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The Hood River Watershed Group's purpose is to sustain and improve the Hood River Watershed through education, cooperation and stewardship.
One of 82 watershed councils in Oregon, the Hood River Watershed Group is a forum of landowners, citizens, growers, irrigation and water districts, environmental organizations, businesses, recreationists, governments and tribal representatives working together to benefit Hood River Valley's natural resources.
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WATERSHED GROUP RESOURCES (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader) |
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| Hood River Watershed Action Plan 2008 Update | Hood River Sub-Basin Plan |
| Hood River Watershed Assessment | |
The next Watershed Group meeting is the annual
PICNIC
to be held on
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
from 5pm to dusk at Tollbridge Park.
Bring your friends and a favorite dish to share!
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Powerdale
Dam Removal Underway
Work began in mid-April of 2010 on the long-awaited decommissioning and removal of Powerdale Dam. Work from now until around November will consist of removing the dam, fish facility, intake structure, power canal, steel flume and sand settling basin at the project’s upstream location.
The Hood River Watershed Group and other project partners are documenting the removal of the dam.
For more information and photos of the process:
Hood River News Article April 14, 2010
Hood River Watershed Group Announces 2010 Field Series
The tours for the 2010 Field Series are planned.
Check out this link to see what we're offering this year!
Middle Fork Irrigation District Completes
Two Watershed Improvement Projects
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Read up on their accomplishments in this article featured in the Hood River News on January 27, 2010
Hood River Watershed Group
2007-09 Biennial Report Available!
The 2007-09 Biennial Report was submitted to OWEB at the end of July 2009. The report covers the group's many activities between July 2007 and June 2009. Some of the narrative describes group coordination and other actions performed by HRWG staff. However, the majority of the accomplishments reported are directly attributable to what HRWG members have accomplished over the past two years. Follow this link to download the report!
Indian Creek Golf Course Raptor Perch Installation
August 5, 2009, the Indian Creek Stewards completed the raising of their first habitat pole ("raptor pole"), in cooperation with the Indian Creek Golf Course. The installation is intended to augment a dedicated natural area along the creek, increase vole and mice predation by hawks and owls (and decrease golf course maintenance), and provide space for the mounting of an additional habitat box or two for other birds or bats. **Check out the Ruralite article covering this project!**
(Click on the photos for a larger view!)
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The pole and site transport was donated by Hood River Electric Coop
- Hardware and lumber was provided by Pacific Power
- Labor was provided by Northwest Service Academy out of Trout Lake (a great crew as usual)
- Construction oversight and many tools were donated by Tad Johnston
- Publicity was provided by Hood River News, Ruralite Magazine and Gorge Outdoors
Thanks so much to everyone that participated!