Biodiversity Guide - The Intertwine

egional conservation strategybiodiversity guideAppendix I WatershedsThe Molalla River AllianceContact: Michael Moody, Molalla River Alliance,moody@teleport.com, 503- 699-8704The Molalla River Alliance is a nonprofit coalition ofmore than 45 civic and conservation organizations;local, state, and federal agencies; user groups; andproperty owners. Founded in 2008, the alliance’s keyconservation priorities are to preserve water quality;sustain the watershed’s wildlife, fish and plants; andpromote a safe and healthy environment that encouragesdiverse recreational and tourism opportunities.Some of the alliance’s members and partners include:American RiversAmerican WhitewaterBack Country HorsemenBack Country Hunters and AnglersBARKBureau of Land ManagementCity of MolallaClackamas County Parks & RecreationClackamas County SheriffEcotrustFreshwater TrustHamlet of MulinoMolalla RiverWatchMolalla PioneerMolalla Police DepartmentNative Fish SocietyNOAA FisheriesNorth America Salmon StrongholdNorthwest SteelheadersOregon Department of Fish & WildlifeOregon Department of ForestryOregon Dept. of Environmental QualityOregon Equestrian TrailsOregon WildSierra Club OregonWild Salmon CenterWillamette Riverkeepern Molalla River-Table Rock Recreation AreaManagement Plan (Bureau of Land Management,August 2011)www.blm.gov/or/districts/salem/plans/molalla/documents.phpn Molalla-Pudding-French Prairie-NorthSantiam Subbasins Agricultural Water QualityManagement Area Plan. Developed by TheMolalla-Pudding-French Prairie-North SantiamSubbasins Local Advisory Committee with assistancefrom the Oregon Department of Agricultureand Marion Soil and Water ConservationDistrict, March 2004.n The ecological and recreational benefits of theMolalla River, Oregon (Kavita Heyn, AmericanRivers and Russell Bassett, Native Fish Society,June 2009)n Oregon Conservation Strategyhttp://www.dfw.state.or.us/conservationstrategy/n Willamette Total Maximum Daily Load(TMDL) (Oregon Department of EnvironmentalQuality, 2006) www.deq.state.or.us.n Upper Willamette River Conservation andRecovery Plan for Chinook Salmon and Steelhead(Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, August2011)www.dfw.state.or.us/fish/CRP/upper_willamette_river_plan.aspn Oregon State University Institute for Water andWatersheds. The IWW is the state water resourcesresearch institute for Oregon and contains alibrary of watershed publications. Oregon StateUniversity, Corvallis, OR.http://water.oregonstate.edu/12. Tualatin SubbasinRich Hunter, Clean Water ServicesMonica Smiley, Tualatin RiverkeepersApril Olbrich, Tualatin River Watershed CouncilBrian Wegener, Tualatin RiverkeepersIncludes these named USGS HUC watersheds:Gales CreekScoggins Creek-Tualatin RiverDairy CreekRock Creek-Tualatin RiverFanno Creek-Tualatin RiverThe Tualatin River watershed is 712 square miles,more than twice the size of any other watershedin the greater Portland-Vancouver region. Thewatershed includes all of Washington County andsmall portions of Multnomah, Clackamas, Yamhill,Tillamook, and Columbia counties. WashingtonCounty is Oregon’s second most populouscounty, with 529,710 residents (2010 estimate)and includes the cities of Banks, Beaverton, Cornelius,Durham, Forest Grove, Gaston, Hillsboro,King City, North Plains, Sherwood, Tigard andTualatin.The Tualatin River watershed is a low-elevation,low-gradient watershed whose headwatersLand coverTualatin Subbasin453,180 acres% of WatershedAgriculture 22%Regen. forest 8%Developed 13%Low Veg 7%Tree Cover 49%Water 1%Forest Patches* 47%JurisdictionsBanks