Project Timeline: Spring 2023 through Winter 2025Project Description: Lincoln Soil and Water Conservation District (LSWCD) is working with the ODFW to restore 6.7 acres of riparian habitat upstream and downstream of the Salmon River Hatchery in North County.
Partnerships & Collaborations: Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
Project Description: Agricultural land use practices are 1 source of nonpoint source pollution affecting beneficial uses and potentially contributing to Clean Water Act section 303(d) impairments in the Yachats watershed of Oregon's MidCoast Basin. This project will include a site-scale assessment of near-stream landscape conditions and agricultural practices to identify opportunities for the development of on-the-ground nonpoint source reduction and focus outreach to private landowners to identify locations that are suitable for best management practices (BMPs).
Do you live along the Yachats River? Check the new Yachats River Streamside Revegetation Best Management Practices Resource to help you keep your streamside from eroding, all while providing beneficial habitat to wildlife, pollinators, and fish!
Project Timeline: September 2021 through March 2024
Project Description: To develop a Source Water Protection Area (SWPA) assessment addressing agricultural and forestry-related impacts to water consumed by the Oregon cities of Newport, Toledo, Seal Rock, and Siletz as their municipal drinking water supply. The plan will include an overview of the SWPA and at-risk public water systems and recommendations to inform implementation of conservation practices and an outreach strategy to target producers and identify critical areas.
Project Description: Conducting free weed treatment for 3 fast-spreading noxious weeds along the Alsea River: Policeman's Helmet, Yellow Flag Iris, and Knotweeds. Treatment will use a combination of manual control and fish and mammal-safe herbicides. Cutting, mowing, or pulling these weeds causes faster and more vigorous growth - do not disturb them!
Do you live in the Alsea River Watershed and have these weeds on your property? Contact us at (541) 265-2631 or email Lincoln Soil and Water for free weed treatment!
The Oregon silverspot butterfly population is rapidly declining, and can only be found in very few populations, mostly due to loss of habitat. 2 small populations occur just south of Yachats, Oregon, within a seven-mile-long corridor along either side of Highway 101 – Bray Point/Agate Meadows and Rock Creek/Big Creek. The recovery goal of this project is to increase the availability of the butterfly’s habitat and boost the 2 small butterfly populations, ultimately reconnecting and stabilizing these populations.
