Hood River Watershed Group

Hood River Watershed Group The Hood River Watershed Group’s purpose is to sustain and improve the Hood River Watershed through education, cooperation, and stewardship.

Thank you to our trusted volunteers once again to help water some of our native plants at Baldwin Creek this week. It wa...
09/04/2026

Thank you to our trusted volunteers once again to help water some of our native plants at Baldwin Creek this week. It was an extra bit of insurance on top of the much needed rain we received. Hope everyone has a good Labor Day weekend!

P.S. Last slide I promise I’m actually doing some watering, not playing with the hose 🫡

Join us on Tuesday, September 8th at 5:30pm at the Parkdale Fish Hatchery for a guided tour presented by the Confederate...
08/25/2026

Join us on Tuesday, September 8th at 5:30pm at the Parkdale Fish Hatchery for a guided tour presented by the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs staff.

Learn about the operations of the hatchery and the objectives of the Tribes’ Hood River spring Chinook reintroduction program.

Tour starts at 5:30 pm!

Parkdale Fish Hatchery is located:
5620 Red Hill Drive, Mount Hood, OR 97401

Please RSVP to Dani by emailing [email protected]

Hope to see you there!

08/20/2026

Last week we were grateful to have help from The Next Door Summer Youth Work Crew once again to mulch hundreds of plants along the Lower East Fork Phase 2 site. Thank you to The Next Door and the Forest Service for their hard work, we couldn’t have done it without you!

08/13/2026

Our Restoration Project Manager, Javan Bailey, goes into detail about the log jam construction on the River Mile 3 project on the Hood River. These log jam structures will divert some of the flow into our new side channel. This new side channel will provide juvenile rearing habitat, where they can rest and grow safely outside of the fast main-river current, as well as provide adult spawning habitat, especially for salmon and steelhead in winter.

08/05/2026

Matt Steinwurtzel, Fisheries Biologist and Restoration Project Manager for the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs, goes into detail about the fish salvage for the current Rivermile 3 Project on the Hood River.

07/31/2026

Huge thank you to the high school kids working at The Next Door Inc Summer Youth Work Program! They helped us water hundreds of plants along the Lower East Fork Hood River project site.

When Bernadette was coordinating this volunteer watering event, we initially only had a few takers at first, but then we miraculously collaborated with the USFS Natural Resources Manager, Rashawn Tama, who assists with coordinating outdoor work for the Next Door Summer Youth Crew.

Long story short, three volunteers turned into almost 20 overnight. We couldn’t be more grateful for these kids who worked hard to get our young native plants watered.

These native plants, which were planted by bare root in March, will eventually grow to provide shade for the river, which in turn creates cooler water temperatures that the native fish love.

Thank you again to the NextDoor Summer Youth Crew, we look forward to working with you soon!

07/24/2026

Javan Bailey, our Restoration Project Manager at the Hood River Watershed Group, goes into detail about our current restoration project on River mile 3 of the Hood River.

07/17/2026

Thank you to our volunteers who showed up yesterday morning to water our spring native plantings at the Lower East Fork Phase 2 site. Together we watered 1,100 plants in 1.5 hours 🤯 Volunteers, we couldn’t have done it without you. If you are interested in volunteering, please subscribe to our newsletter for upcoming opportunities.

07/09/2026

The Hood River Watershed Group and the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs have been assisting ODF&W with sampling fish in the East Fork Hood River, as part of a monitoring program to evaluate the effectiveness of our habitat restoration.

07/01/2026

Construction has BEGUN for our restoration project on River Mile 3 of the Hood River. Salvaged boulders (such as this one) will be placed strategically (along with wood structure placement & pool/bank excavation) to reconnect perennial side channels/reconnect historic floodplain surfaces. This in turn will also help support fish habitat during their various life stages.

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