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A Culture of Caring:
Over two decades ago, residents from all over of the Long Tom made a commitment to focus on what they could improve in their own backyards. Twenty-one years later, that commitment is expressed on the living- landscape in the form of dozens of diverse projects.
The Spencer Creek and Upper and Lower Coyote Creek sub-basin residents have been anchoring the watershed’s Oak, Prairie and Wet Prairie habitat enhancement projects and making significant contributions to biodiversity and better connected habitats. The city of Veneta and forestry interests in the Upper Long Tom continue to be strong supporters of the councils outreach and education mission basin-wide. The residents of Bear and Ferguson Creek near Cheshire have been doing incredible work to enhance aquatic and riparian habitat and passage for native fish moving into and out of the coast range from the mainstem Long Tom. The Amazon sub-basin in Eugene has jumped in with both feet to improve water quality and address the impacts of Urban stormwater on the Long Tom for those who drink its waters downstream. And now in the Lower Long Tom, residents of Monroe are embracing a conversation around how to connect juvenile chinook salmon migrating from the Willamette river, to this strong legacy of work upstream of a small dam in the middle of their growing town.
As you review the councils work over the last year in our 2018 Annual Report, please reflect upon the fact that none of it happens without willing landowners, partners, and donors willing to take a strong step forward together to improve this place we call home. Even our work with public lands partners like the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Lane County, the BLM, or the Cities of Monroe or Eugene all depends upon donor support to keep us in the game developing projects, recruiting regional resources, and building new relationships for future work. In most cases we match those donations 3:1 with grants and contracts bringing much-needed national and state resources into our community to get this work done.
Thank you to all our landowners, partners and donors for this incredible year of work on behalf of the watershed. We look forward to continuing to serve you in the year to come!
If you have any questions about our annual report or the work ahead, please reach out anytime: Clinton Begley: 541-654-8965
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