Portland man on mission to save heron habitat on Goat Island
Monte Harris and Steve Meisen plan Goat Island ivy removal to save trees, heron habitat
A local man has endeavored to save the habitat of 30 pairs of nesting herons on West Linn s Goat Island, just off the riverbanks at Burnside Park, by removing the invasive ivy that is slowly killing the island s trees.
Monte Harris, a native of Milwaukie and currently a Happy Valley resident, has been on a mission to save trees across the region from invasive ivy for the past year and a half, clearing ivy from nearly 2,000 trees across Gladstone, Molalla and West Linn.