On October 3rd, 2009 the Clackamas River Water Providers held a tour of the Upper Clackamas Watershed for elected officials from CRWP agencies and for citizens in CPO's and Neighborhood Associations in the CRWP service area.  The purpose of this tour was to connect our citizens with the watershed where their drinking water comes from and introduce them to some of the CRWP partners and stakeholders in the watershed.  A total of 40 people participated in the tour.

The tour focused on the Upper Clackamas Watershed and included presentations by the US Forest Service and Portland General Electric on watershed and water quality issues, management practices, and habitat restoration projects. There was also a presentation by David Graves regarding climate change in the Clackamas Basin.  The tour included stops at the Estacada Ranger station, Alder Flats, and Timothy Lake.

For more general information on the US Forest Service Mt. Hood National Forest click here.  For information on projects going on in the Clackamas District of the Mt. Hood National Forest click here. 

Portland General Electrics Clackamas River Hydroelectric project generates approximately 708,000 MW hours of net generation, serving 60,000 - 65,000 residential customers in the Portland Metro area.  For a photo tour of  PGE's Clackamas project go to click here.  For more general information about the Clackamas Project click here.

Click here to see a gallery of pictures from the Tour.
Click here for the CRWP Tour introduction.
Click here for the Forest Service Presentation. 
Click here for David Graves Climate Change paper.    

Next year the Tour will focus on the lower part of the Clackamas watershed and on CRWP stakeholders and partners in the lower basin.  To find out more about how the CRWP is working to protect its source water and works with stakeholders please see the CRWP Annual Report for FY 2008-09.

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