North Clackamas Watersheds Council

So awesome to see our eDNA research displayed at River Restoration Northwest! We have been conducting an ongoing eDNA (or environmental DNA) study in Kellogg Creek and it's tributaries to see which fish species are able to access the creek past Kellogg Dam. We have been looking for Chinook and Coho salmon, steelhead/rainbow trout, and Pacific lamprey. We also looked for our native turtles, and freshwater mussels! You can read more about this research, and what we have found so far on our website. https://lnkd.in/gsS_uGaa Many thanks to Andy, and our partners at Cramer Fish Sciences for their ongoing work on the eDNA research project and for making this great poster!

A BIG thank you to the 37 volunteers that helped us to install 160 Christmas Trees in the back channel at Elk Rock Island last weekend to create habitat for juvenile fish! We also planted 130 native trees and shrubs in the surrounding natural area. Thank you to our partners at the North Clackamas Parks & Recreation District , who made this fun, annual event, possible!

Check out this great news coverage on the Kellogg Creek Restoration and Community Enhancement Project on KGW last night! This story highlights the $10 million the project recently received from Metro Large Scale Community Visions Project - a critical step moving us forward towards a free-flowing Kellogg Creek! https://lnkd.in/gC9ZBHBw

Thanks to everyone who braved the rain and brought us your Xmas tree for us to turn into stream habitat Saturday! Now we look forward to helping install them at Elk Rock Island on Jan 25! Click here to volunteer! https://lnkd.in/grPDHa-k

Happy New Year's Eve! As we peer into the next year, considering all the exciting things the North Clackamas Watershed Council has in store for 2025, we wanted to take a moment to thank everyone who has supported us this year. We couldn't do our work restoring watersheds, advocating for healthy streams and engaging our community in environmental stewardship, without all of you! Thank you to everyone for their generous donations to our year end fundraising campaign. Time is almost up, and we are so close to reaching our $2,500 donation matching goal! If you have been meaning to donate, now is the time! Our generous donor has agreed to match donations received from Thanksgiving through New Year's Eve- that means tonight! You can find a link to our donations page below. Thank you! We look forward to seeing all of you around our watersheds in the New Year! https://lnkd.in/eCGgXFRd

Tuesday is the last day your contribution to the Watershed Council will doubled! Be part of our effort: https://lnkd.in/eCGgXFRd

This holiday season donations to the North Clackamas Watershed Council are doubled, thanks to a generous anonymous donor! The donor has agreed to match contributions received between Thanksgiving and New Year’s up to $2,500! So please make your contribution now – it will go twice as far! Donations can be made on our website: https://lnkd.in/eCGgXFRd At North Clackamas Watersheds Council, we are a small, volunteer-driven nonprofit that protects our watersheds’ habitat and water for fish, wildlife and people. We work hard, and we rely on community funds to keep the work moving forward. You can help us: - Restore streamside habitat - Continue working to remove Kellogg Dam - Engage adults and kids in stewardship and environmental education - Advocate for good watershed policies and practices Thanks again to that generous, anonymous donor…and to you!

Now's the time to support your pals at the North Clackamas Watersheds Council! Thanks to an anonymous donor, all individual contributions made to the Council will be doubled through the end of the year! Help support our efforts to remove Kellogg Dam, restore habitat in our watersheds, and engage our community in stewardship, environmental education and community science! Donations can be made on our website link below. Many thanks to that anonymous donor, and to you! https://lnkd.in/eCGgXFRd

Huge, huge news today for a free-flowing Kellogg Creek! Many thanks to the Metro Council, and our partners, Oregon Department of Transportation, American Rivers, City of Milwaukie. Metro Council approves $10 million in grant funding to benefit fish and wildlife and the community near Kellogg Creek in Milwaukie PORTLAND– On Dec. 12 Metro Council unanimously approved $10 million of grant funding to benefit fish and wildlife and strengthen community access to nature near Kellogg Creek in Milwaukie. The Kellogg Creek Restoration project centers around removal of the obsolete Kellogg Dam. The project will also replace the 89-year-old Kellogg Creek Bridge on Highway 99E, as the dam forms part of the bridge's foundation. Removing this barrier and restoring the creek will provide fish access to 17 miles of habitat, create safe passage between downtown Milwaukie and the Willamette River, and allow the City of Milwaukie to create a public natural area where people can recreate and access nearby trails. “Willamette River salmon, steelhead, as well as Pacific lamprey will be top of the list of beneficiaries because this area is vital rearing and migration habitat,” said Neil Schulman, director of the North Clackamas Watersheds Council, one of the agencies heading the project. “So will people who live, work, and go to school in Milwaukie.” Metro Council approved funding for the restoration project through the Large-Scale Community Visions Program at their most recent council meeting on Thursday. The grant program is part of the 2019 parks and nature bond measure approved by voters. Projects funded through this program must be a capital project, devote at least $2 million of that to habitat restoration and engage with historically marginalized communities, among other requirements. “To have that area reestablished as a part of nature that ebbs and flows is going to be healthy for the environment and healthy for us as humans who live next to it,” said Metro Councilor Christine Lewis, who represents District 2 where the project is located. "Projects like Kellogg are complex, and they require an extremely coordinated approach with strong partnerships between the entities that can deliver the project,” McEwan said. This project is also a priority for local tribes, including the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs and the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde. Both tribes participate on the Kellogg Project Technical Advisory Committee. The Large-Scale Community Visions Program offers a unique opportunity for additional funding, as agencies working on this project can leverage the $10 million awarded by Metro to access around $50 million in federal funding. “This Metro funding is absolutely critical to getting a project constructed,” Schulman said. Current plans have construction starting in 2028, with substantive completion by 2030. Kellogg Creek Restoration and Community Enhancement Projectmilwaukieoregon.gov

Now's the time to help support the North Clackamas Watersheds Council! Thanks to a generous anonymous donor, contributions received between Thanksgiving and New Year's will be matched up to $2,500! So please make your contribution now - it will go twice as far! When you donate to the North Clackamas Watershed Council, you are supporting our work to remove the Kellogg Dam, restore stream habitat, engage adults and kids in stewardship, and advocate for good watershed policies and practices. Link below to donate- and remember that donations to the NCWC are tax deductible when you itemize. https://lnkd.in/gtaXFrgn