Category: Council Projects

Santiam – Calapooia Regional Partnership

The North Santiam, South Santiam and Calapooia Watershed Councils’ mission is “Thinking and collaborating regionally to build capacity to work locally.  Our Vision: Clean healthy waters with ecological flows, native species recovered and diverse, floodplain connectivity and healthy riparian forests, as well as stable economies with working landscapes that support local populations, and communities that sustain those natural…
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Valentine Creek Habitat Restoration Project

Restoration and conservation efforts along the Valentine Creek tributary to the North Santiam River are part of a larger regional initiative to improve watershed health. Valentine Creek Fast Facts Area: 21.8 square miles Stream Miles: 5.3 miles Elevation (ft): 479-2562 Land Use: Forested- 36.8%, Agriculture- 18.3%, Urban- 4.3%, Rural/Non-Forest- 32.2% Fish Habitat Type & Stream Miles Chinook- 1.9…
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Bear Branch Habitat Restoration Project

Restoration and conservation efforts along the Bear Branch tributary to the North Santiam River are part of a larger regional initiative to improve watershed health. Watershed Quick Facts 1. How large is the area of land that drains into Bear Branch Creek? 13 square miles 2. How long is Bear Branch Creek? 10 miles 3.…
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Stout Creek Fish habitat Resotration

The Stout Creek Habitat Restoration Project

If you’ve  ever driven through the Santiam Canyon, you’ve probably seen Stout Creek.  It runs pretty close to State Highway 22 for a couple of miles before it joins the North Santiam near Mehama.  On the other hand, you might have missed it. It isn’t very big, the entire watershed is about eleven and a…
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