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Page | 1 of 23 The APWC has been a very successful watershed council for the last 20 years, averaging 3-5 projects per year with anywhere from 1 to 40+ landowners participating in the projects. We are currently working on large landscape scale projects that incorporate the Applegate Josephine & JACKSON Counties landscape from the streambed to the top of the watershed ridges and everything in between. www.apwc.info

Page | 2 of 23 W HAT IS A W ATERSHED C OUNCIL ?  A non-regulatory, community group of volunteers with an interest in watershed health.  Designated and recognized by the County Commissioners as allowed by state legislation.  Councils are required to represent the diverse stakeholders in the basin and be balanced in their makeup.  The APWC is a 501 (c) 3 Non-Profit Organization.

Page | 3 of 23 A PPLEGATE W ATERSHED 4th Field HUC Applegate WS ~ 493,000 Acres (770 sq. miles) • 262,400 Acres in Jackson Co. & 172,800 Acres in Josephine Co. • 711 Stream Miles, 215.8 Miles of Stream Listed as 303(d) Land Use in the Applegate Rural Res. 20% Priv. Publicly Forest Managed 10% 70%

R OGUE B ASIN Page | 4 of 23 W ATERSHED C OUNCILS The Rogue Basin Total Acreage: 3,309,831 covers 5 Counties: Jackson Upper Josephine Rogue Lower Rogue Middle Seven Rogue Basins Curry & the Headwaters of the Rogue and Little Butte Little Butte begin in Douglas & Klamath Counties Illinois Williams Bear (all WC’s average Creek Valley Creek Applegate less than 2 full time staff) Watershed Councils in each County Jackson County Josephine County Curry County • Applegate River •Applegate River •Lower Rogue • Bear Creek ~Williams Creek • Little Butte Creek •Illinois Valley • Seven Basins •Middle Rogue “Stream Restoration Alliance” • Upper Rogue River

Page | 5 of 23 W HAT D O C OUNCILS D O & W HAT C AN WC’ S B RING TO T HEIR C OMMUNITIES ? Watershed Councils bring together local stakeholders from multiple interests in collaborative partnerships to work towards watershed protection and restoration. Council Funds & Involvement Created Acreage Population  Lower Rogue 226,668 through APWC TCHRP P1  Illinois Valley 637,540 Project Funding $ 287,000  Middle Rogue 425,243 (less W/S 104,058)  Applegate 493,000 12,000 In-Kind Contributions $37,000  Bear Creek 253,440 203,000 (2011) Landowner Involvement 11  Little Butte 238,598 11,600 Public Events Held 7  Seven Basins 261,760 13,000 #’s are approximations for 2012-2014  Upper Rogue 798,841 10,000 Population Information from 2011

Page | 6 of 23 APWC Projects COMPLETED PROJECTS Beaver Creek Sedimentation Reduction Project:   This project has been completed. When we are able to complete monitoring of this previously sediment limited creek, we hope that we will be able to remove it from the 303(d) water quality list. Yale Creek RR: Pre & Post Treatment Riparian Restoration Program:   Program began in the early 2000’s working with landowners to restore native riparian areas by removing invasive species and replanting natives. This program has worked with over 30 landowners in the last few years.  The APWC would like to Continue this program into the future, pending funding  Current projects include Humbug Creek near Hwy 238 and Yale Creek on Yale Creek Ranch Students Learn causes of soil erosion and how Cultivating Healthy Watersheds Education  to prevent it learn about winter cover crops Program: Through the CHW school program, K-12 students learn about  watershed-friendly farms, sustainable farming practices and forest management. Hand-on projects provide active learning experiences that enhance habitat for fish and wildlife, help kids build skills, and learn to be good watershed stewards.  Our E&O Committee is working to reestablish this program. However, without designated staff and funding this program has been difficult to schedule in with our restoration projects.

Page | 7 of 23 APWC Projects CURRENT PROJECTS  Thompson Creek Restoration P1:  ~1.8 miles of Creek of habitat restoration for aquatic and wildlife species. This work includes riparian restoration, stream bank stabilization, large wood. Little Applegate Measuring Device Project:  Thompson Creek: Blackberry Removal &  Installation of measuring devices on open irrigation ditches to help water users Replanting of Native Trees/Shrubs manage their water rights.  Fish Barrier Assessment Project  This project will update the APWC’s current fish passage barrier list and ground truth barriers in the Thompson Creek, Slate Creek & Humbug Creek drainages. Iron Creek Habitat Improvement Project  Iron Creek is in ODFW’s top five coolest streams list in the Applegate. This  stream has a barrier issue at the South Side Road culvert. This project means to address upstream access to important habitat. Waters Creek Riparian Fencing Project  Thompson Creek: Large Wood  This project will assist a landowner in the construction of almost 2100’ of riparian fence. The landowner will then change their farming practices from full season hay production to 1 cut production and then pasture for cattle. The goal of this project is to save irrigation water and keep it in-stream and project their lush riparian vegetation. Butcherknife Creek Culvert   This project will replace a very dilapidated culvert with a bridge. ODFW has been an instrumental partner, but we are having problems getting forward momentum with this project. Yale Creek: Irrigation Measuring Device

Page | 8 of 23 APWC Projects CURRENT PROJECTS Humbug Creek Reed Canary Grass Project:   Humbug Cr @ Hwy 238 is inundated with RCG and during the winter 2014 the stream in this section went subterranean causing the death of at least 2 fish. This project will work to Humbug Creek eradicate the RCG create better stream flow and fish passage. Thompson Creek Habitat Restoration Project P2:   This project will bring on more landowners and additional acreage to be treated for invasive species from the mouth of Thompson Creek up to Phase 1. This project is not contiguous but we had to limit the number of landowners because of the extent the project has currently reached, 18 committed landowners, ~2.63 stream miles & ~48 acres of land to be treated. Provolt Seed Orchard Partnership  Thompson Creek Phase 2  The BLM, Provolt Seed Orchard, may eliminate seed collection in the near future. This will give the facility new opportunities including: access to the Applegate River, riparian restoration, educational events and workshops, and potentially much more. Beaver Reintroduction Program   Funding will allow the APWC to gather historical information from long time landowners regarding the distribution of beaver around the Applegate Valley. Provolt Seed Orchard

Page | 9 of 23 APWC Projects PROPOSED PROJECTS Applegate Community Events   8/6/14 Damnation Screening @ Red Lily Applegate Watershed Kiosk Updates  APWC/SOU 2011 Applegate Video Project  Aquatic & Riparian Committee Meetings (2 nd Weds. each month)  1 of 3 Applegate Watershed Kiosks Education & Outreach Committee Meetings   Re-establish CHWEP for students in Applegate watershed General Board Meetings (4 th Thurs. each month)  Hyde Bar Decommissioning  See Our Salmon Event  Rogue Basin Ecosystem Outreach  Applegate Effectiveness Monitoring Program  O'Brien & Sturgis Ditch Water Quantity Project  Phase II of Middle Applegate Project ("Pilot Thompson")  Applegate Dam Aggregate Extraction & Habitat Enhancement Project  Applegate Riparian Restoration Program (2014-20XX)  Keeler Creek Barrier Removal Program  Cantrall Buckley Riparian Restoration Project  Forest Creek Habitat Restoration Project  Keeler Creek Riparian & Stream Restoration Project  Prescribed Fire Program  Waters Creek Habitat Restoration  Bridgepoint In-Stream Improvement Project  Laurel Hill Irrigation Dam Project  Munger Creek  W. Fork Williams Creek  Educational Program w/Williams Elem.

Page | 10 of 23 Thompson Creek Phase 1  11 Landowners  ~1.8 Miles of Creek  ~22 acres of Riparian Restoration  Over 10K Stems Planted  5 Large Wood, In-stream Habitat Structures in 2013  2 Bank Stabilization In-Stream Structures in 2014  Multiple In-Stream Habitat Cover Logs/Root wads in 2014

Page | 11 of 23 Thompson Creek Phase 1 Lulka Before & After

Page | 12 of 23 Thompson Creek Phase 1 Bango E. Temple Before & After Before & After

Page | 13 of 23 Thompson Creek Phase 1 Volunteer Planting Days

Page | 14 of 23 Thompson Creek Phase 1 Natural regeneration of Big Leaf Planting crew and machine in Plantings with plastic mulch, Maple & Cottonwood stake area where invasive riparian fence. Native planting leafing out blackberries have been protected by tree cages where removed livestock are present.

Page | 15 of 23 Thompson Creek Phase 1 Wildlife friendly livestock fence with Donated Burlap from Dutch Bros Burlap mulch used on plantings near smooth bottom wire. Low impact Coffee. Volunteer installed tree cage, stream with risk of getting washed “range-land” gates will be left open mulch mat and Ponderosa Pine, with away. Plastic mulch used in areas of when no livestock are present. wild turkey. high historic invasive vegetation cover