Rogue River Watershed Council

WE WILL RESTORE NATURAL PROCESSES AT FIVE SITES ON FIVE STREAMS. RESTORATION WILL LEAD TO IMPROVED ACCESS TO OVER 100 MILES OF SPAWNING AREA AND BETTER HABITAT CONDITIONS ON 1.2 MILES OF STREAM FOR NATIVE FISH.

THE ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION PROJECT AT SOUTH FORK LITTLE BUTTE CREEK IS PHASE 4 OF MULTI-YEAR ACTIONS THROUGHOUT THE LITTLE BUTTE CREEK SUB-BASIN.THE PROPOSED RIPARIAN REHABILITATION ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION ACTION WILL RECOVER THE NATIVE PLANT COMMUNITY THROUGH NOXIOUS WEED CONTROL- NATURAL RECRUITMENT OF NATIVE SPECIES- AND NATIVE NURSERY STOCK PLANTING.

SWPA ASSESSMENT FOR THE CITIES OF MEDFORD, GRANTS PASS, GOLDHILL, ROGUE RIVER AND OTHER LOCAL COMMUNITIES MUNICIPAL DRINKING WATER SUPPLY

THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO PROVIDE A 350 FEET RIPARIAN FOREST BUFFER WITH MATURE OVERSTORY UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE PROJECT WITHIN A WIDE VALLEY WITH LATERAL CHANNEL MIGRATION.THERE IS PROXIMITY TO COLDER WATER HABITAT UPSTREAM IN THE MAINSTEM, AND ENTRY OF A COOL-WATER TRIBUTARY,SODA CREEK WITHIN A HALF MILE OF UPSTREAM END OF THE PROJECT. THE WATER QUALITY RESTORATION PLAN REPORT FROM MEDFORD DISTRICT OF BLM (2006) FOUND SODA CREEK 7-DAY AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE AT 67.7 DEGREES (1994-2003). THE OWRD 14240800 HYDRO-STATION, LOCATED 1 MILE UPSTREAM, REGISTERS MAXIMUM WATER TEMPERATURES OF 64.4 - 68 DEGREES DURING LATE JULY THROUGH MID-AUGUST (2015-2019), CRITICAL OVER-SUMMER PERIODS FOR JUVENILE SALMONIDS. ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES OCCASIONAL EXCEED REGULATORY TARGETS FOR SALMONID REARING, TEMPERATURES ARE WITHIN THE RANGE THAT RESTORATION ACTIONS WILL HAVE POSITIVE EFFECTS ON JUVENILE SALMONID SURVIVAL AND FITNESS. PART OF THE LONG-TERM STRATEGY IS TO BUILD CONTIGUOUS ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION PROJECTS THAT WILL REDUCE CRITICAL SUMMER REARING TEMPERATURES INTO THE OPTIMAL BIOLOGICAL RANGE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SOUTH FORK LITTLE BUTTE CREEK DRAINAGE.WE PROPOSE A COMBINATION OF RESTORATION ACTIONS THAT WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT ECOLOGICAL UPLIFT AT THIS LOCATION. THESE ACTIONS WILL RESTORE CRITICAL STREAM PROCESSES AND IMPROVE WATER QUALITY AND HABITAT CONDITIONS WITH INCREASED FLOOD PLAIN INTERACTION. THIS WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY:- PLACING LARGE WOOD AT 16 STRATEGIC LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT 0.6 MILES OF THE PROJECT LENGTH, INCLUDING ENHANCEMENT OF 0.35 MILES OF WINTER, SECONDARY CHANNELS,- REHABILITATING 9.4 ACRES OF RIPARIAN FOREST OVER THE COURSE OF FIVE GROWING SEASONS TO RECOVER THE NATIVE PLANT COMMUNITY THROUGH NOXIOUS WEED CONTROL, NATURAL RECRUITMENT OF NATIVE SPECIES, AND PLANTING OF NATIVE NURSERY STOCK,- PROTECTING THE ENTIRE WITH CONSTRUCTION OF 0.25 MILES OF WILDLIFE-FRIENDLY LIVESTOCK EXCLUSION FENCE TO ADD TO THE EXISTING 0.4 MILES OF FENCE.

THIS PROJECT WILL RESTORE A SIDE CHANNEL OF SOUTH FORK LITTLE BUTTE CREEK, INSTALL LARGE WOOD IN SOUTH FORK LITTLE BUTTE CREEK, AND UPDATE FLOODPLAIN MAPS (REQUIRED BY THE COUNTY) FOR A DAM REMOVAL PROJECT ON SLATE CREEK.

WRIGHTS CREEK ALMEDA FIRE RESTORATION & WELTER CREEK REPROFILING AND WOOD PLACEMENT

SKY LAKES WILDERNESS POST FIRE TRAILS RESORATION

BLM OR/WA UPPER/MIDDLE ROGUE RIVER WATERSHED RESTORATION, MEDFORD DISTRICT

BIG BUTTE SPRINGS WATERSHED NOX WEED MAP, TREAT, & CONTROL, VALE DISTRICT, OREGON

WE WILL REMOVE THE WILLIAMS WHALEN DAM. THIS WILL MAKE 35 MILES OF SPAWNING AND REARING HABITAT MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR COHO SALMON.

LOVELACE DAM IS LOCATED ON PRIVATE PROPERTY NEAR WILDERVILLE, OREGON (JOSEPHINE COUNTY), ON SLATE CREEK WITHIN THE APPLEGATE RIVER SUBBASIN OF THE ROGUE RIVER BASIN. THIS STREAM-SPANNING CONCRETE DAM BLOCKS OR IMPEDES ADULT AND JUVENILE FISH PASSAGE TO OVER 25 MILES OF SPAWNING AND REARING HABITAT. IMPACTED SPECIES STOCKS INCLUDE FALL CHINOOK SALMON, COHO SALMON, SUMMER AND WINTER STEELHEAD (RAINBOW TROUT), CUTTHROAT TROUT, KLAMATH SMALLSCALE SUCKERS, AND PACIFIC LAMPREY. LOVELACE DAM IS RANKED IN GROUP 2 OF ODFW S 2019 STATEWIDE FISH PASSAGE PRIORITY LIST AND SERVES NO WATER SUPPLY, FLOOD CONTROL, OR HYDROPOWER PURPOSE. IT DOES NOT COMPLY WITH NOAA OR ODFW FISH PASSAGE CRITERIA.THROUGH THIS PROJECT, WE WILL WORK WITH PARTNERS TO REMOVE LOVELACE DAM AND SUBSTANTIALLY IMPROVE PASSAGE CONDITIONS FOR ALL SPECIES AND ALL LIFE STAGES OF MIGRATORY AQUATIC ANIMALS TO 25 MILES OF HABITAT. THIS ACTION COMPLEMENTS OTHER RESTORATION EFFORTS ONGOING ACROSS THE ROGUE BASIN.PARTNERS INCLUDE THE LANDOWNER, ODFW, NOAA FISHERIES, BLM, RIVER DESIGN GROUP, ROGUE BASIN PARTNERSHIP, AND WATERWATCH OF OREGON.

SLATE CREEK DAM REMOVALS

SRS ELK CREEK HIGH FLOW ENHANCEMENT

SKY LAKES WILDERNESS

BIG BUTTE SPRINGS NOXIOUS WEEDS

BLM OR-WA WEST FORK EVANS CREEK RESTORATION