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Nes(u)cca–Neskowin–Sand Lake watershed council reports habitat gains, plans culvert replacements and monitoring expansion
Summary
Natalie Knights, executive director of the Nestucca, Neskowin and Sand Lake Watersheds Council, told the Tillamook County Board of Commissioners on March 12 that 2024 work included 48 large‑wood structures and monitoring that found increased salmon spawning activity.
Natalie Knights, executive director of the Nestucca, Neskowin and Sand Lake Watersheds Council, told the Tillamook County Board of Commissioners on March 12 that the council focused in 2024 on partnerships and on-the-ground habitat work to benefit salmonid species.
Knights said the council placed 48 large‑wood structures across three creeks in the Sand Lake project and that first-year monitoring showed more spawning “redds” in places where they had not been previously possible. “Stream complexity is one of the main limiting factors for the Oregon Coast coho population for their recovery,” Knights said.
The council described several near-term projects. This summer it expects to replace two fish‑blocking culverts in the Upper Sutton project with bridges, opening about 0.5 mile of upstream habitat. A planned Louis Baxter and…
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