Elk Creek River Mile 5.6
When: Completed in 2020
Where: Elk Creek, a major tributary of the upper Rogue River
Objective: An in-stream and stream-side restoration project to improve water quality, enhance fish habitat, and increase native plant diversity
Historic management activities in the area behind the now-incomplete Elk Creek Dam have resulted in largescale modifications to Elk Creekâs mainstem channel and its side-channels, floodplain, and tributaries. Streams had been channelized, large wood had been removed from the active stream channel, riparian forests had been cleared, and riparian areas had been heavily grazed by … Read more »