Research, Analysis, Planning

Habitat and resource research and planning for community-based organizations.

Request a quote How we work

Quote-only. We reply with scope and timeline.

What we do

Research, analysis, and the plan that follows

Watershed councils, agencies, and community groups bring a question. We study it, rank the options, and write the plan.

Research

Habitat, sediment, and limiting-factor assessments for watershed councils and agencies. Fieldwork, sampling, and analysis follow the agreed scope when needed.

Habitat assessments
Sediment and shade
Limiting factors

Analysis

Ranks restoration reaches using habitat data, surveys, GIS, and existing reports, so the work starts where it matters most.

Restoration priority
Fish passage
Rearing habitat

Supporting method: GIS and mapping. Drinking-water and housing overlays, passage, and habitat maps that explain the resource visually.

Planning

The action plan is the written packet after the research: the plan a council can fund, with restoration priorities for the work plan.

Action plans
Restoration work plans
Scope and timeline

Completed projects

From published assessments

Published assessments, with the maps that explain the resource. Open a map to see the full sheet.

Drinking water

North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection

Drinking-water source mapping across Clatsop and Tillamook creeks.

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Limiting factors

Netarts Bay passage

Undersized and failing culverts limit coho, steelhead, and chum in Netarts Bay. Prepared in 2008 for the Tillamook Estuaries Partnership.

Full study

North Coast chum priority map, with sub-watersheds ranked and the top 10 priorities in yellow.

Restoration priority

North Coast chum priorities

Ranked restoration-habitat map for the Tillamook Bay work plan. Top 10 priorities are marked in yellow. 2008, Tillamook Bay Watershed Council.

Full study

Riparian channel photo used as the card preview. This study has no site map on the page.

Riparian monitoring

OWEB riparian restoration effectiveness

Field check of OWEB riparian planting and fencing. Most surveyed projects were gone or failing. Maintained sites did best.

Full study

Also on file: North Fork John Day, a 2010 habitat and sediment assessment on Forest Service and Bureau land, prepared for the Bureau of Land Management. The report is not hosted here yet.

Research library

Oregon watershed papers

Cara’s published watershed papers for Nestucca, Siuslaw, Netarts, and other Oregon Coast basins. Download the PDF when we have it; otherwise open Academia.