Assessment - Southern Oregon Digital Archives

guidelines of the Northwest Forest Plan and the Rogue River National Forest Land and
Resource Management Plan. Approximately 297 acres are administered by the Siskiyou
National Forest in accordance with the Northwest Forest Plan and the Siskiyou National
Forest Land and Resource Management Plan. Both National Forests in the watershed are
part of the Applegate Adaptive Management Area.
Natural Resource and Conservation Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture
NRCS, formerly the Soil Conservation Service (SCS), provides technical and financial
cost-share assistance to landowners for implementing conservation practices. NRCS
(SCS at the time) conducted a study on the hydrology of the Williams Creek Watershed
in 1972 entitled Hydrologic Investigations, Williams Creek Watershed: Watershed
Investigation Report. This document provides perhaps the most detailed hydrologic
information on the watershed available.
Southwest Oregon Resource Conservation and Development is also a USDA program
funded through NRCS. This non-regulatory organization provides assistance for
watershed councils, landowners, and other groups in helping to implement the Oregon
Plan.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
USFWS is responsible for tracking and maintaining viable populations of plant and
animal species. It also oversees the listing, restoring, and protection of endangered and
threatened species, including the northern spotted owl, which is present in the watershed.
National Marine Fisheries Service of the U.S. Department of Commerce
NMFS is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). It is
responsible for managing and sustaining living marine resources, including anadromous
fish. Three anadromous species spawn in the watershed: chinook, coho, steelhead and
lamprey.
Williams Creek Watershed Assessment
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