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
Author: Greg Stabach
The Bear Creek Greenway Guide is Live!
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!
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
Bear Creek Greenway Guide
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
Salmon Watch – Fall 2022
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
Bear Creek Restoration Initiative (BCRI)
Many local organizations have been working both individually and collaboratively to restore the riparian area along Bear Creek and its tributaries for over 20 years. In early 2019, after the READ MORE
Restoration of Riparian Corridors
Local communities, including Jackson County, as well as many of the cities and towns within the county, support the work of the Bear Creek Restoration Initiative (BCRI) through Clean Water READ MORE