Fort Rock/Silver Lake

About Us

Board of Directors

Scott Duffner - Chair

Jeremiah Thorsted - Vice Chair

Conley Kittredge - Secretary/Treasurer

Shane Forman

Chaylon Shuffield

Staff

Justin Ferrell - District Manager

Brandi St. Clair - Wildlife Biologist

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Contracted Staff

Tanya Graham - Fiscal Administrator

Tess Baker - Office Administrator

Fara Brummer - Biologist

Riane Miles - Field Assistant

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Meetings

Meetings are held the second Thursday of March, June, September and December at 11:00am. Please contact Tess Baker at 541-219-0641 for more information.

Current Projects

Brattain Post-Fire Rehabilitation

Significant work has been accomplished on the 2020 Brattain Fire scar through two OWEB post-fire grants. Aerial and ground seeding, aerial and ground herbicide treatment, and post-fire dead tree thinning and piling have all contributed to the abatement of erosion and sedimentation into the upper Chewaucan.

An OWEB funded monitoring project began in 2023 and will continue through 2026 to examine the effects of seeding and land treatments compared with natural revegetation of bunchgrasses. This project has the goal of cost-effective land treatment post-fire.

Irrigation Monitoring

The district works in partnership with several irrigators in the Fort Rock/Christmas Valley are to assist with monitoring of irrigation water use. This data is being gathered to help find opportunities for efficiency upgrades.

Lake County SWCDs

Fort Rock/Silver Lake SWCD