The Freshwater Trust
Conservation Director Brett Brownscombe talks with a landowner about a stream restoration project.
View Slideshow »Restoration professionals use heavy machinery on a restoration project in Woods Creek.
View Slideshow »Students test water quality and learn about the life cycle of a salmon during Salmon Watch.
View Slideshow »A Chinook helicopter places large wood in the Salmon River to improve wild fish habitat.
View Slideshow »The Freshwater Trust is working with many partners to re-meander a three-mile stretch of the Middle Fork John Day River.
View Slideshow »Salmon have long-represented the culture of the Northwest. Organizations like The Freshwater Trust are working to improve fish habitat and entire freshwater ecosystems.
Of Oregon’s 111,619 miles of streams, the Trust says roughly a quarter are too degraded for fish to thrive. The Freshwater Trust is trying to change that. For 26 years, the group, armed with rubber boots and waders, has removed trash and invasive species from our rivers’ edges, helped redirect stream flows to make waterways more fish-friendly, and planted stream-saving trees. Last year alone, the Trust helped restore 850 miles of stream, including stretches of the idyllic John Day and Salmon Rivers.
Published: November 2009
