March 21, 2006

PUR strings

The Partnership for the Umpqua Rivers watershed council held its monthly meeting this morning. Our council hosted the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board Meeting last week and received kudos for the tour of on-the-ground work that this council is noted for. Due to the nature of watershed work, solid partnerships that share the responsibilities and costs have enabled the PUR to open miles of salmonid habitat, place over a thousand structures (logs and trees) into streams for refugia and continue to monitor water quality parameters.

Today, we approved a plan to draft a business plan to commercialize the WQ testing - both training volunteers and other watershed councils, and doing the testing for a fee. We also found that our efforts will place 7 smolt traps into the water this summer to catch out-migration, plus five more on the way soon. For accurate quantitation of water, our Partnership is the place.

Myrtle Creek - last summer

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