Rogue River Watershed Council Capacity 2021-2023

Salmonid Restoration Planning and Assessments

Project ID	OWEB 222-019-19394
Recovery Domains	-
Start Date	07/01/2021
End Date	08/24/2023
Year	2021
Status	Completed
Last Edited	04/11/2024

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Description

The Council Capacity grant provided operating capacity support for the six Rogue River Watershed Council staff member to develop and implement projects and complete a merger with the Valleys of the Rogue Watershed Council.

Key watershed issues addressed by the council include water quality (particularly source water protection), habitat quality (connectivity, complexity, and streamside forest), and community engagement. The Council implemented 20 restoration projects (7 riparian (with 5 older projects in stewardship), 7 large wood installation, 7 fish passage, and five riparian projects in stewardship), 1 resource assessment project (Rogue River Basin Report Card),6 planning efforts (associated with National Water Quality Initiative, Bear Creek Restoration Initiative, and Rogue Drinking Water Partnership), 4 design and engineering efforts, 6 monitoring efforts, and 16 outreach events.

Project Benefit

Rogue River Watershed Council primarily works to directly improve instream habitats, near stream habitats, and water quality for native fish populations. Every year since our formation, we have implemented an on-the-ground project to improve fish passage, increase stream habitat complexity, or improved streamside habitat for future large wood recruitment and increased shade. We have also been working closely with Trout Unlimited to generate projects to convert old priority date water rights from out of stream to protected, instream rights as another method to address water temperature and Wild Salmon Center to develop a Strategic Action Plan for Upper Rogue Coho Salmon. Our community engagement activities likewise inform and attempt to enroll Rogue Basin community members into projects or practices that make conditions better for the Rogues world renowned salmon and steelhead runs.

Source

Funds

State

$345,663

Other

$214,448

In-Kind Volunteers

$24,686

Report Total:

$584,797

Worksites

19394

Worksite Identifier: 19394
Start Date:
End Date:

Area Description

No Area Description data was found for this worksite.

Location Information

Basin:
Subbasin:
Watershed:
Subwatershed:

State:
Recovery Domain:
Latitude: 42.372573
Longitude: -122.915817

ESU

Southern Oregon / Northern California Coastal Chinook Salmon ESU
Southern Oregon/Northern California Coast Coho Salmon ESU
Klamath Mountains Province Steelhead DPS

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Metrics

B.0 Salmonid Restoration Planning and AssessmentsY (Y/N)

. . B.0.a Planning And Assessment Funding 584,797.34
. . B.0.b.1 Area Encompassed 1,679,893.0

. . B.1 Restoration Planning And CoordinationY (Y/N)

. . . . B.1.a Planning and Coordination funding 584,797.34

. . . . B.1.b.4 Watershed council supportY (Y/N)

. . . . . . B.1.b.4.a

Name of plan developed or implemented
Final Recovery Plan for the Southern Oregon/Northern California Coast Evolutionarily Significant Unit of Coho Salmon, National Marine Fisheries Service Northwest Region, 2014

. . . . . . B.1.b.4.b

Description of the Plan

This project supports local watershed councils by providing capacity to engage in salmonid recovery planning and coordination. The Recovery Plan(s) indicate state and local collaboration and partnerships, especially in the form of watershed councils, are needed to successfully implement Recovery Plan actions and refer to the Oregon Plan. The Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds (1997) provides the governance structure for implementing restoration in Oregon and specifically charges these watershed councils with the task of developing and implementing watershed improvement projects. Additionally, the Oregon Plan indicates that, in order to complete these tasks, watershed councils require funding to provide for stable infrastructure and support for council activities.