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2022-2023 Annual Workplan Now Online!

Each year the watershed council undergoes an extensive work-planning process wherein the staff and board develop a detailed report of the work underway, and what to expect in the coming year. We have three temporal views of the council’s work that guide us: Our 30-year Conservation Strategy guides our restoration and enhancement activities on the … Read more

Aerial Video of Prescribed Burn at Coyote Creek South!

In September 2022, Indigenous practitioners, LTWC, and other partners kicked off the first of six planned prescribed burns for the fall. This aerial drone footage was taken by Paul Gordon of the City of Eugene, and is of Coyote Creek South — part of the Fern Ridge Wildlife Area managed by ODFW.

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We Have Openings on Our Board of Directors!

Do you care deeply for the heath of the lands and waters of the Long Tom watershed? Are you interested in the human and social systems that support watershed health? We have openings on our Board of Directors! We are seeking candidates who can meet 10 times a year for our general board meetings, participate … Read more

Upper Coyote Creek: Kingzett Oak Savanna Restoration and Wetland Enhancement

Watershed Context

  • Oak and prairie habitat within Coyote Creek subwatershed and surrounding Fern Ridge is considered the anchor for the entire Willamette Valley; prairie and oak savanna are the rarest habitat types in the Long Tom Watershed. Less than two percent of former prairie, oak, and wetland habitat remains and the majority lies in private ownership.
  • Habitat loss and fragmentation has been identified as the major limiting factor affecting most focal terrestrial wildlife populations.

Project Goals

  • Restore 75 acres of oak savanna habitat structure
  • Enhance 10 acres of native nectar species – including population of Kincaid’s lupine
  • Restore 20-25 acres of wetland habitat

 

Invasive Ludwigia Control Project

Ludwigia project reaches milestone! LTWC is now in its tenth year of working diligently on ludwigia control, and would like to extend our immense appreciation to project partners including the US Army Corps of Engineers, the Junction City Water Control District, and the City of Eugene, our dedicated contractors at Habitat Contracting, and all the volunteers … Read more