Why we have to save the Shaull property!

The Shaull property is a forest and wetland that’s part of the Grant Butte Wetlands.

The Grant Butte Wetlands stretches for a mile between Division and Powell, all of it visible from the Gresham-Fairview Trail. On any day, raptors are on the hunt, beaver dens are busy, and dozens of small animals go about their lives right in front of you.

These wetlands are home to many Pacific Northwest flora and fauna:

Northern harrier
Turkey vulture
People
Violet green swallow
Great blue heron
Cattails
North American beaver
Black-tailed deer
Red twig dogwood
Red-winged blackbird
River otter
Kestrel
Western tiger swallowtail
Common merganser
Raccoon
Skunk cabbage
Green heron
American bittern
Garter snake
Western spirea
Eight-spotted skimmer
Western painted turtle
Pacific waterleaf
Swamp rose
Northern red-legged frog
Rough-skinned newt
Source: https://www.oregonmetro.gov/news/coloring-grant-butte-wetlands

We hope that City of Gresham will buy the Shaull property. If it doesn’t, the natural habitat will be forever lost. The wetlands will be damaged by cutting down 267 trees, bulldozing and construction, and by the new property owners who may spray herbicides and pesticides on their yards. You can see all the trees that are to be cut down in the diagram below. Note that two of the lots are shaped to accommodate the wetlands boundary. If there is flooding in the future, there will be more damage to the wetlands. Please select #4 Shaull property purchase and park access improvements in the survey!