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Little Butte Creek Watershed

  • A small creek with a few logs that have been placed in the middle of the stream.
    Roman Battaglia
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    Jefferson Public Radio
    The Rogue River Watershed Council has been restoring sections of Little Butte Creek north of Medford. It’s part of a unique partnership focused on cleaning up drinking water and restoring fish habitat that has provided almost $4 million dollars for environmental projects across the Pacific Northwest.
  • Sen. Jeff Merkley visited the site of a new canal piping project in Jackson County.
    Erik Neumann
    /
    JPR
    Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley visited the site of a new water pipeline project in the works in Jackson County on Friday. The development of the 13.6-mile-long pipeline marks a significant investment in water-moving infrastructure in Southern Oregon that could benefit both farms and fish.