Lakeview SWCD

The district works extensively in CCAA (Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances) execution while coordinating and partnering with LCCWMA, NRCS, Watershed Council, BLM, DSL, USFWS and others to implement the program. Staff continue to execute the OWEB Sage Grouse FIP Technical Assistance grant to support staff in implementing, monitoring and reporting the conservation actions and achievements within the CCAA program. This project also includes identifying and developing projects within the district such as juniper removal, invasive annual grass treatments, spring developments/off-site water, mesic area improvements, improved grazing management practices, and fencing to improve sage grouse habitat, rangeland conditions and water quality and availability to the watershed. 

As a result of implementing the Sage Grouse FIP TA grant, the district has secured a Restoration OWEB grant to treat 2,331.1 acres of encroaching juniper, aerially spray 806.6 acres of invasive annual grasses, develop 5 springs for off-site water/spring protection and improve grazing practices and operations on ~13,000 acres in the North Warners and Clover Flat areas.

A large portion of the Upper Chewaucan watershed falls within the Strategic Implementation Area, established in 2019 through a cooperative agreement between Oregon Department of Agriculture and the Lakeview SWCD. Water quality monitoring began in May 2021 and ended in May 2025, providing four years of baseline data post Brattin Fire of 2020. 

Fish passage is also a priority within the Strategic Implementation Area (SIA). Funding has been secured for the removal of an old weir and refitting of a partial fish barrier, which will open up fish passage on 18 miles of South Creek in the future.