Since 2002 Blue Sky Habitat customers have provided thousands of dollars to local projects, including the following in 2007:

Brownie Creek Instream restoration (completed)
Location: Central Coast
Description: Brownie Creek contains one of the furthest inland runs of Oregon Coast coho salmon - 194 miles up a tributary to the South Umpqua River. Fish production is limited by lack of spawning, rearing and overwintering habitat. This project expanded habitat for coho by placing 150 logs into and along the lower three miles of Brownie Creek. The project had the added benefit of providing jobs for local tree fallers and equipment operators and helps generate cleaner water.

Middle Fork John Day and Boulder Creek restoration (in progress)
 Location: Central Oregon
Description: Past land use in the Middle Fork John Day River watershed has impaired aquatic and riparian habitat and impeded steelhead, Chinook salmon and bull trout spawning and rearing. Contractors are restoring stream channel complexity and fish habitat by installing logjams, removing rock barriers, creating pools and restoring historic stream channels.  photo: © The Nature Conservancy/Jim Yuskavitch
 

Doe Creek culvert removal (in progress)
Location: Upper Joseph Creek, Northeast Oregon
Description: This project is restoring seasonal passage of juvenile steelhead to a key portion of Doe Creek. Contractors are replacing existing culverts with an open-bottom arch and removing rock structures downstream of the existing culvert, restoring the stream to its original channel. 

Calapooia-Santiam landowner recruitment for restoration (in progress)
Location: Willamette Valley
Description: This project involves recruiting landowners and providing planning assistance and materials to establish streamside buffers in three mid-Willamette sub-basins to increase shading and lower stream temperatures. This is an extension of current education and outreach efforts among local watershed councils focusing on educating landowners and citizens about benefits and approaches to watershed restoration. 

Oregon Freshwater Habitat Assessment (in progress)
Location: All watersheds in Oregon
Description: This project is developing a freshwater habitat assessment for Oregon which will generate datasets and maps describing the distribution and condition of freshwater ecosystems and species and the most significant threats to their health. The data will enable ecologists to identify critical areas for conservation and restoration of freshwater ecosystems. 

Crosel Creek Habitat Reserve (completed)
Location: North Coast
Description: A local land trust is acquiring and protecting 121 acres within the Crosel Creek and Young’s Bay watershed in the Lower Columbia River estuary.  Native juvenile coho salmon use the tidal reach of the bay and estuary system and associated Crosel Creek. Creation of the Crosel Creek Habitat Reserve will secure the ecological functions of a large portion of the watershed that feeds the bay and estuary system, thus contributing to improved habitat and water quality for salmon. The site will also serve as a long term field study site for the Applied Science Aquatic Center at Astoria High School.

For more information, please visit The Nature Conservancy’s Web site detailing their work in Oregon and nation wide. 

For more information on Pacific Power environmental programs, please visit Habitat Protection on our corporate site.  

We will continue to add more projects to this list and provide updates on projects currently in progress.