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RRWC Monthly Update - May

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Hello Friends,

Official" fire season is not yet upon us but already we' re seeing fires across the watershed. Just this past weekend Oregon Department of Forestry crews were out battling a 345- acre fire near Butte Falls... and it' s still early May! Wildfires are predicted to become larger and more frequent in the future as extreme climate events become more common. While safety is foremost on everyone's mind during wildfires, we all have another reason to be concerned. Fires alter soils, decrease infiltration during rains, and accelerate the movement of water, debris, and sediment to nearby water bodies. As such, fires have a direct impact on downstream water quality. Obviously, this can have a negative effect on fish and other aquatic life, but did you realize that over 200, 000 people in our watershed rely on the Rogue River as the source for their drinking water?

So why is my first paragraph of this letter about fire? After all, the point of these monthly missives is to catch you up on what's been happening at RRWC the prior month. However, this weekend' s fire is like a giant billboard advertisement for National Drinking Water Week ( May 5- 11), a week set aside to focus on ways that water consumers can take personal responsibility in protecting drinking water at its source. For those of you who might not know, RRWC is playing a primary role in the Rogue Drinking Water Partnership, helping to launch a major education and outreach plan for Rogue Basin communities over the next year. Educating about the effect of wildfires on our drinking water sources is just one issue that will be highlighted.

7%. ` Okay... so let' s get back to April. It started 1 with our Second Annual Rogue Fish

Migration in 177.', '-'-' . Day event Grants Pass, April ` ti s - I f.r ' Li r 6. weather was 7-:;:', -' The better than last year' s, v i _,,4.--j1= 2., -

r but not as idyllic as we would have liked.

This is RRWC' s major outreach in effort r,fs,#' 4- Josephine County and we are hoping to W Y` - - build it into a much larger community event. , -, . r We had great sponsors and exhibitors, multiple area businesses donated great F,,, fili# t prizes for the event participants, all RRWC _- ^,` i -_' 1 board members and staff were on hand to r. help out, and approximately 100 attendees A appeared to be havinga great time playing IN Watershed Jeopardy, making fish prints,

practicing casting, viewing live steelhead, a A touring the Caterpillar science lab- bus, and ,,., engaging in at least a dozen more activities • including a 5K migratory run downstream and upstream Gilbert Creek). If you didn' t make it out this year, we' d love to have you join us next year— the first Saturday in April at North Middle School in Grants Pass.

Work began last month on the construction of a large pole- barn structure on a property along Neil Creek as part of the Neil Creek Agricultural Water Quality Improvement Project we' re implementing with Jackson Soil and Water Conservation District. The structure will provide storage for manure and bedding for a horse sanctuary housing 60- plus horses, providing water quality benefits to the nearby creek.

Another month passed, and we got a little further down the road to implementation of the Smith- Myer-Roper Fish Passage Improvement Project. It was still permits, permits, permits, but by mid- month, Alexis had submitted all federal, state, and local permits for this project. Alexis is still seeking the final funding that will put us over the top enabling us to start work on the project. We also awarded the contract for the instream work to local contractor Todd Marthoski of M& M Services, LLC. Todd worked with RRWC to remove the Beeson- Robison Dam on Wagner Creek in 2017, so he was a pretty obvious choice for this very similar project. Rl'' r 4 CCC 1 r' t tir

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The Little Butte Creek Floodplain Rehabilitation Project, again, demonstrated great success as it was tested by record high flows. Thanks to the work that was implemented last summer, the impacts to the eroding banks weren't as extreme as they had been in previous years when as much as 100 feet of bank sloughed off into the creek, causing high amounts of sediment to flow into the Rogue River less than two miles downstream. Excessive sediment increases poor water quality conditions and can suffocate salmon eggs waiting to hatch. Thanks to the re- contoured banks and logjams, the banks were saved from flows that could have caused further damage. Additionally, the side channel pictured above) that was regraded offered high flow refugia for juvenile fish, protecting them from the nearly 3, 000 cubic-feet-per-second flow in the mainstem. Once the flow decreased, project manager Alexis was able to see juvenile fish in the side channel taking cover under pieces of wood placed as part of the project. To round out this project, RRWC worked with Plant Oregon to plant over 1, 200 native trees and shrubs throughout the project area this past month.

We partnered with The Freshwater Trust in mid-April at two awareness- raising events in Ashland. The Ashland Fly Shop and Mountain Provisions graciously invited us to be featured at a " give- back" event and " meet and greet" respectively. It was great fun to visit with the shoppers, giving them a look into what we' re all about.

All five RRWC staff members visited the Sugarpine Creek Restoration Project in late eta~' f1' rte+ .wa• .' April. The side channel and associated a 0 ° : ` s44 . ,, ,' f...74,- # 11",=)1.., streamside plantings were in great shape J;" despite last year' s harsh summer and early !. -€.0V, '" '? ':'.- 7- .,, . , $'':' 11 : - i; e11 -''. 1 Y April' s heavy flows. All but two of the t d 4k%,4k 4 lo ' ams were still in lace, sealingnicely

with O 'Y '-.;'' , A"_ accumulated wood and rich gy creating y 2—dl.. ' .. 4_:. i' 1 1P;'; 4!:' Lel +! 4 deposits of sand and silt on the upstream t.;, y ; ter,. y side (see photo on the right), deep scour

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well- sorted gravels on the downstream side. g + , z `- ` `. y:•. Equallyq y impressive, all 5, 400 feet of fencing , . ,._ :-

r ~ survived the Miles Fire last year. All in all, f, , 0` after two ears a highly successful project! > ` t

Brian hopes that the area will be accessible4 ,,• yYh A f> } in summer of 2019 so he can snorkel i` 1 s' ` y4. . . ..

r several of the jamsthey'to see how much re

being used by Coho Salmon and other x t. , e. r: h... 7{ y his native fish. w, t V: `. .}* t

Brian and Mark Trenholm from the Wild Salmon Center have started writing the Upper Rogue Strategic Action Plan, a document that summarizes the perspectives of a technical team from eight agencies and organizations with years of hydrology, fisheries, water quality, and restoration experience. By the end of this year or early 2020, the action plan will be complete and will outline near-term projects and longer-term strategies to

increase resilience and stabilize or increase the Coho Salmon population of the upper

Rogue. Okay... that' s a general overview of some of our activities this past month ( no, I won' t go into any details on my trip to Seattle to watch the Cubs beat the Mariners —sorry, I couldn' t help myself), but here' s some info on a few upcoming activities that we' d love to have you participate in.

RRWC is launching a series of five " Hike & Learn" events tied in to this year' s Celebrate the Rogue! dinner and auction theme— "Explore the Rogue." RRWC staff and board members will be " exploring the Rogue" as we lead hikes along lower Little Butte Creek, on Lower Table Rock, in the Big Butte Creek drainage, and to Rainie Falls over the next five months. The first hike, to be led by Brian, board member Bob Hunter, and Trout Unlimited staffer Jay Doino ( formerly of Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife) will be on May 20 less than two weeks away!). On June 20, Alexis and board member Keith Emerson will be leading a hike up Lower Table Rock to explore plants and the effect development of the valley bottom has had on the Rogue River. John, board member Bob Jones, and our Medford Water Commission liaison Craig Harper will be leading a hike to Big Butte Springs in late July or early August to talk about forests, springs, headwater streams, and the importance of them all to lower river water quality. And in September, we will be closing out the hike series with two hikes to Rainie Falls to talk about fish migration, the tel cultural history of the area, and plants.

More details will be forthcoming on the later hikes, but here' s everything you need to know about this month' s hike. Vireos and Vegetated Soil Lifts Monday, May 20

Join an * eft birder and two.stream- habitat rekoratiori specialistsona three- hour hike along the lower reaches of Little Butte Creek on the Denman WiIdflf Area (near White City), See and hear neo- tro-Oical migrant birds an the extensive streamside forest and explore a recently restored stream dlannel that addressed a straightened and diked stretch of Lithe Butte Creek.

No cost, but a $ 20 donation is suggested. The donation can be made at the time of regfstration or the day of the hike.

Registration is limited at15 participants. Sign up now with the link below.

Register Here Finally, a big thank you to those who have responded to the spring appeal letter! It' s always so gratifying to see how much you folks care about the work we do. With all of us working together, we can ( and will) make a difference! Until next month,

Donna Outreach Program Manager

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BCC Quarterly Update 6/ 11/ 19 3C fte

Taylor Cr. Fire

o Approx. 10 MMbf sold in salvage sales o Approx. 5, 500 mbf Salvage Harvest to date

o Not much interest in remaining salvage volume o Past sold green sales are being operated as well 2020 Timber Sales —Target 3- 4 MMbf

Inventory o Plots are continuing to be done by Forestry personnel o Update has been sent to contractor —Should be returned

soon

Grants

o FEMA — Fuels reduction project ongoing

Youth Tree Plant will be held February 6, 7 & 8th , Prep work

ongoing

Silviculture

o 100, 000 seedlings planted this spring o Aggressively procuring and picking seed o Completing some release projects Lot line adjustment on Greenback mine property

Pacific Power relocating lines on Wolf Cr. Tracts f)ck, L, f 3 I(

Parks Quarterly Update —June 11, 2019

Finances

No supplemental budget —on track to end the year as projected. This will eat into our carryover budget, but not as much as originally projected. o Estimating about 398k carry over 34k vs - 106k ( originally projected higher expenses due to trying to avoid supplemental budget, additionally expenses included the first year parks has fully funded the correction work crews, as well as continually tackling small park improvements.)

Projects

Wolf Creek Timber Harvest— Outside of developed park, across the Creek and on the hillside. This was sold in 2015, cut will begin soon. Approx. 80k Rev. Money to go back to the park. Grant funding is being sought to stretch the money farther. o Replace Footbridge o Demolish two vault toilets, replace one ( ADA Compliant) o Already repaired roofing last year. Whitehorse Project o Permits are being submitted o Will soon start a draft to bid the project for construction.

Whitehorse Playground — Replaced and Opened

Chinook —removed playground a few weeks ago, old wooden structure. Will not be replaced. Grant for OSMB to look at redesign of the parking and boat ramp for safety and increased usability. Permit to fill end the end of the boat ramp at Almeda, large drop off, about 5 feet deep due to sediment moving over the winter. This is the first time Parks has applied for in water work since 2015, as resources were scarce.

Other Things

Document to acknowledge Boating Use of new Lathrop Property due to OSMB Funding.

About 20 additional cottonwood trees need to be removed in SCH.