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Welcome to the MidCoast Watersheds Council

The MidCoast Watersheds Council is a local non-profit organization dedicated to improving the health of streams and watersheds of Oregon’s central coast so they produce clean water, rebuild healthy salmon populations, and support a healthy ecosystem and economy. The Council works in an area of nearly one million acres, including all streams draining from the crest of the Coast Range to the Pacific, from the Salmon River to Cape Creek at Heceta Head. This area includes the watersheds of the Salmon, Siletz, Yaquina, Alsea, and Yachats rivers, and more than 28 smaller ocean tributaries.

The website sections below provide access to information related to Council related news, meetings, partners, watershed assessments, projects, and education program. The About Us section also gives more details about the Council itself and more detail on the overall program.

About Us - This section includes much information about the various committees and key personnel which make up the Council. It also includes the bylaws, mission statement, and Annual Reports.
News -This section provides access to current events, announcements, meeting notes, and other topics of interest.
Partners - This section is dedicated to the many partners that work collaboratively on watershed restoration, preservation, investigation, education and conservation.
Watershed Assessments - This section includes access to the 2001 5th Field Watershed Assessment Final Report and its supporting information, as well as, Limiting Factor Analyses and Restoration Plans for several streams. The Basin Browser maps show results of assessment efforts at the sub-basin scale.
Projects - We are currently working on designing this page.
Education - The Education section is a robust site dedicated to the young and not so young involvement in improving and maintaining the health of our streams and watersheds. Check out the upcoming educational events and volunteer opportunities.
Basin Browser - The Basin Browser is an interactive map tool that allows one to look at watersheds and related information at a variety of scales. One can look at all of the watersheds in the MidCoast area, individual larger watersheds or basin scale, or at the smaller watershed or sub-basin scale. At the smaller scale one can access the 6th scale watershed assessment reports, or access information on projects relative to the selected watershed/sub-basin.
Meetings - We are currently updating this page.