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SRRC News Contents

1. Wildfires ignited on Salmon River on June 20, 2008
2. New Website Launched
3. Cooperative Spring Chinook & Summer Steelhead Dives Announced
4. SRRC Welcomes New Board Members

Wildfires ignited on Salmon River on June 20, 2008

The lightning storm of June 20, 2008 ignited several wildfires in the Salmon River watershed. These fires are continuing to burn moderately as of July 4. Several fires are being managed for the benefit of natural resources and/or wildland fire use by the US Forest Service.

Ukonom Complex

The Ukonom Complex includes the Merrill Fire and the Jake Fire, both of which are in the Salmon River watershed. The Blue Fire, on Blue Creek in the Klamath watershed is also part of this complex.

Most of the Merrill Fire is located within the Marble Mountain Wilderness Area. Initial ignition points were near Merrill Mountain, Black Mountain, Medicine Mountain, and Black Mountain.

The Jake Fire is burning in the mainstem Salmon River canyon between Portuguese Creek and Wilson Gulch from river level to ridgetop on river right.

A fire is known to be burning in the Crapo Creek drainage although it has not yet been located.

These fires are expected to burn into the forseeable future and into the driest part of summer. Unconfirmed reports suggest that the historic Fowler Cabin located near the confluence of Bridge Creek and Wooley Creek has burned.

Gould Complex

The fires of the Gould Complex are burning in Gould Gulch near Cecilville. These fires are contained as of July 2 all firefighters have been removed from the fire.

SRRC Assistance

The SRRC is assisting the US Forest Service in assessing the fires, GIS mapping, and by providing valuable information about fire history in the area.

Current Fire Information

Daily press releases about the fires are posted on the Klamath National Forest's online newsroom. The InciWeb fire information website now includes the Ukonom Complex and the nearby Siskiyou Fire Complex on the Klamath National Forest.

For more information contact Tom McCampbell, James Stone or Mark Wurdeman, USFS Fire Information Officers at 530-627-3981 or at .

New Website Launched

The SRRC launched its completely redesigned website on April 26, 2008. This is the first redesign of the www.srrc.org website since its beginning over ten years ago! A lot has changed.

Key features of the new site include:

• detailed information about SRRC and our various programs
• a sleek web and email event calendar you can subscribe to
• an interactive map of the Salmon River and some of our project areas
• lots of information about the watershed and its history
• integrated realtime river flow and weather info
• membership sign up and donation pages
• an online store with maps, t-shirts, and more
• a website search page
• publications and data plus information about services we provide

The new website should provide a better, more informative resource for the local community, our collaborators, funders, members, and the general public.

SRRC Board Member Scott Harding custom built the site with the assistance of SRRC staff. Lyra Cressey (SRRC's Monitoring Program Coordinator) coordinated the new site's content.

Please contact us with your feedback so we can continue to improve the site.

Our old website has been removed from the web as of May 26, 2008.

Salmon River Cooperative Spring Chinook & Summer Steelhead Dives

Come participate in the 2008 Salmon River Cooperative Spring Chinook Dives.  Stay for fisheries workshops, presentations and restoration activities!

The annual Salmon River Spring Chinook Dives will take place in Forks of Salmon July 22 – July 25. Dive training (mandatory if you are a first year or tenth year diver) will take place Tuesday, July 22, followed by an evening of movies under the stars.

The dives will take place Wednesday and Thursday, July 23 and 24.  Educational programs, workshops and fieldtrips are also on the program. Chinook stock, otolith and genetic research presentations, as will as a spring Chinook research planning meeting will be held Friday, July 25.

Download the full schedule of activities and registration form .

SRRC Welcomes New Board Members

SRRC would like to welcome three new board members: Creek Hanaeur, Ben Beaver, and Sharon Hoppas were elected to our board of directors on March 1, 2008. Both Creek and Sharon live on the South Fork and are active members of the Salmon River community. Ben Beaver grew up on the Salmon River. We look forward to their active participation with SRRC.

We would also like to thank departing board members Bill Tripp, Harold Tripp and Rhonda Olsen, all of whom served on our board for many, many years.