The MidCoast Watersheds Council is a local non-profit organization dedicated to improving the health of streams and watersheds in the midcoast area.

We are a local non-profit organization dedicated to improving the health of streams and watersheds in the midcoast area. We are governed by a board of directors and officers. Decisions are made by consensus of the board of our regular monthly meeting. Committees, such as the admin committee and the technical team provide oversight and guidance for decision making. Read the MCWC By-Laws.

The MidCoast Watersheds Council is involved in conducting rapid bio-assessments of coho distribution in MidCoast Watersheds and estuarine assessments of Yaquina and Alsea Bay. MCWC maintains a Geographic Information Systems database and 6th field assessment for MidCoast Watersheds.

Our on-the-ground projects include riparian fencing and planting, culvert replacement, in-stream log structures, bank stabilization, and tidelands and estuarine restoration, as well as site specific monitoring and long-term basin scale monitoring.

Our community education and outreach programs include a Stream Scene program for grades 6-12, monthly meetings and other activities, a MidCoast Watersheds News newsletter, and press releases and other news.

We maintain Basin Planning Teams in the following areas:

Wayne Hoffman - MCWC Coordinator
Parker Ogburn - Siletz Watershed Group support staff
Katie Lantz Phillips - Yaquina Basin Planning Team support staff
Linda Johnston - Alsea Watershed Council support staff
Katie McKenzie - Salmon-Drift Watershed Council
Virginia Tardaewether - Education Coordinator
Tanya Halliwell - MCWC bookkeeping and fiscal management

The MidCoast Watersheds Council sponsors educational speakers at the PUD building in Newport on the first Thursday of every month.

If you are interested in volunteering, each basin planning team has opportunities for volunteer monitoring, including water quality sampling, salmon spawning surveys, invasive weed removal, and other activities.

If you have land and are willing to participate in conservation and restoration projects, please contact the MidCoast Watersheds Council office. Contact information is listed below.