Luckiamute State Natural Area Hike with the Luckiamute Watershed Council
Smith River Watershed Council
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Address: Council Coordinator: Brian Swift
PO Box 114
Reedsport, OR 97467 phone: (541) 271-2223
Email: swift@smithriverwateshed.org
Website: www.smithriverwatershed.org/
The Council meets on the last Thursday of each month at 7:00pm.
The project our council was most proud of accomplishing was our salmon habitat restoration project on the Upper Smith River(South Sisters and Jeff Creeks). Costing nearly $130,000, this project entailed the careful placement of over 1,000 boulders and 80 logs within the stream channel. The old stream channel was severely scoured down to the bedrock and was lacking the structure necessary for salmonid spawning and rearing habitat. This year’s work (Phase III) will restore 1 ½ miles of river and further improve salmon survival rates. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has already reported increased numbers of juveniles in this area due to the success of Phase I and II.
Heavy equipment carefully places boulders in the stream channel to improve salmon habitat.