1. A Continuing Strategy for Accelerating Cooperative Riparian Restoration and Management Creeks and Communities

2. Water – A World Wide Problem Use has tripled since 1950 Severing of ecological connectivity No more Water today than 100 million years ago Loss of Continental Storage

3. Solutions Water TreatiesWater Treaties DamsDams ConservationConservation Water ProductivityWater Productivity Environmental ReservesEnvironmental Reserves EducationEducation

4. Catchment Restoration Luna Leopold – View of the RiverLuna Leopold – View of the River –US Water Budget –30” Average Precipitation –Debit 9” runoff 3” or 1/3 from overland flow3” or 1/3 from overland flow 6” or 2/3 from groundwater6” or 2/3 from groundwater –Debit 21” evaporation/transpiration

5. Opportunity Decrease runoffDecrease runoff Increase Water Storage Keep Water on the Land Longer

6. ? Riparian Health?

7. Pre-European Influence

8. Fisheries and Wildlife Habitat Varies by speciesVaries by species Varies by SiteVaries by Site

11. Native Species and Height of Vegetation

15. Native Ungulates

18. Inclusion of Humans and Their Lifestyles

20. Stream Function

21. Bear Creek May 1977

22. Bear Creek May 1983 6 years

23. Bear Creek Aug 1986 9 years

24. Bear Creek June 1987 9.8 years

25. Bear Creek Aug 1987 10 years

26. Bear Creek Oct 1988 11 years

27. Bear Creek Aug 1993 16 years

28. Bear Creek Nov 1995 18 years

29. Bear Creek Feb 1996 18.5 years

30. Bear Creek April 1996 18.7 years

31. Bear Creek Oct 1996 19 years

32. Bear Creek Sept 1997 20 years

33. Bear Creek Dec. 2000 22.5 years

34. Bear Creek July 2001 24 years

35. Bear Creek July 2002 25 years

36. Bear Creek May 2003 26 years

37. Bear Creek March 2004 27 years

38. Bear Creek May 2004 27 years

39. Bear Creek May 2004 27 years

40. Bear Creek May 2004 27 years

41. Bear Creek July 2004

42. 27 years Bear Creek July 2004

43. 1977 Bear Creek : Change In Channel Profile (1977 – 2001) 88 90 92 94 96 98 100 102 104 110120130140150160170180190105115125135145100155175185195200205210215220225165230235240 198319772001 1983 2001

44. Date -40 -20 0 20 40 60 80 100 8-Aug 12-Aug16-Aug20-Aug24-Aug28-Aug Temperature (Degrees F) Air Water Difference Difference in Air & Water Temperatures Bear Creek - Central Oregon 1976

45. Difference in Air & Water Temperatures Bear Creek - Central Oregon 1998 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 7-Aug 11-Aug 15-Aug 19-Aug 23-Aug27-Aug 31-Aug Date Temperature Degrees F Air Water Difference

46. Bear Creek (3.5 Miles) Data from C. Rasmussen (1996) and W. Elmore 19781994 Wetted Area7.8 acres15.9 acres Bank Erosion12,448 feet799 feet Water Storage500,000 gal/mi1.5 mil gal/mi Production200 lbs/acre2000 lbs/acre

47. Winston Churchill Americans can always be trusted to do what is right after they have tried everything else.Americans can always be trusted to do what is right after they have tried everything else.