The Scott River Watershed Council invites you to the
2024 Scott Watershed Informational Forum – SWIF-2024!
February 21st, 22nd, and 23rd at
The Towers in Fort Jones, 11219 N. State Hwy. 3, Fort Jones
www.scottriver.org
| Beaver Haven…We have success! |
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| Beaver Haven is an 11-acre property that encompasses 800 ft. of Sugar Creek, a key Coho spawning and rearing tributary in the Scott Watershed. The property is ecologically vibrant with a multi-threaded channel, dense riparian forest, existing beaver population, and extensive Coho utilization. Sugar Creek is a key Coho spawning and rearing tributary of the Scott River, which has the most abundant population of hatchery influence-free Coho in the Klamath Basin. Coho has been documented to spawn and rear on the property in 8 out of the past 10 years. With an immense amount of support from our community and others, SRWC was able to make an application to the California Department of Fish & Wildlife to complete the acquisition of this property, which is set to happen in 2024. Acquiring the property will allow the planned and funded restoration that will take place on 5 acres of complex, multithreaded channels and floodplain for the ecological benefit in perpetuity. The Coho will benefit by increasing the summer and winter rearing habitat quality and by including instream wood, it will improve cover, pool frequency, and depths, as well as the occurrence and volume of slow water habitat which improves the primary food web. Our sincere gratitude goes to the generosity of the SRWC community and its constituents for supporting this cause and believing in Beaver Haven. Please watch for more to come on this amazing project! |
| An Amazing Catch! |
On December 10, 2023, David Herasimtschuk from Freshwaters Illustrated visited French Creek and several of our restoration projects. While the photos don’t indicate an increase in returning salmon, they do capture amazing moments that happen locally and that few people ever see. For a deeper dive into David’s work, visit: https://www.davidherasimtschuk.com/© Freshwaters Illustrated / David Herasimtschuk.   |
- Open Letter: Request for Recognition of Wild Horses’ Right to the Open RangeDear Siskiyou County Supervisors & Staff… This is a notice of service. Attached is a letter written on behalf of Wild Horse Fire Brigade requesting that wild horses be given grazing access to California’s open range and to utilize wild horse grazing as a fire management tool. If you have any questions regarding the contents, please direct… Read more: Open Letter: Request for Recognition of Wild Horses’ Right to the Open Range
- To Editor: Media BiasRecently a story emerged concerning NPR, National Public Radio, based on an article by Uri Berliner, a long-time editor at NPR, which was published on Bari Weiss’ online news site The Free Press. Link to The Free Press article: https://www.thefp.com/p/npr-editor-how-npr-lost-americas-trust? Here’s a quote from an article by Jonathan Turley, a professor at George Washington University… Read more: To Editor: Media Bias
- Operation Appreciation Event is coming up on Sunday, May 5th!Not only will there be fun games, cool gadgets, and K9’s, but some of our local vendors will be there too! Make sure to save the date in your calendar, and we hope to see you thereYreka High School Sunday May 5th from 10 am to 2pm
- Nearly Half Million Salmon Fry Released into Klamath River as Dam Removal Stirs ControversyOn Tuesday, April 16, joined by leaders from the Karuk, Yurok, Shasta Indian Nation and the Quartz Valley Indian tribes, CDFW released about 90,000 yearling coho salmon. The following day, April 17, CDFW released more than 400,000 fall-run Chinook salmon fry from the same location below Iron Gate. A total of approximately 500,000 juvenile salmon… Read more: Nearly Half Million Salmon Fry Released into Klamath River as Dam Removal Stirs Controversy
- the Obituary of Paul Charles McCannaPaul Charles McCanna Obituary Lifelong Yreka resident Paul Charles McCanna passed away unexpectedly on April 22, 2024 at Fairchild Medical Center. He was 62 years old. Paul was born on March 9, 1962 to Jim and Carolyn McCanna in Yreka. He grew up locally, and was a graduating member of Yreka High School, class of… Read more: the Obituary of Paul Charles McCanna
