Collaborations

The Tualatin Basin Wide Rapid Bio-Assessment (RBA) project will inventory 121 miles of priority stream habitat to help organizational and agency partners quantify the distribution and relative abundance of all juvenile salmon and steelhead species during the critical period of summer low stream flows. This inventory will serve as a basis for prioritized restoration actions pursued by the watershed council.

This project is the second phase of three restoration treatments to Clear Creek, an important cold water contributor to Gales Creek. The purpose of the project was to provide summer rearing habitat and cold water refugia to juvenile salmonids migrating upstream.

The Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) and Impoundments Project is an effort by the Joint Water Commission (JWC) and the Tualatin River Watershed Council (TRWC) to reduce HABS within the Drinking Water Source Area (DWSA) and promote best management practices (BMPs) for landowners who have impoundments on their property.

The NetMap Pilot Project is a collaborative effort between the Tualatin River Watershed Council (TRWC) and the Tualatin Soil and Water Conservation District (TSWCD). The NetMap tools will be used to create an analysis for steelhead Intrinsic Potential (IP) and anchor habitat. That analysis will inform future restoration opportunities for floodplain reconnection and anchor habitat protection.

Whitcher Creek is a tributary to West Fork Dairy Creek which is located in the Dairy McKay subbasin. Much of this creek is located in managed timber lands and displays excellent habitat potential for Coho.

The Tualatin Basin Wildfire Risk Assessment is a collaborative project in which the Tualatin River Watershed Council, the Tualatin Soil and Water Conservation District, Clean Water Services, and the Joint Water Commission characterized the potential impact of a wildfire on drinking water quality in the Tualatin Basin.