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• 1. [Article] Lower North Umpqua Watershed Assessment and Action Plan

  Abstract -- This report contains: the purpose and development of the watershed assessment, watershed description, land use, ownership, and population, past conditions from pre-settlement to current, history ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Lower North Umpqua Watershed Assessment and Action Plan Abstract -- This report contains: the purpose and development of the watershed assessment, watershed description, land use, ownership, and population, past conditions from pre-settlement to current, history of the Lower North Umpqua Watershed, and historical references. Current conditions include: Stream function, riparian zones and wetlands, water quality/quantity, fish populations, current trends and potential future conditions overview, stakeholder/landowner perspectives, and landowner interviews. The action plan includes: Property ownership and restoration potential, Lower North Umpqua Watershed key findings and action recommendations, and specific UBWC enhancement opportunities. Title: Lower North Umpqua Watershed Assessment and Action Plan Abstract -- This report contains: the purpose and development of the watershed assessment, watershed description, land use, ownership, and population, past conditions from pre-settlement to current, history of the Lower North Umpqua Watershed, and historical references. Current conditions include: Stream function, riparian zones and wetlands, water quality/quantity, fish populations, current trends and potential future conditions overview, stakeholder/landowner perspectives, and landowner interviews. The action plan includes: Property ownership and restoration potential, Lower North Umpqua Watershed key findings and action recommendations, and specific UBWC enhancement opportunities. Close

• 2. [Article] Lower South Umpqua Watershed Assessment and Action Plan

  Abstract -- This report contains: the purpose and development of the watershed assessment, watershed description, land use, ownership, and population, past conditions from pre-settlement to current, history ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Lower South Umpqua Watershed Assessment and Action Plan Abstract -- This report contains: the purpose and development of the watershed assessment, watershed description, land use, ownership, and population, past conditions from pre-settlement to current, history of the Lower South Umpqua Watershed, and historical references. Current conditions include: Stream function, riparian zones and wetlands, water quality/quantity, fish populations, current trends and potential future conditions overview, stakeholder/landowner perspectives, and landowner interviews. The action plan includes: Property ownership and restoration potential, Lower South Umpqua Watershed key findings and action recommendations, and specific UBWC enhancement opportunities. Title: Lower South Umpqua Watershed Assessment and Action Plan Abstract -- This report contains: the purpose and development of the watershed assessment, watershed description, land use, ownership, and population, past conditions from pre-settlement to current, history of the Lower South Umpqua Watershed, and historical references. Current conditions include: Stream function, riparian zones and wetlands, water quality/quantity, fish populations, current trends and potential future conditions overview, stakeholder/landowner perspectives, and landowner interviews. The action plan includes: Property ownership and restoration potential, Lower South Umpqua Watershed key findings and action recommendations, and specific UBWC enhancement opportunities. Close

• 3. [Article] Middle South Umpqua Watershed Assessment and Action Plan

  Abstract -- This report contains: the purpose and development of the watershed assessment, watershed description, land use, ownership, and population, past conditions from pre-settlement to current, history ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Middle South Umpqua Watershed Assessment and Action Plan Abstract -- This report contains: the purpose and development of the watershed assessment, watershed description, land use, ownership, and population, past conditions from pre-settlement to current, history of the Middle South Umpqua Watershed, and historical references. Current conditions include: Stream function, riparian zones and wetlands, water quality/quantity, fish populations, current trends and potential future conditions overview, stakeholder/landowner perspectives, and landowner interviews. The action plan includes: Property ownership and restoration potential, Middle South Umpqua Watershed key findings and action recommendations, and specific UBWC enhancement opportunities. Title: Middle South Umpqua Watershed Assessment and Action Plan Abstract -- This report contains: the purpose and development of the watershed assessment, watershed description, land use, ownership, and population, past conditions from pre-settlement to current, history of the Middle South Umpqua Watershed, and historical references. Current conditions include: Stream function, riparian zones and wetlands, water quality/quantity, fish populations, current trends and potential future conditions overview, stakeholder/landowner perspectives, and landowner interviews. The action plan includes: Property ownership and restoration potential, Middle South Umpqua Watershed key findings and action recommendations, and specific UBWC enhancement opportunities. Close

• 4. [Article] South Umpqua River Watershed Assessment and Action Plan

  Abstract -- This report contains: the purpose and development of the watershed assessment, watershed description, land use, ownership, and population, past conditions from pre-settlement to current, history ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: South Umpqua River Watershed Assessment and Action Plan Abstract -- This report contains: the purpose and development of the watershed assessment, watershed description, land use, ownership, and population, past conditions from pre-settlement to current, history of the South Umpqua River Watershed, and historical references. Current conditions include: Stream function, riparian zones and wetlands, water quality/quantity, fish populations, current trends and potential future conditions overview, stakeholder/landowner perspectives, and landowner interviews. The action plan includes: Property ownership and restoration potential, South Umpqua River Watershed key findings and action recommendations, and specific UBWC enhancement opportunities. Title: South Umpqua River Watershed Assessment and Action Plan Abstract -- This report contains: the purpose and development of the watershed assessment, watershed description, land use, ownership, and population, past conditions from pre-settlement to current, history of the South Umpqua River Watershed, and historical references. Current conditions include: Stream function, riparian zones and wetlands, water quality/quantity, fish populations, current trends and potential future conditions overview, stakeholder/landowner perspectives, and landowner interviews. The action plan includes: Property ownership and restoration potential, South Umpqua River Watershed key findings and action recommendations, and specific UBWC enhancement opportunities. Close

• 5. [Article] Lower Umpqua Watershed Analysis, 1997

  Abstract -- This analysis of the Lower Umpqua River watershed (2% of the total Umpqua River drainage area) in the southern Coast Range includes watershed characterization, issues, inherent landscape instability, ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Lower Umpqua Watershed Analysis, 1997 Abstract -- This analysis of the Lower Umpqua River watershed (2% of the total Umpqua River drainage area) in the southern Coast Range includes watershed characterization, issues, inherent landscape instability, aquatic species' habitat and population, terrestrial species' habitat and population, and restoration opportunities. This analysis was conducted by Siuslaw National Forest personnel with assistance from the Bureau of Land Management - Coos Bay District. The analysis was focused on fisheries and wildlife issues. The existing resource conditions were compared to expected natural conditions to assess trends in resource conditions. From this information, a strategy of restoration opportunities to enhance resource conditions on federal lands was developed. Watershed Analysis is one of the key components of the Aquatic Conservation Strategy (ACS) developed for the Northwest Forest Plan (NFP) (USDA-USDI 1994). The analysis is intended to facilitate watershed planning that: 1) achieves Aquatic Conservation Strategy and Late-Successional Reserve objectives and 2) provides the basis for monitoring and restoration programs. Title: Lower Umpqua Watershed Analysis, 1997 Abstract -- This analysis of the Lower Umpqua River watershed (2% of the total Umpqua River drainage area) in the southern Coast Range includes watershed characterization, issues, inherent landscape instability, aquatic species' habitat and population, terrestrial species' habitat and population, and restoration opportunities. This analysis was conducted by Siuslaw National Forest personnel with assistance from the Bureau of Land Management - Coos Bay District. The analysis was focused on fisheries and wildlife issues. The existing resource conditions were compared to expected natural conditions to assess trends in resource conditions. From this information, a strategy of restoration opportunities to enhance resource conditions on federal lands was developed. Watershed Analysis is one of the key components of the Aquatic Conservation Strategy (ACS) developed for the Northwest Forest Plan (NFP) (USDA-USDI 1994). The analysis is intended to facilitate watershed planning that: 1) achieves Aquatic Conservation Strategy and Late-Successional Reserve objectives and 2) provides the basis for monitoring and restoration programs. Close

• 6. [Article] Jordan-Alder Creek (S. Umpqua) Watershed Assessment, 2006

  Abstract -- This assessment identifies current habitat limitations and recommends corrective actions, prioritized by potential benefit to salmonids, in the Jordan-Alder Creek subbasin of the South Umpqua ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Jordan-Alder Creek (S. Umpqua) Watershed Assessment, 2006 Abstract -- This assessment identifies current habitat limitations and recommends corrective actions, prioritized by potential benefit to salmonids, in the Jordan-Alder Creek subbasin of the South Umpqua River near Canyonville. Sections include introduction, past conditions, current conditions, current trends and potential future conditions, action plan, and references. Copious figures, tables, and maps. Appendices include stream habitat survey results and official letters. 123 pp. Title: Jordan-Alder Creek (S. Umpqua) Watershed Assessment, 2006 Abstract -- This assessment identifies current habitat limitations and recommends corrective actions, prioritized by potential benefit to salmonids, in the Jordan-Alder Creek subbasin of the South Umpqua River near Canyonville. Sections include introduction, past conditions, current conditions, current trends and potential future conditions, action plan, and references. Copious figures, tables, and maps. Appendices include stream habitat survey results and official letters. 123 pp. Close

• 7. [Article] OWEB Grant Number 208-2084 Project Completion Report - PUR Monitoring

  Abstract -- While it is assumed that habitat enhancement and fish passage improvements increase fish production, there is little empirical data to support that claim in the Umpqua Basin. The Umpqua District ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: OWEB Grant Number 208-2084 Project Completion Report - PUR Monitoring Abstract -- While it is assumed that habitat enhancement and fish passage improvements increase fish production, there is little empirical data to support that claim in the Umpqua Basin. The Umpqua District has used smolt traps in the past to both establish a baseline record and to attempt to determine any response to habitat enhancement (Brush, Hinkle, and Big Tom Folley Creeks). Brush Creek and Big Tom Folley were originally chosen as monitoring sites since they are similar in characteristics, and Brush was originally the treatment stream for restoration projects while Big Tom Folley was used as the control until later projects occurred. Currently, there are PUR habitat enhancement projects scheduled to take place within the Little Wolf Creek and Wolf Creek basins. In order to gain more insight as to whether restoration efforts improve fish populations and address limiting factors, baseline and post treatment surveys will be needed. Restoration that is planned in Wolf and Little Wolf Creeks in 2008 and 2009 provides a unique opportunity to examine stream and fish responses to log-only and boulder-only instream placements. Pre-treatment data exists on these streams for smolt outmigration, summer habitat, spawning adults, summer seeding, channel cross-sections and temperature. ODFW has been collecting smolt out-migration data at five sites in the Upper Umpqua and Elk Creek watersheds almost continuously for 15 years to monitor yearly trends and to calculate over-winter survival rates of coho and steelhead. This OWEB grant will add to this baseline data and provide funding to continue past monitoring and add new monitoring components. Continuous smolt trap data from Brush, Big Tom Folley, and Hinkle Creeks is important to future efforts to monitor watershed health. Extensive habitat enhancement and fish inventories have been completed within the Hinkle Creek, Brush Creek and Big Tom Folley Creek basins. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) Umpqua Watershed District joined with the Partnership for the Umpqua Rivers (PUR) in an effort to continue ongoing juvenile monitoring within the Umpqua Basin. Since little is known about stream-specific limiting factors and fish production response to various habitat restoration treatments such as log or boulder placement, these long term data sets will help to understand the fish response aspect related to or resulting from habitat restoration projects. Title: OWEB Grant Number 208-2084 Project Completion Report - PUR Monitoring Abstract -- While it is assumed that habitat enhancement and fish passage improvements increase fish production, there is little empirical data to support that claim in the Umpqua Basin. The Umpqua District has used smolt traps in the past to both establish a baseline record and to attempt to determine any response to habitat enhancement (Brush, Hinkle, and Big Tom Folley Creeks). Brush Creek and Big Tom Folley were originally chosen as monitoring sites since they are similar in characteristics, and Brush was originally the treatment stream for restoration projects while Big Tom Folley was used as the control until later projects occurred. Currently, there are PUR habitat enhancement projects scheduled to take place within the Little Wolf Creek and Wolf Creek basins. In order to gain more insight as to whether restoration efforts improve fish populations and address limiting factors, baseline and post treatment surveys will be needed. Restoration that is planned in Wolf and Little Wolf Creeks in 2008 and 2009 provides a unique opportunity to examine stream and fish responses to log-only and boulder-only instream placements. Pre-treatment data exists on these streams for smolt outmigration, summer habitat, spawning adults, summer seeding, channel cross-sections and temperature. ODFW has been collecting smolt out-migration data at five sites in the Upper Umpqua and Elk Creek watersheds almost continuously for 15 years to monitor yearly trends and to calculate over-winter survival rates of coho and steelhead. This OWEB grant will add to this baseline data and provide funding to continue past monitoring and add new monitoring components. Continuous smolt trap data from Brush, Big Tom Folley, and Hinkle Creeks is important to future efforts to monitor watershed health. Extensive habitat enhancement and fish inventories have been completed within the Hinkle Creek, Brush Creek and Big Tom Folley Creek basins. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) Umpqua Watershed District joined with the Partnership for the Umpqua Rivers (PUR) in an effort to continue ongoing juvenile monitoring within the Umpqua Basin. Since little is known about stream-specific limiting factors and fish production response to various habitat restoration treatments such as log or boulder placement, these long term data sets will help to understand the fish response aspect related to or resulting from habitat restoration projects. Close

• 8. [Article] Douglas County Lakes and Reservoirs Master Plan for Angler Access and Associated Recreational Uses 1968

  Abstract -- Douglas County covers roughly 5,000 square miles of Southwest Oregon and is almost coincidental with the boundaries of the Umpqua River watershed. The topography consists of the Coast Range ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Douglas County Lakes and Reservoirs Master Plan for Angler Access and Associated Recreational Uses 1968 Abstract -- Douglas County covers roughly 5,000 square miles of Southwest Oregon and is almost coincidental with the boundaries of the Umpqua River watershed. The topography consists of the Coast Range mountains in the west, a central valley area and the Cascade Mountains to the east. Other valley areas are scattered throughout the county. Most of the lakes and impoundments of the county are located in the Cascades to the west and along the coast to the east. While good roads link these lakes with the populated areas of the county, additional developments are needed on about 30 lakes to spread out tourist pressure and help provide quality recreation over more of the county. A few of the larger more popular lakes are crowded to and beyond capacity during the trout season. Potential impoundments for recreation have been recommended at 23 sites. A high priority is placed on establishing warm-water fisheries adjacent to communities where heavy utilization favors better fish growth. Old log-ponds are sometimes used to good advantage for this type of recreation. This report details a plan that we hope can be followed to solve the access problems of the Douglas County lakes and reservoirs. Title: Douglas County Lakes and Reservoirs Master Plan for Angler Access and Associated Recreational Uses 1968 Abstract -- Douglas County covers roughly 5,000 square miles of Southwest Oregon and is almost coincidental with the boundaries of the Umpqua River watershed. The topography consists of the Coast Range mountains in the west, a central valley area and the Cascade Mountains to the east. Other valley areas are scattered throughout the county. Most of the lakes and impoundments of the county are located in the Cascades to the west and along the coast to the east. While good roads link these lakes with the populated areas of the county, additional developments are needed on about 30 lakes to spread out tourist pressure and help provide quality recreation over more of the county. A few of the larger more popular lakes are crowded to and beyond capacity during the trout season. Potential impoundments for recreation have been recommended at 23 sites. A high priority is placed on establishing warm-water fisheries adjacent to communities where heavy utilization favors better fish growth. Old log-ponds are sometimes used to good advantage for this type of recreation. This report details a plan that we hope can be followed to solve the access problems of the Douglas County lakes and reservoirs. Close

• 9. [Article] Evans Creek Watershed Assessment

  Abstract -- The Evans Creek Watershed Council's planning area is an important part of the diverse 3,300,000 acre (5,156 square mile) Rogue River Basin. The approximate 261,760 acre (409 square mile Evans ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Evans Creek Watershed Assessment Abstract -- The Evans Creek Watershed Council's planning area is an important part of the diverse 3,300,000 acre (5,156 square mile) Rogue River Basin. The approximate 261,760 acre (409 square mile Evans Creek Watershed Council's planning area includes lands in Jackson County (approximately 406 square miles) and Josephine County (approximately 3 square miles) of Southwest Oregon. Evans Creek rises from the northern divide separating the Rogue River Basin from the Umpqua Basin and traves in a generally south-southwest direction to its confluence with the Rogue main stem at the City of Rogue River. Title: Evans Creek Watershed Assessment Abstract -- The Evans Creek Watershed Council's planning area is an important part of the diverse 3,300,000 acre (5,156 square mile) Rogue River Basin. The approximate 261,760 acre (409 square mile Evans Creek Watershed Council's planning area includes lands in Jackson County (approximately 406 square miles) and Josephine County (approximately 3 square miles) of Southwest Oregon. Evans Creek rises from the northern divide separating the Rogue River Basin from the Umpqua Basin and traves in a generally south-southwest direction to its confluence with the Rogue main stem at the City of Rogue River. Close

• 10. [Article] AI - Fish Habitat Assessment in The Oregon Department of Forestry Elliot Study Area

  Abstract -- A collaborative project between the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) was initiated to synt hesize aquatic habitat and fisheries information ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: AI - Fish Habitat Assessment in The Oregon Department of Forestry Elliot Study Area Abstract -- A collaborative project between the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) was initiated to synt hesize aquatic habitat and fisheries information for the Elliott State Forest study area, which includes portions of the Coos, Umpqua, and Tenmile Lake drainages, to assist in the development of operational management plans, stream habitat restoration projects, habitat conservation planning, and watershed analysis. The project summarizes the condition of stream habitat, the distribution and abundance of salmonid fishes, and the potential for restoration. The ODFW Aquatic Inventories Project has conducted stream habitat surveys as part of its basin survey project and habitat assessment project under the Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds. The goal of these surveys was to document the status and trends of stream conditions in coastal drainages. These surveys in conjunction with fish distribution, fish abundance, potential barriers to passage, and past restoration activities form the basis of the analyses. Title: AI - Fish Habitat Assessment in The Oregon Department of Forestry Elliot Study Area Abstract -- A collaborative project between the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) was initiated to synt hesize aquatic habitat and fisheries information for the Elliott State Forest study area, which includes portions of the Coos, Umpqua, and Tenmile Lake drainages, to assist in the development of operational management plans, stream habitat restoration projects, habitat conservation planning, and watershed analysis. The project summarizes the condition of stream habitat, the distribution and abundance of salmonid fishes, and the potential for restoration. The ODFW Aquatic Inventories Project has conducted stream habitat surveys as part of its basin survey project and habitat assessment project under the Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds. The goal of these surveys was to document the status and trends of stream conditions in coastal drainages. These surveys in conjunction with fish distribution, fish abundance, potential barriers to passage, and past restoration activities form the basis of the analyses. Close