Author: Greg Stabach

Spring is the perfect time to support Stream Smart! You can get involved by volunteering at the Bear Creek or Rogue River clean-ups, supporting our Spring Salmon Watch programs, or READ MORE

Stream Smart – a clean water project was thrilled to be selected as the June 2024 recipient of the Ashland Co-op’s Change for Good program. Your donations will help support READ MORE

In 2019, following the Penninger fire in Central Point, restoration practitioners came together to form the Bear Creek Restoration Initiative (BCRI).  BCRI members had collectively been working on restoration for READ MORE

As we begin a new year, many of us are energized to learn more and try something new.  Does being a Stream Smart volunteer or participating in one of our READ MORE

The salmon have returned to Bear Creek! It’s that time of year again where the Salmon return from the ocean to begin their more than 100 mile journey to spawn READ MORE

Have you heard an interview on the local news about bacteria in Bear Creek or noticed Bear Creek or its tributary streams (e.g., Griffin Creek) listed in the paper that READ MORE

Thanks to funding provided by the Carpenter Foundation and the Mace Watchable Wildlife Foundation and the help of many partners and the community, we were able to complete the Bear READ MORE

Salmon Fry Release and Salmon Watch! Last week, Stream Smart partners worked with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) and local schools to combine the release of salmon READ MORE

Stream Smart partners have been hard at work updating the Bear Creek Greenway Guide. The Guide was originally published in the late 1990’s and updated through the early 2000’s (2002). READ MORE

Another Successful Year in the Books! With some continuing challenges, including limited hours for bus drivers for some districts, an instructor shortage, and cancellations, we provided field trips over seven READ MORE