Clackamas Partnership Project Tracker

Welcome to The Clackamas Partnership!

The Clackamas Partnership is a collaboration of Portland metropolitan area watershed councils, government agencies, tribes, and other organizations committed to improving watershed health. The Partnership recently developed a Strategic Restoration Action Plan to guide voluntary restoration actions designed to improve stream habitat, water quality, and native fish populations. The Strategic Plan covers the Clackamas River Basin, a stretch of the Willamette River, and other tributaries flowing into the east side of the Willamette River, including Abernethy, Kellogg, and Johnson Creeks. Historically, the Clackamas River and these tributaries supported thriving salmon, steelhead, and other native fish populations.

The Strategic Plan focuses on salmon and steelhead populations that are listed under the Federal Endangered Species Act (ESA). The Plan also addresses anadromous Pacific lamprey and resident Clackamas River Basin bull trout populations identified in federal and state native fish recovery and conservation plans.

Restoration actions are guided by the habitat and population objectives and conservation approaches set forth in the following plans:

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's (ODFW) Lower Columbia River Conservation & Recovery Plan for Oregon Populations of Salmon & Steelhead
Focus species: Spring and fall Chinook salmon, chum salmon, coho salmon, winter steelhead
Co-benefit species: Redband trout; cutthroat trout
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's (USFWS) Conservation Agreement for Pacific Lamprey and 2020 Regional Pacific Lamprey Implementation Plan for the Lower Columbia/Willamette Regional Management Unit Willamette Sub-Unit

USFWS' Final Recovery Plan for the Coterminous United States Population of Bull Trout
Focus species: Bull trout
Co-benefit species: Redband trout; cutthroat trout

The Clackamas Partnership was awarded a grant through the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board's (OWEB) Focused Investment Partnership (FIP) program. The $8,744,080 grant will support fish habitat restoration, outreach, monitoring, and other activities over a 6-year investment period, 2019 - 2025. The Partnership estimates leveraging an equal amount of additional funding from Partnership organizations and other sources to support the restoration program.

Project Map

This map shows approximate Project Locations. For more detail, view the comprehensive map page.

Cluster Project Locations

Project Stage

Featured Projects

Badger Creek Fish Passage Restoration

Badger Creek culvert replacement

Limiting Factor	Road Crossings
Lead Implementer	Johnson Creek Watershed Council
Other Organizations
Stage	Completed
Duration	2016

Badger Creek is a tributary to Johnson Creek in rural Clackamas County. A group of three small diameter culverts under the Springwater Trail were a complete barrier to coho salmon, steelhead, Pacific lamprey and resident trout passage to upstream habitat. In September, 2016, the culverts were removed and replaced with a single 10-foot diameter corrugated metal pipe culvert that was countersunk three feet and filled with stream gravel to simulate natural stream conditions. This completed project now provides fish access into 1.5 miles of stream habitat.

River Island Natural Area Restoration

Metro's River Island Natural Area

Limiting Factor	Degraded Riparian Areas and Large Wood Recruitment
Lead Implementer	Oregon Metro
Other Organizations
Stage	Completed
Duration	2015 - 2017

Nestled on the Clackamas River just upstream from Barton Park, River Island provides 240 acres of habitat for plants and wildlife, including endangered salmon and steelhead, native turtles and migratory birds. Metro worked with community members and experts to design plans to restore fish and wildlife habitat and improve water quality at this voter-protected natural area.

Project partners include: Clackamas River Basin Council, Portland General Electric, Clackamas County, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. U.S. Forest Service.

More information can be found at www.oregonmetro.gov/riverisland