North Clackamas Urban Watersheds Council

THE PROJECT WILL PROVIDE FEASIBILITY AND CONCEPT DESIGN DEVELOPMENT AS AN INITIAL PROJECT PHASE TO HELP ADVANCE THE REMOVAL OF THE IMPEDIMENT TO FISH PASSAGE POSED BY KELLOGG DAM AT THE CONFLUENCE OF KELLOGG CREEK AND THE WILLAMETTE RIVER IN MILWAUKIE, OR, AND RESTORE STREAM AND FLOODPLAIN HABITAT WITHIN THE 14 ACRE IMPOUNDMENT ABOVE THE DAM. USFWS FUNDS WILL SPECIFICALLY BE USED FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND COORDINATION WITH AND OVERSIGHT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANT WORK PAID FOR BY OTHER SOURCES.KELLOGG DAM WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1858, BEFORE EITHER STATEHOOD OR THE CIVIL WAR, FOR A FLOUR MILL. THE MILL STOPPED OPERATION IN THE 1890S, BUT THE DAM WAS LEFT IN PLACE AND HAS SERVED NO PURPOSE SINCE. KELLOGG DAM, LOCATED WHERE KELLOGG CREEK MEETS THE WILLAMETTE RIVER, BLOCKS FISH PASSAGE TO THE ENTIRE IN THE KELLOGG AND MT. SCOTT WATERSHEDS. REMOVING THE DAM WILL BENEFIT THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SALMONIDS AND OTHER PRIORITY SPECIES: WINTER STEELHEAD, CHINOOK AND COHO SALMON, PACIFIC LAMPREY, AND CUTTHROAT TROUT. ESA-LISTED SALMON AND STEELHEAD FROM THE CLACKAMAS AND UPPER WILLAMETTE BASIN USE THE LOWER WILLAMETTE RIVER FLOODPLAIN FOR MIGRATION AND OFF-CHANNEL REARING FOR JUVENILES. KELLOGG DAM IS THE #1 STATEWIDE FISH PASSAGE PRIORITY FOR ODOT-OWNED INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE STATE OF OREGON AS RANKED BY THE OREGON FISH & WILDLIFE COMMISSION.