Little Butte Creek Watershed

Little Butte Creek is a very important waterbody for local drinking water quality, as well as salmon and steelhead habitat. Little Butte Creek is water quality limited for a variety of factors including sedimentation, bacteria, and temperature, issues that are magnified at low flows such as during the summer irrigation season.

Learn about some of our work in the Little Butte Creek Water Quality Priority Area.

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Hopkins Canal Piping and Bradshaw Drop CIS

In 2018, Rogue River Valley Irrigation District (RRVID) began constructing its largest irrigation infrastructure improvement project since the 1950's. The Hopkins Canal Pipeline project converted over 3 miles of open canal, 3 old concrete flumes, and an old inverted siphon to a new pressurized pipeline. The goal was to conserve water instream for fish habitat in the highly productive Rogue River…

Learn about a large proposed piping project

The proposed Joint System Canal offers benefits for farmers and the environment.

Flood Irrigation Tailwater in the Little Butte Creek Watershed

In our region, tailwater, or the excess water that runs off a flood-irrigated field, is an important indicator of potential downstream water quality impacts. For seven years, JSWCD worked with…

Partners' Work in Little Butte Creek Watershed

Learn about some of our partners' work in this area.