Forest Collaboratives: Building Partnerships between the Community and Forest Service Forest collaboratives work to build partnerships and increase trust between the Forest Service and diverse stakeholder groups. Across the Pacific Northwest, forest collaboratives have developed agreements around shared goals and increased the pace, scale, and quality of watershed and forest restoration across public and private […]
Join us on March 29th for our virtual Watershed Group presentation and meeting. Register HERE. Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area: Draft Climate Change Action Plan The Columbia River Gorge Commission is preparing to release its first Draft Climate Change Action Plan (CCAP), a guide to climate change adaptation and mitigation action in the National […]
Join us on May 24th for our virtual Watershed Group presentation and business meeting. Register HERE. Environmental DNA (eDNA) sampling for fish in streams is the collection of DNA released by a target species into the water. Scientists at the U.S. Forest Service’s National Genomics Center for Wildlife and Fish Conservation have pioneered developments in this field. Dan Mason, with the […]
We hope you'll join us for our presentation on October 24th at 6:00pm at the OSU Extension meeting room (2990 Experiment Station Drive, Hood River). You can also join us virtually by registering at this link. Dr. Andrew Merschel, Dendroecologist with the USFS PNW Research Station and Oregon State University, will present on his recent […]
We hope you'll join us for our virtual (only) presentation on January 23rd at 6:00pm. Steve Pappas, District Manager for the East Fork Irrigation District, will provide an update on EFID's current projects, including pipeline modernization, telemetry, and plans for sediment removal. Join via Zoom at 6:00pm to hear Watershed Group project and member updates, followed […]
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife staff will be presenting on wildlife in the Hood River Watershed for our February 27th presentation. Stay tuned for more details.
Please join us for our presentation on March 19th at 6:00pm at Cork Wine Shop (1106 12th Street, Hood River). Please register to attend due to limited space. Alix Danielsen, Watershed Group Restoration Project Manager, and Steve Rodriguez, engineer with Wolf Water Resources, will present on the Tony Creek Fish Passage Project that was implemented in 2023. […]
Please join us for our presentation on Tuesday, April 23rd at 6:00pm at the OSU Extension meeting room (2990 Experiment Station Drive, Hood River). You can also join us virtually by registering at this link. Join Andrew Spaeth, Hood River Forest Collaborative, and Heather Hendrixson, Hood River Soil & Water Conservation District, for a presentation on Wildfire […]
Please join us for our presentation on May 28th at 6:00pm at Cork Wine Shop (1106 12th Street, Hood River). Please register to attend due to limited space. Nick Legg, a geomorphologist and geologist with Lichen Land & Water, will present on Making Room for Rivers & People. Rivers need room to thrive but also provide critically important benefits to people […]
Please join us on October 22nd at 6:00pm at the OSU Extension Meeting Room (2990 Experiment Station Dr., Hood River) for a presentation on The Hood River Basin Focused Investment Partnership Project. You can also join us virtually by registering at this link. The Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board awarded over $10 million to the Partnership to fund projects over […]
