Council Meeting Schedule

Council meetings are held on the second Thursday of each month at 5:00 p.m. Meetings are open to the public. If you are interested in attending the meeting and discussing an issue of concern please be aware that we follow a public comment policy. At each meeting, we include a general public comment period of at least ten minutes at the beginning of the meeting. During this session, testimony is allowed on any matter relevant to the Council’s mission. The facilitator shall determine relevance. The time limit for comments is three minutes, which can be reduced at the discretion of the facilitator. The facilitator also may allow public comment or questions on specific agenda items as they are addressed, with a three-minute time limit. The facilitator has the discretion to end public testimony if needed to make sure the Council completes its business.

Before members of the public may provide comments, first they must be recognized by the facilitator. Individuals should raise their hands to be recognized and provide their names and the organizations they represent if any. The Council will require speakers to fill out a public comment card identifying themselves and the topic they wish to address.

January 11, 2024 – Virtual
Presentation Topic: How to Plant a Tree – Riparian Planting Program with The Freshwater Trust

February 8, 2024
Presentation Topic: Pacific Lamprey Dam Passage Study 2019-20 – Leaburg Dam

January 12, 2023 – Virtual
Presentation Topic: USACE 30-year plan for Willamette Project

February 9, 2023 – Virtual
Presentation Topic: Decommissioning the Leaburg Hydroelectric Project: What’s Around the Bend?

March 9, 2023 – International Paper, Springfield, OR
Presentation Topic: MWC Composition and Charter Review

May 11, 2023 – McKenzie Fire & Rescue, Leaburg, OR
Presentation Topic: Restoring Finn Rock Reach on the Middle McKenzie River

June 8, 2023 – McKenzie Fire & Rescue, Leaburg, OR
Presentation Topic:  Channel Migration Zone Mapping of the McKenzie River

October 12, 2023 – International Paper, Springfield, OR
Presentation Topic:  Charter Review and FY24 Budget Overview

November 9, 2023 – International Paper, Springfield, OR
Presentation Topic:  Finn Rock Reach Phase II Completion Report

December 14, 2023 – International Paper, Springfield, OR
Presentation Topic: Rooted in Place, Connected Across Landscapes: Regional Education in the Upper Willamette

January 13, 2022 – Virtual
Presentation Topic: Q & A Session on the Private Forest Accord

January 2022 Council Meeting Packet

February 10, 2022 – Virtual
Presentation Topic: Pure Water Partners – Planning Update

February 2022 Council Meeting Packet

March 10, 2022 – Virtual
Presentation Topic: Benthic macroinvertebrate response to Stage 0 at Deer Creek   

March 2022 Council Meeting Packet

April 14, 2022 – Virtual
Presentation Topic: Benthic Macroinvertebrates Response to Stage 0

April 2022 Council Meeting Packet

May 12, 2022 – Virtual
Presentation Topic: McKenzie Valley Long Term Recovery Group

May 2022 Council Meeting Packet

June 9, 2022 – Virtual
Presentation Topic: Lara Colley Masters Thesis

June 2022 Council Meeting Packet

October 13, 2022 – International Paper
Presentation Topic: Lane County Parks 5-Year Levy

October 2022 Council Meeting Packet

November 10, 2022 – McKenzie Fire & Rescue
Presentation Topic: 500 Years of Fire in the McKenzie Valley

November 2022 Council Meeting Packet

December 8, 2022 – International Paper
Presentation Topic: Urban Waters and Wildlife Program

December 2022 Council Meeting Packet

January 14, 2021 – Virtual
Presentation Topic: South Fork Restoration and Monitoring Project Update

January 2021 Council Meeting Packet

February 11, 2021 – Virtual
Presentation Topic: McKenzie Recovery Task Force: A Cooperative Approach to Restoration

February 2021 Council Meeting Packet

March 11, 2021 – Virtual
Presentation Topic: Pacific Lamprey Dam Passage Study 2019-20 Leaburg Dam

March 2021 Council Meeting Packet

April 8, 2021 – Virtual
April 2021 Council Meeting Packet

May 13, 2021 – Virtual
Presentation Topic: Upper Willamette Stewardship Network – Network Theory

May 2021 Council Meeting Packet

June 10th, 2021 – Virtual
Presentation Topic: Finn Rock Reach Restoration Project

June 2021 Council Meeting Packet

October 14, 2021 – Virtual
Presentation Topic: Council Self Evaluation

October 2021 Council Meeting Packet

December 9, 2021 – Virtual
Presentation Topic: Upper Willamette SWCD Tax Base Planning Year 1

December 2021 Council Meeting Packet

January 9, 2020 – Springfield Utility Board, 223 A St. Suite F, Springfield
Presentation Topic: South Fork Restoration and Monitoring Project Update

January 2020 Council Meeting Agenda
January 2020 Council Meeting Minutes

February 13, 2020 – McKenzie Fire & Rescue, 42870 McKenzie Hwy, Leaburg
Presentation Topic: Mt. St. Helens 1980 to 2020

February 2020 Council Meeting Agenda

March 12, 2020 – Springfield Utility Board, 223 A St. Suite F, Springfield
Presentation Topic: Long Tom Watershed Council – Urban Waters – POSTPONED

March 2020 Council Meeting Agenda – CANCELLED

April 9, 2020 – CANCELLED
Presentation Topic: HJ Andrews – Results of Long-Term Cutthroat Trout and Pacific Giant Salamander Monitoring in Mack Creek – POSTPONED

May 14, 2020 – CANCELLED
Presentation Topic: Information only, description of Council programs and activities

June 4th, 2020 – CANCELLED
Presentation Topic: Information About the McKenzie Watershed Council Programs and Activities

September 10, 2020 – CANCELLED
Presentation Topic: TBD

October 8, 2020 – Virtual
Presentation Topic: Local Coordinated Response to Holiday Farm Fire

October 2020 Council Meeting Packet

November 12, 2020 – Virtual
Presentation Topic: USFS BAER Team Survey Results from the Holiday Farm Fire

November 2020 Council Meeting Packet

December 10, 2020 – Virtual
Presentation Topic: BLM Holiday Farm Fire Burned Area Emergency Response Plan

December 2020 Council Meeting Packet

January 10, 2019 – Springfield Utility Board, 223 A St. Suite F, Springfield
Presentation Topic: Review of Council Self Assessment Results

January 2019 Council Meeting Agenda
January 2019 Council Meeting Minutes

March 14, 2019 – McKenzie Fire & Rescue, 42870 McKenzie Hwy, Leaburg
Presentation Topic: Downstream Fish Passage at Cougar Dam

March 2019 Council Meeting Agenda
March 2019 Council Meeting Minutes

April 11, 2019 – Weyerhaeuser Co., 785 North 42nd, Springfield
Presentation Topic: USACE Willamette Valley Project 50th Commemoration and EIS Update

April 2019 Council Meeting Agenda
April 2019 Council Meeting Minutes

May 9, 2019 – Springfield Utility Board, 223 A St. Suite F, Springfield
Presentation Topic: Oregon Spotted Frog Monitoring in the Mink Lake Basin

May 2019 Council Meeting Agenda
May 2019 Council Meeting Minutes

June 13, 2019 – McKenzie Fire & Rescue, 42870 McKenzie Hwy, Leaburg
Presentation Topic: Student presentations from WATERS conference

June 2019 Council Meeting Agenda
June 2019 Council Meeting Minutes

July – Field Tour

August – No Meeting

September 12, 2019 – Springfield Utility Board, 223 A St. Suite F, Springfield
Presentation Topic: Lane County Floodplain Code

September 2019 Council Meeting Agenda
September 2019 Council Meeting Minutes

October 10, 2019 – Council Retreat, EWEB, 500 East 4th Ave, Eugene

2019 Council Retreat Meeting Agenda
2019 Council Retreat Meeting Minutes

December 12, 2019 – Weyerhaeuser Co., 785 North 42nd, Springfield
Presentation Topic: MWC DEI Action Plan

December 2019 Council Meeting Agenda
December 2019 Council Meeting Minutes

January 11, 2018 – Springfield Utility Board, 223 A St. Suite F, Springfield
Presentation Topic: Watershed Action Teams for Enhancement, Restoration, and Stewardship (WATERS) Presented by Justin Demeter and Maggie O’Driscoll

January 2018 Council Meeting Agenda
January 2018 Council Meeting Minutes

February 8, 2018 – Weyerhaeuser Co., 785 North 42nd, Springfield
Presentation: Cougar Downstream Passage Project Presented by Jeremy Britton and Kelly Janes, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

February 2018 Council Meeting Agenda
February 2018 Council Meeting Minutes

March 8, 2018 – McKenzie Fire & Rescue, 42870 McKenzie Hwy, Leaburg
Presentation Topic: Western Cascade Fire Ecology, Presented by Randy Harbick (USFS), Jane Kertis (USFS), and Steve Acker (USFS)

Ecology Effects of Fire on Vegetation; 2017 Willamette NF Wildland Fires; Westside Fire Regimes-Past, Present, Future

March 2018 Council Meeting Agenda
March 2018 Council Meeting Minutes

April 12, 2018 – Springfield Utility Board, 223 A St. Suite F, Springfield
Presentation Topic: Riparian Forest Structure, Stream Light, and Bottom-up Drivers of Fish Production in Forested Headwaters Presented by Dana R. Warren (OSU), Allison Swartz (OSU)

April 2018 Meeting Agenda
April 2018 Meeting Minutes

May 10, 2018 – Weyerhaeuser Co., 785 North 42nd, Springfield

May 2018 Meeting Agenda
May 2018 Meeting Minutes

June 14, 2018 – McKenzie Fire & Rescue, 42870 McKenzie Hwy, Leaburg
Presentation Topic: WATERS program student presentations

June 2018 Meeting Agenda
June 2018 Meeting Minutes

August – Field Tour, Cancelled Due to Fire

September 13, 2018 -McKenzie Fire and Rescue, 42870 McKenzie Hwy, Walterville, OR 97489
Presentation: 2018: The Year of Toxic Algal Blooms

September 2018 Meeting Agenda
September 2018 Meeting Minutes

October 11, 2018 – Annual Council Retreat, Bob Keefer Center, 250 S. 32nd St, Springfield, OR 97478
Presentation Topic: Willamalane Current Projects/Programs

Council Retreat 2018 Meeting Agenda
Council Retreat 2018 Meeting Minutes

November 8, 2018 – University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History, 1680 E. 15th Ave. Eugene, OR 97403
Presentation Topic: H20 Today

November 2018 Meeting Agenda
November 2018 Meeting Minutes

December 13, 2018 – Weyerhaeuser Co., 785 North 42nd, Springfield
Presentation Topic: South Fork Floodplain Enhancement Phase 1

December 2018 Meeting Agenda
December 2018 Meeting Minutes

January 12, 2017 – Springfield Utility Board, 223 A St. Suite F, Springfield
Presentation Topic: Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL), DEQ

January 2017 Council Meeting Agenda
January 2017 Council Meeting Minutes

February 9, 2017 – Weyerhaeuser Co., 785 North 42nd, Springfield
Presentation Topic: Adoption of 2-year work plan and session on meeting facilitation

February 2017 Council Meeting Agenda
February 2017 Council Meeting Minutes

March 9, 2017 – McKenzie Fire & Rescue, 42870 McKenzie Hwy, Leaburg
Presentation Topic: Long-Term Ecological Reflections, C. Goodrich

March 2017 Council Meeting Agenda
March 2017 Council Meeting Minutes

April 13, 2017 – Springfield Utility Board, 223 A St. Suite F, Springfield Presentation
Topic: Blue Pool Management, McKenzie River Ranger District

April 2017 Council Meeting Agenda
April 2017 Council Meeting Minutes

May 11, 2017 – Weyerhaeuser Co., 785 North 42nd, Springfield
Presentation Topic: EWEB’s Second Water Source, Jeannine Parisi

May 2017 Council Meeting Agenda
May 2017 Council Meeting Minutes

June 8, 2017 – McKenzie Fire & Rescue, 42870 McKenzie Hwy, Leaburg
Presentation Topic: WATERS Program Student Presentations by McKenzie, Springfield, and Thurston High School students

June 2017 Council Meeting Agenda
June 2017 Council Meeting Minutes

September 14, 2017 -Weyerhaeuser Co., 785 North 42nd, Springfield
Presentation Topic: Paired Watershed Studies – Maryanne Reiter

September 2017 Council Meeting Agenda
September 2017 Council Meeting Minutes (Available after October Council Meeting)

October 12, 2017 -HJ Andrews Experimental Forest
Presentations: Drinking Water Source Protection – Karl Morgenstern

October 2017 Council Meeting – Annual Retreat Agenda
October 2017 Council Meeting – Annual Retreat Minutes

November 9, 2017 – McKenzie Fire & Rescue, 42870 McKenzie Hwy, Leaburg
Presentation Topic: Deer Creek Floodplain Enhancement Project by Jared Weybright and Kate Meyer Lower South Fork McKenzie River Enhancement Project by Kate Meyer Process-based Restoration of Depositional Stream Reaches – A Paradigm Shift to Stage 0 by Johan Hogervorst

November 2017 Council Meeting Agenda
November 2017 Council Meeting Minutes

December 14, 2017 – Weyerhaeuser Co., 785 North 42nd, Springfield
Presentation Topic: Pits, Politics, and People: Understanding the Willamette Valley’s Aggregate Mining Industry and the Role of Enhancement Reclamation in the West by Libby Morrison

December 2017 Council Meeting Agenda
December 2017 Council Meeting Minutes

January 14, 2016 – Springfield Utility Board, 223 A St. Suite F, Springfield

January 2016 Council Meeting Agenda
January 2016 Council Meeting Minutes

February 11, 2016 – Weyerhaeuser Co., 785 North 42nd, Springfield

February 2016 Council Meeting Agenda
February 2016 Council Meeting Minutes

March 10, 2016 – McKenzie Fire & Rescue, 42870 McKenzie Hwy, Leaburg

March 2016 Council Meeting Agenda
March 2016 Council Meeting Minutes

April 14, 2016 – Springfield Utility Board, 223 A St. Suite F, Springfield

April 2016 Council Meeting Agenda
April 2016 Council Meeting Minutes

May 12, 2016 – Weyerhaeuser Co., 785 North 42nd, Springfield

May 2016 Council Meeting Agenda
May 2016 Council Meeting Minutes

June 9, 2016 – McKenzie Fire & Rescue, 42870 McKenzie Hwy, Leaburg

June 2016 Council Meeting Agenda
June 2016 Council Meeting Minutes

September 8, 2016 – Weyerhaeuser Co., 785 North 42nd, Springfield

September 2016 Council Meeting Agenda
September 2016 Council Meeting Minutes

October 13, 2016 – Annual Retreat, Eugene Water & Electric Board, Training Room, North Building, 500 E. 4th Avenue, Eugene

October 2016 Council Meeting – Annual Retreat Agenda
October 2016 Council Retreat Meeting Minutes

November 10, 2016 – McKenzie Fire & Rescue, 42870 McKenzie Hwy, Leaburg

November 2016 Council Meeting Agenda
November 2016 Council Meeting Minutes

December 8, 2016 – Weyerhaeuser Co., 785 North 42nd, Springfield

December 2016 Council Meeting Agenda
December 2016 Council Meeting Minutes Virtu