Water | Long Tom Watershed Council

Long Tom’s Work Featured in National Documentary Connecting Whales, Fish & Forests!

Did you know that the work of the Long Tom Watershed Council (LTWC) is directly connected to the health of Orcas in the Pacific North West’s Southern Resident Pod? The The film illuminates how river work in the Long Tom, and our work on the Willamette main-stem at Snag Boat Bend, and Sam Daws Landing (alongside numerous … Read more

#Givelocal this #Givingtuesday

Do you want to #givelocal this #givingtuesday?

Consider joining dozens of your neighbors who have given in support of Long Tom Watershed Council (LTWC)’s current campaign to bring juvenile spring Chinook salmon and Pacific lamprey back to the Long Tom! We are working daily with a team of partners to propel this important project, but we need your help to maintain momentum. You can track progress and learn about this important work for the watershed at our website: https://www.longtom.org/donate/springchinook/ where you can also give in support of our critical work in the watershed. Thank you to everyone who has already given this year and to all our supporters who love their Long Tom! #loveyourlongtom #longtomriver #longtomwatershed

This work is not possible without meaningful support from our community members and donors. Your gifts are our most powerful form of funding to get the work that matters to you accomplished! We have already secured a total of $127,152 in combined grants, and donations from local donors toward our $190,000 goal to support this year’s … Read more

Lower Long Tom Fish Passage

Thank You To Our Recent Campaign Donors! [April-May 2019]

This work is not possible without meaningful support from our community members and donors. Your gifts are our most powerful form of funding to get the work that matters to you accomplished! Since we announced this campaign, we’ve received many generous donations totaling $6005 already! That brings us to $114,005 toward our $190,000 goal! We … Read more

Lower Long Tom Project in the Register Guard

Check out today’s The Register-Guard newspaper for a great overview of our work in Monroe. This work has been propelled by the Watershed Council in earnest for the last 4 years in partnership with the Army Corps and the City of Monroe, Oregon and recently hit a critical milestone! Based on the early work by LTWC and the City … Read more

Visit Long Tom Watershed Council’s Booth at Monroe’s Vino, Vintage & Victory Festival! April 27th!

Come to Monroe’s Vino, Vintage & Victory Festival on Saturday, April 27th and be sure to stop by the Watershed Council’s Booth to say hello! From Monroe’s Facebook Event: “We are excited to announce Monroe’s Vino, Vintage & Victory Festival on Saturday, April 27, 2019! This will be the premier wine event for visitors seeking … Read more

“Explore Oregon” Class from the Department of Geography at University of Oregon visits Monroe

From Department of Geography: ” My Explore Oregon (a field trip based geography of Oregon course) class visited the Monroe Dam with reps from the Long Tom Watershed Council (LTWC), the Army Corps, and an amazing AmeriCorp Community Development Coordinator from the City of Monroe. We learned about the realities of stakeholder participation in wildlife conservation, river hydrology, and cultural identity! Thanks so much to our hosts, Dana, Cam, and Taylor! My class loved the trip!” Visit https://www.facebook.com/universityoforegongeography/

The Long Tom River rises in the Central Oregon Coast Range and flows east to join the Willamette River. In 1941, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built a flood control and water supply dam called Fern Ridge in the upper watershed, several miles west of Eugene. The maximum discharge from the reservoir exceeded the capacity of the meandering, low-gradient Long Tom River downstream. To reduce erosion from reservoir discharges, starting in 1943 the Corps straightened the Long Tom River, removed woody debris, built levees, and armored the channel. This work converted a 36-mile reach of the river into a straighter, deeper, and rock-lined stretch of 23 miles. The Corps also built three low-head dams between 7.5 feet and 11.5 feet high in order to slow the river’s velocity and reduce scour. The lowest such structure is at the small town of Monroe. Read More at…

From the City of Monroe Website (here)
“”On January 27th, 2019, The City of Monroe has been awarded a Continuing Authorities Program (CAP) 1135 project to investigate ecosystem restoration on the Long Tom River at Monroe. Under the authority provided by Section 1135 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986, the Corps may plan, design and build modifications to existing Corps projects, or areas degraded by Corps projects, to restore aquatic habitats for fish and wildlife. Projects conducted in the Southern Willamette Valley have included wetland restoration, wildlife habitat restoration, anadromous fish passage, and river restoration, sometimes with associated compatible recreation features such as walking paths and access areas. Projects must be in the public interest and cost effective for the ecosystem benefit gained and are limited to $10 million in Federal cost.””

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