The Tualatin Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited is a coldwater fisheries conservation organization dedicated to protecting the native runs of trout and salmon that define our wild heritage. We have over 700 members throughout the Portland area living west of the Willamette River. We focus our main conservation efforts on the local watersheds within the…
By replacing an undersized perched culvert on U.S. Highway 101 between Seaside and Cannon Beach, Oregon, TU and it’s partners were able to restore passage to the upper reaches of Circle Creek. The creek is a main spawning tributary of the Necanicum River for wild coho as well as steelhead, cutthroat and lamprey. By using…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Erin Mooney, TU National Press Secretary, (703) 284-9408 Tom Wolf, Oregon Council Chair, (503) 640-2123 Mike Gentry, Tualatin Chapter, (503) 636-0061 TU Tualatin Valley Chapter Receives $9,900 to Restore Salmon Habitat on the Necanicum River LAKE OSWEGOTrout Unlimited, (TU) the nation’s oldest and largest coldwater fisheries conservation organization, today awarded a…
Using historical photographs, anecdotal evidence and local knowledge, TU worked with project designers Doug Ray of Carex Consulting and Joseph Shehan from Oregon Dept of Fish and Wildlife to re-excavate a 14 plus acre historic off-channel wetland on the Necanicum River. The channel had been filled and converted to ag land. Habitats such as this…
Christmas for Coho is proud to announce we collected 400 used Christmas trees this January, which will be placed in an off-channel wetland complex in Oregon’s Necanicum River as habitat enhancement for threatened coho salmon. This project began in January of 2011 when the Tualatin Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited started collecting used Christmas…