MKWC employees along with associates from USFS and HSU teamed up to plant over 700 trees in riparian zones along a scorched tributary that had been delivering warm water into Bear Creek. They planted over 700 trees and shrubs along the stream (photo), giving natural regeneration a jump start to provide cooling riparian shade. These activities, while minor in the context of the vast burned landscape of the Panther Fire, can be a valuable model for future burned area restoration. By monitoring how these treatments function over time compared to adjacent untreated drainages, we can determine if larger scale treatments using Burned Area Emergency Rehabilitation funds should be implemented after future major fires. MKWC Reconfigures Mouth of Thompson Creek to Improve Rearing Habitat and Passage for Salmon
Monthly Organic Coffee OrdersGet your caffeine fix and support the Panamnik Building Project at the same time! Each month MKWC will be putting in an order with Cafe Mam for delicious organic, fair-trade, shade-grown coffee from indigenous co-ops. There are many varieties of coffee to choose from. For prices and more info contact MKWC at 530 627 3202. Community Watershed and Information Center at Panamnik Building in Orleans!The Community Watershed & Information Center in downtown Orleans, California is open Monday through Thursday from 10am-4pm or by appointment. The center is home to MKWC's offices, the Orleans Somes Bar Fire Safe Council, the Klamath-Salmon Natural History Library, Klamath Riverkeeper, and a Community Space. It also features displays about the Mid Klamath area, MKWC's projects, maps, photos, and paintings by local artists Alan Crockett, Sarah Hugdahl, Amanita Mollier, Judy Lambert and Chris Adams. Click here to learn more about our Watershed Center. Community Center Seeking Art ExhibitsThe Community Watershed & Information Center is always open to creative ideas on how to use the space. We would love to have regular, rotating art exhibits hanging in the community center. Please contact MKWC at 530.627.3202 if you want to contribute to this exhibit, or if you have another art exhibit proposal. InformationResources for Private LandownersThe Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program provides riparian restoration grants through their Program Producer Grant Program. Get more info at www.sare.org The California Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) Program enables the Natural Resources Conservation Service to work with other public and private entities to accelerate technology transfer and adoption of promising technologies and approaches to address pressing natural resource concerns. CIG will benefit agricultural producers by providing more options for environmental enhancement and compliance with Federal, State, and local regulations. More at www.ca.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/cig. Our Favorite LinksNews for Salmon Nation: frequently updated and condensed news for the salmon-bearing parts of the Pacific Coast can be found on Sightline Daily. An excellent resource.
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In
September 2009, MKWC completed our first mechanical restoration
of a Klamath tributary mouth. Thompson Creek, located about
nine miles up the Klamath River from Happy Camp, is a high
quality salmon stream that supports spawning runs of Chinook
and Coho salmon, steelhead, and lamprey. Through funding
from the Bella Vista Foundation, and with support from the
USFS, Karuk Tribe and DFG, MKWC conducted necessary surveys
and completed required permitting to allow for mechanical
modification of the site. We used the skills of local
excavator operator Angie Algier to restore an alternate
mouth to Thompson Creek that was disconnected initially in
the 1964 Flood. About 30% of the flow was concentrated into
this new channel. Monitoring to quantify the benefits of
this project will be occurring through the winter and next
year.