Demeter Design · Watershed planning

Research, Analysis, Planning

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

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.

01

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
02

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.

03

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

Each project pairs research and analysis with maps that explain the resource. Select a thumbnail to open the full map sheet.

Detail of the Netarts Bay passage barriers map: road crossings on the stream network.
Limiting factors

Netarts Bay passage

Undersized and failing culverts limit fish movement even when few absolute barriers exist.

Full study

Detail of the North Coast chum priority reaches map: sub-watersheds ranked, top 10 priorities in yellow.
Restoration priority

North Coast chum priorities

A ranked restoration-habitat map for the work plan, built from habitat data, surveys, and existing reports.

Full study

Detail of the Netarts Bay overwintering potential map: stream reaches rated high, medium, or low.
Habitat assessment

Netarts Bay rearing habitat

Screened overwintering and summer rearing so field days follow the map.

Full study

Upper Nestucca River stream network locator map from the study cover.
Sediment study

Upper Nestucca stream network

Sediment, shade, and habitat complexity across the upper stream network, prepared for the Bureau of Land Management.

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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.

Sediment, Shade, and Complexity in the Upper Nestucca River Watershed
Demeter Design · Upper Nestucca
Netarts Bay Limiting Factors Analysis
Demeter Design · passage and habitat
North Fork Siuslaw Sediment and Habitat Assessment
Demeter Design · North Fork Siuslaw
Computational Ecological Restoration Prioritization
Demeter Design · North Coast bay watershed
East Fork Watershed Assessment
Demeter Design · North Coast
North Coast River Limiting Factors Assessment
Demeter Design · North Coast
Bay Watershed Physical Habitat Study
Demeter Design · North Coast · PDF not hosted here yet
County Natural Hazard Study
County Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan · with FEMA, 2015

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Basin, question, deadline

Ask for research, analysis, or a plan. We reply with scope and timeline. Fieldwork follows the agreed scope when needed. Graphic Oregon is the parent of Demeter Design.

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