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Aug/Sept 2019 Newsletter Now Online!

Our Aug / Sept 2019 Newsletter is NOW ONLINE and printed versions will be arriving in mailboxes shortly!

Inside, you’ll find details and registration information on our biggest event of the year – LTWC’s 22nd Annual Celebration on September 26th! You won’t want to miss this early fall event as we celebrate and recognize several amazing awardees for their accomplishments, welcome new board members, and hear from some incredible speakers, including (among others TBA) Anthropologist, Educator, Ethno-Historian and Grand Ronde Tribal Member Dr. David G. Lewis.

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Welcome, Sydney!

Sydney Nilan came on board in July of 2019 as the Coordinator for the Upper Willamette Stewardship Network. Sydney’s position brings together the Coast Fork & Middle Fork Willamette, Long Tom, and McKenzie Watershed Councils and McKenzie River Trust, helping them to leverage each organization’s unique strengths to create new opportunities and landscape scale impact … Read more

Volunteer Aquatic Weed Pulls!

Volunteer Aquatic Weed Pulls! RSVP for “Paddle & Pull” events this summer! Come have fun and get out on the water this summer! Lend a helping hand to the watershed while learning about invasive water primrose-willow (ludwigia) and how to control it. For the past four years, LTWC has received funding or in-kind support from … Read more

Trivia Night at WildCraft Cider Works!

  Question: What’s a great way to spend your Friday night in the Long Tom Watershed? Answer: Trivia Night hosted by the Long Tom Watershed Council at WildCraft Cider Works! Read more in our July Newsletter The Long Tom Watershed Council is hosting our first ever Long Tom Watershed themed trivia night at WildCraft Cider … Read more

LISTEN ONLINE: Watershed Sign Honors Indigenous Peoples of the Long Tom

If you traveled to or from the Oregon coast this weekend, you might have noticed something new at Cougar Pass on Hwy 126! This watershed welcome sign is the result of a collaborative process with Dr. David G. Lewis (Grand Ronde) and honors the connections of indigenous peoples to the Long Tom Watershed. (You can read the full Press Release Here ). KLCC’s Melorie Begay did a great story and interview on the project with Dr. Lewis. Read and listen online at

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WATCH: Team TEK Camas Planting Video From KLCC

Check out this video by KLCC’s Brian Bull of Team TEK planting Camas one weekend in April at Andrew Reasoner Wildlife Preserve.
You can read more at KLCC.ORG [https://www.klcc.org/post/farewell-frybread-hello-camas-first-nations-revisit-traditional-foods]

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Planting Camas

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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