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Everything the council does is a reflection of our local culture and values for spending time caring for our home. Originally called "Lumtumbuff," the habitats of what is now the Long Tom Watershed were created by over 10,000 years of reciprocal human relationships & stewardship on this landscape as the homelands of the Chemapho and Chelamela bands of the Kalapuyan people. The watershed council acknowledges and honors the Kalapuyan's continued connections and ongoing contributions to the stewardship of this place. Today, the watershed is about 90% privately owned - that means much of our work depends upon private citizens making a commitment to directly benefit their community through voluntary projects in their back yards. That community of caring, and connection to a larger ecological, cultural, and social community, underpins all of our work.

Ecosystems Are Communities

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The council has partnered with Curriculum Director Joe Scott (Siletz) to provide internships for native youth to explore and share traditional ecological knowledge with each other on private and public lands in the watershed. Learn more...

The council has partnered with Curriculum Director Joe Scott (Siletz) to provide internships for native youth to explore and share traditional ecological knowledge with each other on private and public lands in the watershed. Learn more...

The council has partnered with Curriculum Director Joe Scott (Siletz) to provide internships for native youth to explore and share traditional ecological knowledge with each other on private and public lands in the watershed. Learn more...

With the help of generous private donations, and grants from Spirit Mountain Community Fund & Pacific Continental Bank, in 2016 the council successfully met it's goal to fund facilitation of dialogue with tribal people in the Long Tom. Learn more...

With the help of generous private donations, and grants from Spirit Mountain Community Fund & Pacific Continental Bank, in 2016 the council successfully met it's goal to fund facilitation of dialogue with tribal people in the Long Tom. Learn more...

With the help of generous private donations, and grants from Spirit Mountain Community Fund & Pacific Continental Bank, in 2016 the council successfully met it's goal to fund facilitation of dialogue with tribal people in the Long Tom. Learn more...

Two bands of Kalapuya call the Long Tom Watershed Home. Learn from Dr. David G. Lewis (Grand Ronde) about these people and their relationship with the land and waters of "lumtumbuff." Learn More...

Two bands of Kalapuya call the Long Tom Watershed Home. Learn from Dr. David G. Lewis (Grand Ronde) about these people and their relationship with the land and waters of "lumtumbuff." Learn More...

Two bands of Kalapuya call the Long Tom Watershed Home. Learn from Dr. David G. Lewis (Grand Ronde) about these people and their relationship with the land and waters of "lumtumbuff." Learn More...

Traditional Ecological Inquiry Program

Traditional Ecological Inquiry Program

Traditional Ecological Inquiry Program

Tribal Engagment in the Long Tom

Tribal Engagment in the Long Tom

Tribal Engagment in the Long Tom

Indigenous Peoples of The Long Tom

Indigenous Peoples of The Long Tom

Indigenous Peoples of The Long Tom

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Local Community Resources

When local communities are at the heart of our work, the Long Tom thrives. Find some of our community resources here.