Luckiamute State Natural Area Hike with the Luckiamute Watershed Council
Lower Nehalem Watershed Council
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PO Box 249
Nehalem, OR 97131 Coordinator: Sarah Zwissler
Email: necanicumwatersheds@gmail.com
Website: www.nehalemtel.net/~lnwcouncil
The Council meets the second Thursday of each month at 7pm at the Pine Grove Community Center in Manzanita.
Recently, the Lower Nehalem River Watershed Council has been working on a large wood placement project on Lost Creek. Due to access constraints in the lower reaches of Lost Creek, we used a yoader (combination log yarder/loader) and skyline to place logs in the stream. This enabled us to complete this in-stream project without using a helicopter. We also removed a collapsed log stringer bridge, which opened up 1.8 miles of upstream habitat and restored downstream bedload movement to the lower section of Lost Creek and the North Fork Nehalem River.
Caption: A yoader (combination log yarder/loader) selects logs to place in Lost Creek to improve fish habitat.