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Lower Salmon River Project June 19, 2006 – August 11, 2006 Lower Salmon River Project June 19, 2006 – August 11, 2006 Project Team Greer Anderson Fish & Wetland Ecologist Mary Bushman Botanist Corrina C. Chase Marine Aff airs Grant Morehead Urban & Regional Planning Sarah Schrock Landscape Architecture Project Managers: Karen Bennett & Katie Brehm Continuing a Vision for a Treasured Landscape Acknowledgements We would like to sincerely thank the following people and organizations for their technical, logistical, moral, and organizational support of this project. Facilitating Partners Technical Advisors Advisory Board USDA Forest Service–Siuslaw National Forest Fred Barrett, Author & local historian Douglas Beauchamp Bob Nailer Sitka Center for Art & Ecology Karen Bennett, U.S. Forest Service Marty Bell’s Brother Lenny Nelson Salmon Drift Creek Watershed Council Melany Berry, Westwind Stewardship Group Duncan Berry Betty Nicholson Neskowin Valley School Carol Bickford, Nestucca Neskowin Watershed Council Melissa Blach Maggie Phillips Cascade Pacifi c RC&D Dan Bottom, NOAA, Oregon State University Frank Boyden Dave Pickering George Buckingham, U.S. Forest Service Jane Boyden Paul Robertson John Casteel, U.S. Forest Service Nancy Chase Gina Schrock Jessica Dole, U.S. Forest Service Donna Coon Eric Scott Dr. Robert Frenkel, Oregon State University Mike Downing Joyce Sherman Ayesha Gray, South Slough National Estuarine Reserve Jack Doyle Marty Sherman Sarah Greene,U.S. Forest Service PNW Research Station Laura Doyle Russ Smith Ann Hall, N. Lincoln County Historical Museum John Fielder Ben Soeby Kurt Heckeroth, Bureau of Land Management Maralyn Gerdes Derek Sowers P.O. Box 65 Eddie Huckins, Lincoln County Soil and Don Gnos Virginia Tardaeweether Otis, OR 97368 Water Conservation District Milton Gnos Terry Timmerman (541) 994-5485 Paul Katen, Salmon Drift Creek Waterhshed Council Dave Heller Bob Walls www.sitkacenter.org Dan Kauff man, Kauff man Excavating Chris Hollingsworth Arlene Walls Harold Kauff man, Kauff man Excating Randall Koch SALMON Ryan Kehr, Oregon State Police DRIFT CREEK Robert Kentta, Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians WATERSHED Katie McKenzie, Salmon Drift Creek Watershed Council COUNCIL Debbie Pickering, Th e Nature Conservancy John Sanchez, U.S. Forest Servce, Siuslaw National Forest Organizational Volunteers Fred Seavey, USF&W Neskowin Valley School Staff Si Simonstad, University of Washington SIUSLAW Sitka Center Staff John Spangler, ODFW NATIONAL FOREST Paul Katen Ann Squier, CHSRA & Westwind Stewardship Group HEBO RANGER David Ousele, technical support Phyllis Steeves, U.S. Forest Service DISTRICT Gale Ousele 31525 Hwy 22 Hebo, OR 97122 (503) 392-3161 AcknowledgementsContents Contents We would like to sincerely thank the following people and organizations for their technical, logistical, moral, and organizational support of this project. Introduction Project Statement and Goals...............................................2 Fish...............................................................................25 Th e Student Intern Process.................................................3 Aquatic Findings...........................................................27 Site Context.......................................................................5 Aquatic Recommendations............................................28 Plant Communities.......................................................29 Policy Framework Wildlife.........................................................................31 Terrestrial Habitats........................................................32 Overview............................................................................7 Terrestrial Findings........................................................33 Cascade Head Scenic Research Area Act.............................8 Terrestrial Recommendations........................................34 Tools for Managing the Salmon River Landscape...............9 Regulatory Landscape.......................................................10 Projects Education Overview.......................................................................35 Overview..........................................................................11 Watershed-Scale Projects: Local Context...................................................................11 Educational Organizations...............................................11 Build Partnerships.........................................................37 Education Recommendations...........................................12 CHSRA Management Plan...........................................38 People and the Estuary...................................................39 Introduction Land Use and Values Education .....................................................................41 Invasive Species Management........................................43 Traditional Land Uses of the Salmon River People. ..........13 Arrival of Euro-Americans & Reservation History............14 Site-Specifi c Projects: Th e 20th Century Landscape...........................................15 Development & Recreation Era........................................16 Pixieland.......................................................................45 Current Land Uses...........................................................17 Tamara Quays...............................................................51 Cultural Recommendations..............................................18 U.S. HWY 101.............................................................55 Waterways.....................................................................57 Th ree Rocks Road and Knight Park...............................59 Ecology Dikes and Ditches.........................................................61 Geology and Soils.............................................................19 Hydrology........................................................................20 Estuarine Function...........................................................21 Bibliography............................................................................63 Aquatic Habitat................................................................23 Introduction Project Statement Th e purpose of the Lower Salmon River Project is to provide a visionary plan of recommendations for restoration projects in the estuary and associated uplands. Community input is refl ected in our recommendations as well as the philosophy of the Cascade Head Scenic Research Area Act and United Nations Biosphere Reserve designation: to protect the Salmon River Estuary while providing opportunities for research, enjoyment, and education. Th is document provides a historical landscape perspective and characterizes current political, cultural, and ecological conditions in the study area. By looking to the past, this project respects the diverse cultural heritage of indigenous and pioneer occupants of the land, as well as current landowners and stakeholders. Based on an integrated process of research, fi eld studies, and public input, recommendations are presented to assist stakeholders in identifying key actions to enhance ecological function across the landscape. PROJECT PREMISE Goals In order to understand how the Lower Salmon River • To develop a planning document that will review historic context, area is functioning as a whole, the area was analyzed characterize current conditions, and make recommendations for without regard to ownership. However, it is the sole future restoration and management in the Lower Salmon River. decision of each landowner and management agency to follow through with the recommendations in this document. • Th e project will refl ect community ideas and needs for meeting the goals of the Cascade Head Scenic Research Area Act and UN Biosphere Reserve objectives. 1 Project Statement & Goals “...In order to provide present and future generations with the use and enjoyment of certain ocean headlands, rivers, streams, estuaries, and forested areas, to ensure the protection and encourage the study of a significant area for research and scientific purposes, and to promote a more sensitive relationship between man and his adjacent environment, there is hereby established the Cascade Head Scenic-Research Area...” (CHSRA, 1974) Introduction 2 Th e Student-Intern Process Th e People Involved Th is project is one of a series of similar projects sponsored by the • Student Team: fi ve graduate students were chosen for the Siuslaw National Forest. Th ese projects have all had a common summer charrette process, described at right. Th ese students structure involving an advisory board, student team, timeline, and were from universities across the Pacifi c Northwest and had well- similar product. rounded backgrounds in the fi elds of botany, fi sheries, landscape architecture, marine aff airs, and urban and regional planning. • A partnership was developed between the Siuslaw National Forest, Cascade Pacifi c RC&D, Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, • Advisory board: A call out to the community, agencies, and and the Salmon Drift Creek Watershed Council to facilitate the other relevant experts was made, inviting people to attend the project. Later, during the summer, Neskowin Valley School off ered open public meetings and to advise the student team. support through the use of a classroom for offi ce space. • Project Manager: Katie Brehm, who was an a AmeriCorps*VISTA volunteer for the Sitka Center and the Salmon Drift Creek Watershed Councilwas hired to gather information, facilitate logistics, and get the advisory
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