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.
2024 Council Meetings
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
2023 Council Meetings
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
2022 Council Meetings
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
2021 Council Meetings
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
2020 Council Meetings
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
2019 Council Meetings
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
2018 Council Meetings
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
2017 Council Meetings
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
2016 Council Meetings
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