The Crooked River Watershed Council conducts watershed assessments for the purpose of identifying watershed educational, restoration, and monitoring needs.  As of February 2008, the Council has completed two watershed assessments.

Lower Crooked River Watershed Assessment
The Lower Crooked River Watershed assessment was recently completed and published by the Council.  This watershed assessment provides an overview of watershed conditions and needs specific to the anadromous reintroduction area of the Lower Crooked River Watershed, and area covering over 300,000 acres and five smaller watersheds including McKay Creek, Ochoco Creek, and three segments of the Lower Crooked River.  The document is the result of collaboration between Council staff, landowners, and resource specialists from state and federal agencies.

View the Lower Crooked RIver Watershed Assessment


Crooked River Watershed Assessment
The Crooked River Watershed Characterization is a unique assessment effort completed in 2002 that provides a general overview of resource conditions and needs in the 3,000,000 acre Crooked River Watershed. Written entirely through the donated efforts of various resource specialists from state and federal agencies, this broad document provides a framework for additional assessments of the 32 5th field watersheds within the Council’s boundaries.

View the Crooked River Watershed Assessment

Those of you with high-bandwidth internet connections can download a PDF of the watershed assessments using the links above. If you cannot download large files, and would like to received a full copy of the Assessment on CD, please email, call, fax, or write to us at:

Crooked River Watershed Council
Max Nielsen-Pincus, Executive Direct
498 SE Lynn Blvd
Prineville, OR 9775
Phone: (541) 447-3548
Fax: (541) 416-2115
Email: max.np@oregonstate.edu