The first 2010 meeting of The North Umpqua Foundation (“TNUF”) Board of Directors was held at the Steamboat Inn on March 21st.
The meeting was highlighted by the presentation by Michael Love of Michael Love and Associates of Eureka, California of its Design Recommendations for improving fish passage at Steamboat Falls. Steamboat Creek is one of the most important spawning streams for the North Umpqua River.
The study, which was commissioned by TNUF, features three separate but potentially cumulative means of improving the effectiveness of the current fish ladder. Built in 19589, the ladder is prone to blockage and sediment buildup, which interferes with the ability of steelhead and chinook salmon to access upstream spawning locations. The study also proposes for consideration another approach, that of near- natural rock pool fish passage system in the rock channel at the site.
Attending the meeting were many representatives of the Umpqua National Forest (“NFS”) and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (“ODFW”.) These agencies assured the Board that the study would be considered carefully in the new effort to improve fish passage on Steamboat Creek.
Anyone interested in a copy of the study may contact Michael Morrison, spike@janssenlaw.com.
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