Upper Rogue Watershed Council
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PO BOX 1128
SHADY COVE, OR 97539 Coordinator: Peter Mazzini
Email: urwatershed@hotmail.com
Website: www.roguebasinwatersheds.org/SectionIndex.asp?SectionID=2
The Council meets the third Monday of the month at 6:00pm at the Upper Rogue Community Center.
Hawk Creek is a tributary to Sugarpine Creek in the Elk Creek Sub-basin of the Upper Rogue Watershed. Hawk Creek contains populations of Coho salmon (federally listed as threatened), summer and winter steelhead, and cutthroat trout. Past timber management has severely reduced quality fish habitat. The removal of large woody debris has resulted in a simplified stream channel, lack of pools, scouring to bedrock, and contributed to higher water temperatures. Large woody debris and boulders were placed in-stream to trap gravels for spawning, create pools, and increase channel complexity. This part of Hawk Creek is especially important for Coho salmon.
Hawk Creek Habitat Enhancement Project, Upper Rogue Watershed Association 9/4/2008.