WRC will Buy Land along Wild and Scenic Salmon River and Boulder Creek, Oregon

Western Rivers Conservancy has committed to buy 328 acres of land that lie along the Wild and Scenic Salmon River, on the west flank of Mount Hood in the Sandy River basin.

Acquiring this land, owned by Clackamas County, will also protect two miles of Boulder Creek, a tributary with outstanding fish habitat.  Boulder Creek has been designated by a comprehensive group of fisheries biologists as Primary Anchor Habitat for winter steelhead and Secondary Anchor habitat for coho salmon.

The majority of Boulder Creek is protected in the Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness.  Conservation of the lower portion of Boulder Creek will ensure this sub-basin continues to provide quality habitat for salmon and steelhead.

The land also connects low-elevation habitat for wildlife migrating out of the Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness.  Species that make their home here include black-tailed deer, Roosevelt elk, black bear, cougar, red-legged frog and willow fly-catcher. 

This is the second purchase by Western Rivers Conservancy in the upper Sandy River basin.  Downstream, we have been working for nearly a decade to protect habitat and provide public recreational access along a scenic 14-mile stretch of the middle Sandy River.  Read more about our commitment in the Sandy basin