Hood River Watershed Comic!

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We are thrilled to share the Hood River Watershed Comic with the Watershed Group community. The comic tells the story of the people, ecology, and conservation of the Hood River Watershed, and was developed in partnership with Leslie King (author), Ryan Alexander-Tanner (illustrator), and Jaime Rivera (translator). Thank you so much to Leslie, Ryan, Jaime, Chuck Gehling, Jackie Markin, and the many others that contributed to this comic!

You can find the digital version of the comic in English and Spanish. Printed copies are available at our office and at select locations around town.

Video: Neal Creek Phase 3 Habitat Enhancement Project Video

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We’re very excited to share this project video about the recently completed Neal Creek Phase 3 habitat enhancement project. This past summer’s work was the third phase of restoration the Watershed Group has completed on Neal Creek in collaboration with the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs and over 10 private landowners. Work included helicopter placement of approximately 500 ‘rootwad’ logs along a two-mile section of Neal Creek on County forestland, followed by ground-based reconnection and restoration of a former channel segment at the end of lower Neal Creek Road.

We are so grateful for the incredible video production skills of our board member, Jackie Markin. This is the second video Jackie has developed for us – thank you so much, Jackie!

Thank you to Lillian Dick from the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs, and Doug Thiesies, the Hood River County Forester, for their contributions to the video and the project. Thank you to Inter-Fluve – the project’s design engineering firm, Biohabitats – the construction contractor, and Columbia Helicopters. We had such a great time working with all of these partners on this project! And of course, thank you to our project funders, including the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs, Bonneville Power Administration, Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board, and Bureau of Reclamation!

View the video here.

We also implemented the Baldwin Creek Fish Passage and Habitat Enhancement project this past summer, and Columbia Insight just published a video story that provides a nice overview of the project and the vital landowner partnerships that made the project possible. Check out the story here.