Coos Watershed Association

supporting environmental integrity and economic stability within the Coos watershed

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What is the Coos Watershed Association?
The Coos Watershed Association is a local non-profit organization formed in late 1993. It’s a way for people with a wide range of interests to get together and develop the “big picture” of the conditions in the Coos watershed, and it helps individual landowners to decide how to manage and restore the watershed’s natural systems.

What is the Coos watershed?
A “watershed” is the area of land, from ridge to ridge, that ultimately drains to a particular body of water. The “Coos watershed” is the area of land that drains through Coos Bay into the Pacific Ocean. It includes all forks and tributaries of the Coos and Millicoma Rivers, and all of the sloughs and creeks that drain into Coos Bay.

Mission Statement
To provide a framework to coordinate and implement proven management practices, and test promising new management practices, designed to promote environmental integrity and economic stability for communities of the Coos watershed.

Board of Directors
The Association’s Executive Council includes representatives of local ranching and agriculture, small woodlot owners, industrial timber operators, commercial fisheries and aquaculture, environmental groups, tribal land managers, and local, state, and federal land managers such as the Coos County Forest, Elliott State Forest, South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.

Staff
The Association's staff includes a group of individuals with diverse backgrounds and interests. The Association is an equal opportunity employer and it is its policy to employ, retain, promote, and otherwise treat all employees and job applicants on the basis of merit, qualifications and competence.


HIGHLIGHTS: ................................................................ RAIN GARDEN WORKSHOP
Landscaping for clean waters and healthy streams When: Tuesday October 26, 2010 From: 9:00am - 5:00pm Where: Coos Bay Public Library Fee: $20 Includes all training materials and lunch For more information click here and review the agenda. Contact Bessie Joyce , 541-888-5922 to register. Volunteers planting a rain garden in Tillamook County. Photo by Robert Emanual, OSU. ............................................................................................................ UPCOMING TEACHER TRAINING EVENT! Watersheds and Invasive Species Education Training (WISE) (Coos County teachers) Date: November 6th & 7th, 2010 Location: Tribal Hall of Confederated Tribes, 338 Wallace Ave., Coos Bay For more information click here or contact Bessie Joyce or call 541-888-5922 Teachers learning about invasivs on Arboretum ............................................................................................................ SUSTAINABLE DESIGN ASSESSMENT TEAM (SDAT) Review the summary presentation from the SDAT meeting that took place June 21-23, 2010: ............................................................................................................ RECAP ON STORMWATER SOLUTIONS WORKSHOP The Coos Watershed Association held a workshop on Stormwater Solutions for Coastal Communites on May 26th at the Mill Casino. The keynote presenter was Maria Cahill, owner of Green Girl Land Development Solutions. To view her presentation click here. To view a brochure on Stormwater Solutions for Coastal Communities click here. To receive email announcements about upcoming workshops, subscribe to Oregon Stormwater listserv at: http://www.oeconline.org/our-work/rivers/stormwater/oregon-stormwater-listserv. ............................................................................................................ MATSON CREEK WETLAND PRESERVE Learn more about the Matson Creek Wetland Preserve, why wetlands are important, and the wildlife that live there on this new page ............................................................................................................ SUMMER 2010 NEWSLETTER ..........................................................................................................

Coos Watershed Association :: P.O. Box 5860 , Charleston, Oregon 97420 :: Ph. (541) 888-5922 / Fax (541) 888-6111: For directions to our office, click here