From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

Tideman Johnson Natural Area

Public park in Portland, Oregon, U.S.

Field	Value
name	Tideman Johnson Natural Area
photo	Tideman johnson park.jpg
photo_width	300
photo_caption	Creek and woods in the park, 2010
type	Urban park
location	SE 37th Ave. and Tenino St.
Portland, Oregon
coords
area	7.59 acre
created	1940
operator	Portland Parks & Recreation

Portland, Oregon Tideman Johnson Natural Area is a city park of about 7.7 acre in southeast Portland, in the U.S. state of Oregon. Located at Southeast 37th Avenue and Tenino Street along Johnson Creek, the site is named for a mid-19th century family named Johnson that encouraged public use of its land along the creek.{{#tag:ref|Tideman Johnson settled in the area in 1878 but was unrelated to the Johnson for whom the creek is named. Tideman's great-grandson, Steve Johnson, still lives along the creek and is an adjunct professor of urban studies and planning at Portland State University and a founder of the Johnson Creek Watershed Council, which links interests along the stream.{{cite news | title= Up Johnson Creek |first=Spencer

Ecology

A good area for bird-watching, the park attracts owls, pigeons, kingfishers, and herons. In late spring and early summer, Tideman Johnson's big-leaf maples, alders, and other trees are frequented by warblers, grosbeaks and mourning doves. Other birds commonly seen in the park include sapsuckers, woodpeckers, chickadees, and bushtits. During a restoration project completed in 2006, workers identified 22 fish species in the creek at Tideman Johnson and counted 23 Chinook salmon and 107 steelhead trout.

Maintenance

Portland's Bureau of Environmental Services (BES) undertook the 2006 project to repair a sewer line that runs through the park. In 1922, when it was constructed, the Lents Interceptor sewer was buried about 5 ft beneath Johnson Creek. Over the years, the stream washed away the fill above the pipe, exposing it to possible damage. Workers surrounded the pipe with concrete during the project and covered it with rock. They also reshaped stream banks, planted 5,300 trees and shrubs, and added boulders and woody debris to the stream to prevent erosion and improve fish habitat.

References

(May 1, 1994). "Tideman Johnson City Park". Geographic Names Information System.
(2010). "Tideman Johnson Natural Area". City of Portland.
(2000). "Wild in the City: A Guide to Portland's Natural Areas". Oregon Historical Society Press.
(2009). "Tideman Johnson Park Restoration Project". Portland Bureau of Environmental Services.

Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

1940-establishments-in-oregon parks-in-southeast-portland,-oregon protected-areas-established-in-1940 urban-public-parks

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about Tideman Johnson Natural Area — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report