Articles
Salmon return to the Illinois Basin
The salmon are coming! What can you do to welcome their return? Illinois Valley, Oregon – 10 October 2012 – Wild Chinook and Coho salmon will soon be returning to the Illinois Valley. When fall rains bring higher water, the salmon will be spawning in the river and Illinois Valley streams. Fall Chinook are the [...]
Wise Watering: When to Irrigate
This article appeared in the Illinois Valley News, Wednesday, August 8, 2012, Edition Summer 2012 Nancy Smebak, IVSWCD Special Projects Coordinator When the well is dry, we know the worth of water, or so goes the old saying. As a drought sweeps much of the country, including my family’s farmstead in the Midwest, I am grateful [...]
Help Salmon in Selma (and across the IV)
Illinois Valley landowners can make a difference for native fish The Illinois Valley is known worldwide as an important spawning site for Coho salmon and Steelhead, but it is easy to forget this in the crush of everyday life. And while lottery funds do come back to our Valley in the form of grant funding for [...]
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