Jordyn B. Miller, a hydrogeologist and PhD candidate at Purdue University, will share results from her research on how melting glaciers on Mt. Hood are impacting the mountain's aquifers. 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 […]
Lindsay Cornelius with Columbia Land Trust will present an overview of the East Cascades Oak Partnership 10-Year Strategic Action Plan, a shared vision for oak conservation in the East Cascades Ecoregion. An overview of the plan can be found here: https://www.columbialandtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/ECOP-Strategic-Plan-Summary.pdf
Join us on September 28th for our virtual Watershed Group presentation and meeting. Register HERE. Irrigation Pipeline Projects in the Hood River Watershed Niklas Christensen, an engineer with Watershed Professionals Network, will present on recently completed, ongoing, and future projects by local irrigation districts. These projects include Dee Irrigation District’s replacement of their open, non-pressurized […]
Join us on October 26th for our virtual Watershed Group presentation and meeting. Register HERE. Neal Creek Phase 1 Habitat Restoration Project Neal Creek is an important clearwater (non-glacial) tributary to the lower Hood River, which provides habitat for threatened winter steelhead, threatened coho salmon, cutthroat trout, and resident rainbow trout. Over the past 100 […]
This past summer's fish habitat project on the West Fork Hood River near Red Hill Creek improved a quarter-mile of the river and reconnected roughly one thousand feet of historic side channels to improve spawning and rearing habitat for threatened spring Chinook salmon and summer steelhead. Join Brian Bair, with the USFS Enterprise Program, and […]
The December Watershed Group meeting will be a business meeting only. There will be no presentation. Stay tuned for the 2022 presentation line-up.
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 […]
Spring has arrived and as the ground reawakens and plant growth takes off, we head out to our restoration sites for maintenance work! The native trees and shrubs we plant in the fall have gotten a head start on growing season, but we like to provide a little extra support by adding a thick layer of […]
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 […]
