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| Carl Foster |
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(Right) Ellis and Carl Foster use natural methods to solve problems that challenge the Danish Dairy in Coquille.
Carl Foster, Danish Dairy, Coquille
ODA Environmental Stewardship Award 2005
Highlight: Solving problems using natural methods that protect water quality
Using natural methods to solve problems is the rule of the day at the Danish Dairy. This family-operated Coquille area dairy has installed a manure lagoon and distribution system that turn a waste product into a nutrient-rich fertilizer and irrigation commodity for use on over 1,000 acres of pasture. The Fosters’ well-maintained operation has also successfully used a herd of goats to control weed problems. By making the commitment and effectively using procedures that protect water quality, the Danish Diary has excelled in helping keep the Coquille area watershed healthy.
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| Dan Newton and Dick Beeby |
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(Right) Through the Hinkle Creek paired watershed study, Dan Newton, Dick Beeby and Roseburg Forest Products are committed to answering questions about how forest practices affect stream biota.
Dan Newton and Dick Beeby, Roseburg Forest Products, Roseburg
ODFW/ODF Fish and Wildlife Steward Award for Forest Lands 2004
Highlight: Implementing numerous in-stream restoration projects and supporting the Hinkle Creek paired watershed study
During the last four years, Dan Newton and Dick Beeby worked with ODFW’s Western Oregon Stream Restoration Program to improve fish habitat on Roseburg Forest Products’ lands, which cover much of Douglas County. The land includes many miles of streams that are home to spring and fall Chinook salmon, summer and winter steelhead, coho salmon and cutthroat trout. Newton and Beeby provided materials and implemented at least four in-stream habitat restoration projects each year.
Roseburg Forest Products is proactive in locating and replacing culverts that are potential fish-passage barriers for both juvenile and adult salmon. Newton was instrumental in bringing together many parties to help answer questions about how current forest practices affect stream biota at a watershed scale through the Hinkle Creek paired watershed study. Through Newton’s encouragement, Roseburg Forest Products dedicated approximately 5,000 acres of land for this research project, with 2,500 acres preserved for the project’s 10-year life, and contributed tens of thousands of dollars to help implement various facets of the project. The company developed a demonstration area and kiosk at the site, and Beeby gives regular tours to school children, watershed groups, and other state and federal entities.
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| Mike and Gary Brownson |
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(Right) Mike and Gary Brownson received the Southwest Operator of the Year Award for minimizing impact on a fish-bearing stream during logging operations near Sutherlin.
Mike and Gary Brownson, Brownson Logging Company, Myrtle Creek
ODF Operator of the Year Award 2004
Highlight: Minimizing the impact on a small fish-bearing stream during harvesting northwest of Sutherlin
Brownson carefully conducted their harvest operation to minimize the number of yarding corridors through the riparian buffer strip. A swing yarder with a mechanical slack-pulling carriage was used to gain lift through the riparian management area (RMA), as well as to direct logs through the corridors. To minimize the impact to protected resources, the operation had to progress slowly to avoid damage to live trees in the RMA, decreasing the profitability of the operation.
Because the operator received a waiver to operate during an Industrial Fire Precaution Level 3 period, Brownson made sure that additional fire equipment was brought to the site to further protect against fire. Brownson and his crew also mulched road and landing areas with straw to minimize sediment runoff and left more trees than required in the RMA.
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| Susan Chapp |
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(Right) Susan Chapp takes personal responsibility for the connection between citizen care and environmental health in the Illinois Basin.
Susan Chapp, Community Volunteer/Forestry Action Committee, Cave Junction
OWEB Spirit of the Oregon Plan Award 2004
Highlight: Changing the face of the Illinois Valley through conservation and restoration activities
Susan Chapp shows the connection between citizen care and environmental health through personal effort. Susan has been a doer and a motivator in her community. Her love, devotion and tireless commitment to improving and bringing together her community is nothing short of inspiring. Susan believes in education, involvement and self-empowerment as evidenced through her activities with the Illinois Basin Interest Group Forest Action Committee, such as the annual volunteer tree planting, noxious weed removal, and work with the mushroom-picking community. She has been a leader in conservation and restoration, and a true community motivator in the Illinois Valley.
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| Kim McLaughlin |
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(Right) Kim McLaughlin worked to restore a nameless creek that contains valuable spawning and winter refuge habitat for anadromous fish.
Kim McLaughlin, Madison-JMK, Sutherlin
ODFW/ODF Fish and Wildlife Steward Award for Forest Lands 2004
Highlight: Restoring .25 mile of a tributary of South Fork Deer Creek
The stream doesn’t have a name, but Kim McLaughlin worked to restore it anyway. McLaughlin, who owns and manages 2,900 acres of timber and agricultural land throughout the Umpqua River Basin, restored the stream habitat as part of a timber harvest operation on a 1,300-acre parcel. The tributary of South Fork Deer Creek near Roseburg contains valuable spawning and winter refuge habitat for winter steelhead, coho salmon and cutthroat trout. Last summer, McLaughlin and Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Western Oregon Stream Restoration Program placed 50 logs at 10 locations along the stream, forming complex log jams that are valuable salmon and trout spawning and cover habitat. McLaughlin donated his time and all the equipment and materials needed to complete this project. His estimated contribution to this Oregon Plan activity is approximately $15,000. McLaughlin’s future habitat restoration plans include removing an old bridge crossing that has blocked fish passage for nearly 80 years, rerouting a reach of the stream to its historic channel, and placing additional large wood in the stream.
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| George and Cathy Sandberg |
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(Right) Landowners George and Cathy Sandberg stepped up when the Umpqua Basin Watershed Council needed local leadership to restore Clover Creek. Visiting the project are (from left) Glen Brady, Umpqua Basin Watershed Council; Cathy Sandberg; Walter Gayner, Douglas Soil and Water Conservation District; George Sandberg; Dan Perritt, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Portland; and Craig Tuss, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Roseburg.
George and Cathy Sandberg, Douglas County ranchers, Roseburg
OWEB Spirit of the Oregon Plan Award 2004
Highlight: Taking a leadership role in restoring Clover Creek
George Sandberg is very committed to restoring Clover Creek, both on his property near the upper end of the stream and for the rest of the stream’s run as well. When the Umpqua Basin Watershed Council approached George about the project, it became clear from its complexity that a local landowner needed to coordinate development and implementation. George stepped up to fill the role. He and Cathy have been instrumental in keeping the project moving forward with full landowner cooperation. Despite their livestock business that keeps them both busy from dawn to dusk, the Sandbergs have always been available to meet with the many individuals and groups who have visited and been involved with the project. The project would not have been as successful without their tireless devotion and commitment.
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