Luckiamute State Natural Area Hike with the Luckiamute Watershed Council
Illinois Valley Watershed Council
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PO BOX 352
CAVE JUNCTION, OR 97523
Coordinator: Kevin O'Brien
E-mail: ivwc@cavenet.com
Website: www.roguebasinwatersheds.org/SectionIndex.asp?SectionID=7
The Illinois Valley Watershed Council is working to complete the Oxbow Ranch habitat restoration project on Deer Creek near Selma. The project is a two mile reach habitat and stream function enhancement project, coupled with a diversion modification that will keep 3.2 cubic feet per second of water rights in-stream for the entire reach. Deer Creek is an important Coho salmon, winter steelhead, and fall Chinook stream. Committed partners of the project are OWEB, The Nature Conservancy, Oregon Trout/Oregon Water Trust, the US Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, the North American Salmon Stronghold Partnership, and the Southern Oregon Fly Fishermen.
A local rancher stands on the site of the Oxbow Ranch habitat restoration project.