About Scappoose Bay Watershed Council
We promote & support a healthy watershed.
We work through projects that protect and restore native fish, wildlife, and plants, and by working with the community to educate and encourage participation in enhancing and enjoying their natural surroundings.
Project Restorations
Lower Milton Creek Oxbow Reconnection
July 1, 2021 – December 1, 2025
Coho and Steelhead were historically abundant in Lower Milton Creek, but over time, a loss of summer rearing habitat has had a negative impact on the health of the stream and salmon populations. This proj...
Brush Creek Large Wood and Fish Passage
July 1, 2021 – December 1, 2022
Coho and Steelhead were historically abundant in Brush Creek, but over time, various factors have had a negative impact on the health of the stream and salmon populations. This project will provide a number of ecological benefits al...
Nob Hill Nature Park Trail Enhancement
September 14, 2020 – September 14, 2022
We are partnering with the City of St. Helens to make improvements to the Nob Hill Nature Park. This restoration project will focus on removing invasive species that have contributed to the loss of Oak woodland habitat as we...
Raymond Creek Restoration Design
April 1, 2020 – December 1, 2021
Coho, Steelhead and Cutthroat were all historically abundant in Raymond Creek, but over time, various factors have had a negative impact on the health of the stream and salmon populations. This technical assistance project will con...
Dart Creek Fish Passage
Over the past 10 years, the Scappoose Bay Watershed Council has been actively working to restore fish populations in the Milton Creek basin through fish passage correction and habitat enhancement projects. Dart Creek is a tributary of Milton Creek. This project restores fish...
Upper Milton Creek Large Wood Enhancement
The goal of the project is to increase the volume of large wood within the main stem channel, to approximately 200 pieces of wood per mile, to support salmonid habitat enhancement. It will place approximately 400 large wood pieces along 2.5 miles in upper Milton Creek. The p...
Lower North Scappoose Creek Restoration
June 2019-April 2020
In order to address key limiting factors for salmonids, this restoration improved and enhanced fish and wildlife habitat along a quarter of mile section of North Scappoose Creek. Improvements to the physical habitat quality and complexity includ...
South Scappoose Creek Restoration
Restoration construction and significant riparian vegetation activities were completed by Winter 2019. Additional monitoring and plant maintenance will be ongoing for the next few years. The creek has historically provided habitat for Coho salmon and Steelhead, but over time...
Lower Milton Creek Restoration
2018-2019
The project goal is to detail current riparian corridor conditions and identify restoration actions that can effectively address resource concerns. This includes prioritizing projects to maximize limited resources, and working with landowners to educate th...
Honeyman Creek Fish Passage Design
Honeyman Creek, a tributary to Scappoose Bay, is an important watershed for ESA-listed Lower Columbia River Chinook salmon, coho salmon, winter steelhead, cutthroat trout, and other species occupying similar habitats. Road and access construction for historical logging pract...
Milton Creek Large Woody Debris Restoration
Milton Creek LWD Project is a partnership between the SB Watershed Council and the City of St. Helens. The goal was to install large wood into the mainstem of upper Milton Creek, slowing the creek and restoring natural processes by creating pools and restoring side-channels....
Springlake Community Pond Restoration
In partnership with the Springlake community, the Scappoose Bay Watershed Council made improvements to the riparian area of a local community pond near the Scappoose Bay Bottomlands. A key goal of the project was to improve native wildlife habitat. During this project, the...
Scappoose Confluence
The North and South forks of the Scappoose Creek come together just north of the city of Scappoose. Scappoose Bay Watershed Council addressed degraded creek conditions by installing large wood to develop additional channels and complexity for salmon habitat. Riparian vegetat...
Milton Creek Riparian Restoration
The Milton Creek Restoration Project worked with nine private landowners to enhance approximately 0.9 miles of Milton Creek by managing non-native vegetation and planting with appropriate native vegetation. The project included removing reed canary grass and other invasive p...
Hogan Ranch
2008-2010
Hogan Ranch is located on the Scappoose Bay Bottomlands, an important wetland area of the watershed. In 2004 the NRCS acquired a conservation easement on the property, and between 2008 and 2010, the Council conducted water quality and vegetation studies a...
Nob Hill Nature Park
In 2008, a local community members and neighbors of the park approached SBWC to see if funds could be obtained to restore parts of the park. These concerned members of the community had been volunteering their own time to remove weeds in the park but much more effort was nee...
Fish Passage Corrections (Multi-Project Area)
The Scappoose Bay Watershed Council has been working on replacing failing culverts with improved fish passages since 2001. We have worked with a wide variety of partners to remove or replace 43 barriers, opening up over 57 miles of creeks and streams for fish access.
We work with the community to
Educate and encourage participation in initiatives.
Beyond restoration projects, we have put together a list of resources and programs for community members. This includes a checklist of DIY projects you can do.
WE ENCOURAGE ENHANCEMENT OF NATURAL AREAS BY
Educating our community and
offering native plants, shrubs, and trees.
Native Plant Nursery
Our nursery has one of the region’s largest selections of native trees, shrubs, wildflowers, ferns and sedges. Most of the plants go into local restoration projects and some are sold to the public at our plant sales in April and October.
Native plants are essential to our restoration efforts in the Scappoose Bay Watershed as they enhance wildlife habitat and preserve the health of local creeks.
Volunteer Program
We work together with community and student volunteers to cultivate and nurture native species for use in restoration projects, as well as bi-annual plant sales.
Volunteer activities include helping at the nursery, collecting local seeds and cuttings, propagating plants, working at local events and supporting our customers at plant sales.
Our Partners
