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Great News! Salmon Spawning In Manly Road Creek Tributary To The East Fork

Manly Road Creek Low Summer Stream Flow Issues & Salmon Survival: Over the past 15 years Friends of the East Fork (FOEF) and Fish First along with Clark County and other collaborating conservation organizations have done a lot of restoration,

Great News! Salmon Spawning In Manly Road Creek Tributary To The East Fork2024-02-23T15:00:45-08:00

Project Listing & Collaboration History 2022

Project Listing and Collaboration History 2022 Friends of the East Fork (FOEF) has had a very good river project work season in 2021 despite all the challenges facing everyone. We completed not just one, but two in-stream fish habitat and

Project Listing & Collaboration History 20222022-08-01T11:41:21-07:00

Lewis River Program Update 2022

Lewis River Program Update 2022 The 2022 field/stream restoration and stewardship programs are about to start, however, because of intensive late spring rains that caused high stream channel flows, field work and contacts for assistance requested by landowners have been

Lewis River Program Update 20222022-08-01T11:25:27-07:00

Accomplishments in 2021

WORKING TOGETHER, WHAT HAS FOEF ACCOMPLISHED DURING THE COVID CHALLENGING 2021 FIELD WORK SEASON FOR RIVER & LAND CONSERVATION/STEWARDSHIP ON THE EAST FORK LEWIS RIVER & OTHER NEARBY WATERSHEDS! INTRODUCTION: FOEF members and supporters have made creative adjustments and managed

Accomplishments in 20212021-10-27T12:07:45-07:00

Winter 2021 News & Planning Update

Winter 2021 News and Planning Update The FOEF Board of Directors has been busy creating a new 2021 programs plan and new projects that can be accomplished despite the impacts of the Corona Virus on people and outdoor activities. We

Winter 2021 News & Planning Update2021-03-06T09:48:20-08:00

Stream Project Update 2020

Friends of the East Fork (FOEF) has had a very good river project work season in 2020 (Despite all the challenges facing everyone.) We completed not just one, but two in-stream fish habitat and stream channel restoration projects. This was

Stream Project Update 20202020-11-09T17:35:47-08:00

120,000 Chum Salmon Fry Added To East Fork in April

The WA Dept. Fish and Wildlife (WDF&W) in collaboration with Bonneville Power and in cooperation with Friends of the East Fork and the Dean Swanson Family, recently released about 120,000 Chum Salmon fry into the lower East Fork Lewis River

120,000 Chum Salmon Fry Added To East Fork in April2020-04-28T07:30:22-07:00

Summer Field Season

SUMMER FIELD SEASON AND ONGOING EAST FORK LEWIS RIVER WATERSHED AND SALMON PROGRAMS The 2019 summer Friends of the East Fork (FOEF) field season went by very fast. With the help of many volunteers, FOEF members, and collaboration with the

Summer Field Season2019-10-31T11:49:14-07:00

Friends of The East Fork is Working with La Center High School Students

La Center High School students, under the guidance of instructor Rebecca Morris, are helping to evaluate the brooding sites next to the East Fork, where we have established pools where the water is deeper and cooler in summer and gives

Friends of The East Fork is Working with La Center High School Students2019-10-21T18:24:31-07:00

Field Season is About to Get Started with Many New Projects in Mind

Field Season is About to Get Started with Many New Projects in Mind This year's field season for stream and fish projects looks to be one of our most active, diverse, as well as interesting combination of field projects yet.

Field Season is About to Get Started with Many New Projects in Mind2019-04-05T10:05:57-07:00

A Gift to Friends of The East Fork

Dear Friends, At the close of another year, we hope that you will take a moment to consider a gift to Friends of the East Fork. This has been a busy and impactful year for us. We are joining hands

A Gift to Friends of The East Fork2018-12-19T17:30:22-08:00

Logging Proposal on Site Located Above Hantwick Trail

In support of a request from the Sierra Club, Friends of the East Fork Lewis River (FOEF), which is a Non-Profit (501C3) Tax Deductible Group, dedicated to advocacy of good land and water stewardship, is deeply concerned about the potential

Logging Proposal on Site Located Above Hantwick Trail2018-07-27T09:52:37-07:00

Wood Complexes (Log Jams) In East Fork

Wood Complexes (Log Jams) In East Fork, If Located In The Right Place, Provide Critical Fish Habitat Multiple pieces of wood clustered together along the bank of a stream can provide much needed critical cover to salmon and steelhead adults

Wood Complexes (Log Jams) In East Fork2018-06-11T10:25:18-07:00

Drones Help Moniter Past & New Projects

DRONES HELP MONITORING OF FOEF PAST AND NEW PROJECTS Briefing Report: 1-5-2018 Friends of the East Fork monitors its stream and fish habitat projects for several years to see how they are performing and what results occurred after being in

Drones Help Moniter Past & New Projects2018-01-10T12:09:38-08:00

Summary of Projects Since 1998

WORKING TOGETHER, WHAT HAS FRIENDS OF THE EAST FORK DONE SINCE 1998 FOR RIVER & LAND CONSERVATION/STEWARDSHIP ON THE EAST FORK LEWIS RIVER? SUMMARY OF PROJECTS DONE BY OR IN COLLABORATION WITH OTHERS: Over a period of 18 years Friends

Summary of Projects Since 19982017-07-26T11:28:21-07:00

Stacked Log Complex

DEEP POOL CREATED ON LOWER EAST FORK BY SWANSON STREAM HABITAT PROJECT IN 2010 IS PRODUCING RESULTS IN 2017 FOR SALMON FRY REARING A "Stacked Log Complex" stream bank and fish habitat treatment was installed in 2010 on the north

Stacked Log Complex2017-06-16T13:26:44-07:00

Busy Summer of Stream Work Already Underway on East Fork

Busy Summer of Stream Work Already Underway on East Fork Lewis River! Friends of the East Fork (FOEF), with collaboration from Healing Waters Veterans, Boy Scouts, and individual volunteers have already started doing land and water habitat restoration and maintenance

Busy Summer of Stream Work Already Underway on East Fork2017-06-07T10:30:11-07:00

FOEF 2106 Accomplishments

UPDATE ON WHAT FRIENDS OF THE EAST FORK (FOEF) ACCOMPLISHED UNDER IT'S VARIOUS RIVER & LAND STEWARDSHIP PROGRAMS IN 2016 1-25-2017 Friends of the East Fork Lewis River achieved a wide range of significant accomplishments in 2016 thanks to activity

FOEF 2106 Accomplishments2017-01-27T14:46:35-08:00

Swanson-Powerline Bend Project Implementation Update

LOWER EAST FORK LEWIS RIVER PHASE-1 Nov. 2016 INTRODUCTION: The East Fork Lewis River is an irreplaceable asset to the people of Clark County, WA. It provides a wide range of diverse kinds of enjoyment to those living in Clark

Swanson-Powerline Bend Project Implementation Update2016-11-15T18:07:34-08:00
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