{gallery}12_20_11/loons{/gallery}The Buchanan Ditch/Creek bisecting the City of Eagle Point has, over the years, carried more than water from its beginnings near the Willamette Egg Farm. It has also carried controversy in the nature of its ownership, enough flood water to inundate the city and is now the subject of a restoration project. Perhaps restoration is…
Riparian project
December 5, 2011 by Leave a Comment
The City of Eagle Point has recently restored a portion Buchanan ditch to protect wetlands and help with flood control. The recently restored area also helps to maintain natural beauty and a wildlife habitat, in our own backyard. On Saturday, Dec. 10 from 9-12 n , the Little Butte Creek Watershed Council invites the public…
Open house on changes from flood irrigated to sprinkler
May 9, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Jackson Soil and Water Conservation District (JSWCD) is holding a May 26 open house to review a large project converting flood to sprinkler irrigation. The District recently finished the last phase of the project on Little Butte Creek, converting 125 acres of previously flood-irrigated lands to a sprinkler system. The project is expected to improve…
Creekside Planting
January 31, 2011 by Leave a Comment
The Little Butte Creek Watershed Council is asking for volunteers to plant native species at the Gadberry Ranch on Saturday, Feb. 5, from 8:30 - 12:30. Tools will be provided, and lunch will be provided. Bring gloves and a coat. Meet at Brownsboro Highway and Highway 140 at 8:30. Call Tim Weaver at 541-646-1684 with…
Creekside Planting
January 24, 2011 by Leave a Comment
The Little Butte Creek Watershed Council is asking for volunteers to plant native species at the Gadberry Ranch on Saturday, Feb. 5, from 8:30 - 12:30. Tools will be provided, and lunch will be provided. Bring gloves and a coat. Meet at Brownsboro Highway and Highway 140 at 8:30. Call Tim Weaver at 541-646-1684 with…
Bike ride
August 16, 2010 by Leave a Comment
The Little Butte Creek Watershed Council is sponsoring an off-road ridefrom Lake of the Woods to Fish Lake on Aug. 21. Meet at the Old Fire Station parking lot in Eagle Point (next to Chase Bank on Main Street) at 8:45 to car-pool to the start of the trail. The is a one-way 8 mile…
UR Watershed cleanup day at Agate Lake
May 13, 2008 by Leave a Comment
Down by the Riverside Clean-up and Little Butte Creek annual picnic is at Agate Lake May 17, from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. This year’s project will focus on an all lake clean up of Agate Lake for the annual Down by the Riverside event. Participants will be issued gloves, bags and litter…
