Mill newsletter. You can find it here: http://www.co.washington.or.us/deptmts/cao/st_cty07.htm. It worth reading, if you like to know what's going on around you.

The most surprising thing in the report is that Washington County is getting a huge new state park this summer. It's called Stewart Memorial State Park. The Park is on the east side of Highway 47 between Highway 26 and Vernonia, four miles north of the U.S. 26-Hwy. 47 junction. So that's pretty nice. I've been meaning to check out the long trailway they've been developing out there, too.

Geography

Do you know where you are? I've been trying to find a good watershed map showing the streams in the Beaverton area and what they drain into. Beaverton is in the Tualatin River watershed. Major creeks flowing through Beaverton include Fanno Creek and Beaverton Creek. The hills throughout the area are lined with smaller creeks that feed into larger ones. The maps I've been able to find are unreadable.

However, I did find a good page on Beaverton at Answers.com. I'm adding it to the links.