How did SDCWC get started?
SDCWC began as a sub-basin planning team within the Mid-Coast Watershed Council in the late 1990’s. In 2003, it became clear to those active on Salmon River and Drift Creek watershed education and restoration efforts that the Salmon and Drift watersheds were sufficiently separate and that there was sufficient volunteer energy and agency support for the SDCWC to begin work to establish an independent watershed council. In 2005, the SDCWC was organized as a 501c3 non-profit public corporation with a board of directors and by-laws. Since then the SDCWC has received grants from a variety of public and private sources including OWEB, National Forest Foundation, and private donors for public education and watershed restoration. Working with a variety of city, county, state, and federal agencies, and private landowners, SDCWC has completed many monitoring and restoration projects in the Salmon and Drift Creek watersheds including the Rock Creek Dam removal project which earned a state award f
