Office Location: 650 Hawthorne Ave SE, Ste # 130 Salem, OR 97301-5894 Phone: 503-391-9927

The Marion SWCD cooperates with several watershed councils within its boundary. Watershed councils are locally organized groups that are formed on an individual watershed basis at the request of the local community. They are authorized by a state statute but are not certified through the Secretary of State. The councils can, however, be certified by local governments. Council members serve voluntarily without pay and councils may consist of any number of voting members. There are no land ownership-management requirements to serve on a council and there is no minimum age to be a member. 

Area Watershed Councils

North Santiam Watershed Council

Coordinator: Liz Redon
Address: 311 N Third St.
Stayton, OR  97383
Phone: (503) 930-8202
website: www.open.org/~nsantiam/
email: nsantiam@open.org

Salem-Keizer Urban Watershed Councils Association, Inc.

This group includes six separate watersheds:

Claggett Creek Watershed Council Friends of Mill Creek Glenn Gibson Watershed Council

Luckiamute Watershed Council Pringle Creek Watershed Council Pudding River Watershed Council

Coordinator for Claggett Creek, Friends of Mill Creek, and Pringle Creek (Salem-Keizer Watershed Councils):  vacant*
*Marion SWCD is assisting with technical projects and administrative tasks for the Salem-Keizer Watershed Councils 
through a Memorandum of Agreement signed on 3/1/06.

Contact Address: Marion SWCD
3867 Wolverine St. NE #16
Salem, Oregon 97305
Phone: (503) 566-4034
e-mail: jimacastle@comcast.net
website: www.watershedcouncils.net/
Note:  The Salem-Keizer Watersheds Groups has completed their combined watershed assessment.  Copies of the assessment are available at the Marion SWCD office.   Call if you are interested in having a copy on CD. 

Watershed Council news:
Friends of Mill Creek is in the process of seeking formal designation as a watershed council.  They are now meeting regularly every third Thursday of the month at 7:00 pm to develop bylaws and membership.  Contact acting chair, Dan Goffin, 503-362-5795, for more information and meeting locations.

Click here to find other watershed councils in Oregon 

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