High alpine environments provide the hydrologic and biologic foundation for ecosystems and communities downstream. It’s known that the vast majority of mountain glaciers across the globe are in retreat due […]
Healthy aquatic ecosystems provide fish habitat, irrigation water, and clean drinking water, as well as supporting recreation and other industries. Because native fish populations are central to the structure and […]
Watch a recording of the East Fork Hood River Habitat Enhancement Project presentation by Bill Norris on March 23rd, 2021. In 2019 the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs sponsored […]
Fire and other types of natural disturbance are often assumed to have negative effects on fish and aquatic ecosystems. However, in recent years a more dynamic perspective on aquatic ecosystems […]
In 2015, Kate Conley from Columbia Land Trust wrote an article for The Osprey about the 2010 Powerdale Dam Removal and the impact on the Hood River and its native […]
Margi Hoffman, Director of Strategic Operations, and Raija Bushnell, Program Specialist with Farmer’s Conservation Alliance present on Irrigation Modernization in Hood River and Beyond. Aging agricultural infrastructure, an expanding population, […]
Watch a recording of the Watershed Group presentation from November 24th, 2020: David L. Peterson (Emeritus Senior Scientist, U.S. Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station and Professor, University of Washington, […]
On October 27th, Phil Simpson with the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife presented a Steelhead Production Monitoring Update for the Hood River Watershed. A recording of Phil’s presentation can […]
We had our first Watershed Group virtual presentation on September 22nd, and Ben Clemens, the Statewide Lamprey Coordinator for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, presented on: The Wondrous […]
New Funding for Neal Creek Instream Habitat Restoration Phase 1 The Watershed Group is working with several landowners along Neal Creek to improve a half-mile of stream habitat for winter steelhead and […]