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  Siuslaw River - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The Siuslaw River (sei-YOO-slaw) is river, approximately 110 mi (177 km) long, along the Pacific coast of Oregon in the United States.
The river has historically been a spawning ground for both Chinook and Coho salmon.
The estuary of the river is surrounded by extensive wetlands that are a significant habitat for migratory birds along the coast.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Siuslaw_River   (204 words)

  
 Station Siuslaw River   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Station Siuslaw River is located three miles northwest of Florence, Oregon, and has been located in Florence since 1917.
The Siuslaw River entrance breaks nearly every day of the year due to silting and river runoff.
In May 96, the Commanding Officer of Station Umpqua River assumed command and control of Station Siuslaw River.
www.uscg.mil /d13/units/grunbend/siuslaw/index.html   (138 words)

  
 Siuslaw
To replace their lost women, Siuslaw men reportedly went south seeking wives among the Umpquas, because that tribe was 'most like the Siuslaws.' It was also said that at sometime before the middle of the nineteenth century, Siuslaw women introduced the practice of flattening the heads of their infants.
After it closed on September 3, 1859, the Siuslaws were marched northward from their homelands to the Yachats River, where the Alsea Subagency was established in 1861.
The Siuslaws among the latter group settled along the Siuslaw River in the Florence, Oregon, area.
logos.uoregon.edu /explore/oregon/siuslaw.html   (979 words)

  
 Let's Go Fishing!
The lower Umpqua River is paralleled by Hwys 38 and 138.
The Nestucca River is paralleled by Hwy 101 and county road 858.
The Siuslaw River, the namesake of the Siuslaw National Forest, is approximately 100 miles long and enters the Pacific Ocean at Florence, Oregon.
www.fs.fed.us /r6/fishing/forests/gofishing/siu_streams.html   (1727 words)

  
 The Johnson River House
The Johnson River House is a 3-Bedroom, 2-Bath home that sits on a private fenced acre of gardens and lawns leading down to a private dock on the river’s edge.
Located on the Siuslaw River, Florence is 50 miles west of Eugene and the University of Oregon and lies midway between California and Washington.
It is located midstate along US Highway 101 on the Oregon Coast where the Siuslaw River meets the Pacific Ocean after a journey adjacent to a scenic highway and past the sand dunes.
www.johnsonriverhouse.com   (696 words)

  
 Coastal Oregon Native Americans
From north to south these were the Yaquina on the Yaquina River near present Newport, Oregon; Alsea on the Alsea River; Siuslaw on the Siuslaw River near Florence, Oregon; and Kuitsh or Lower Umpqua on the lower Umpqua River near Reedsport, Oregon.
The Siuslaws lived on and near the Siuslaw River along the Oregon coast, in an area of sand dunes south of the rocky cliffs of Sea Lion Caves and Heceta Head.
Linguistically they were closer to the Rogue River tribes to the north than to their relatives to the south.
www.chenowith.k12.or.us /tech/subject/social/natam_or/coastal.html   (1625 words)

  
 OSMB - Siuslaw River   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Siuslaw River channel lies along the northern half of the river entrance.
The Siuslaw River bar has a very narrow channel extending out past the jetties.
Unlike larger bars on the Oregon coast, the Siuslaw River bar may be rendered impassable for small boats by a moderate swell, particularly at ebb tide.
www.boatoregon.com /CoastalWaters/Siuslaw.htm   (315 words)

  
 Welcome to the Siuslaw Rod & Gun Club
Contestants must be a member of the Siuslaw Rod and Gun Club at the time the animal was taken.
The photo comes with a note "Taken by a hunter in Montana." My assessment of the situation is that the fox and magpie (small bird flying away on the right) were checking out the carcass and the golden decided that it wanted the food and made an attack on the fox to scare it away.
The Siuslaw Rod and Gun Club is located at Hwy 101 and Munsel Lake Road in Florence, OR.
www.siuslawgunclub.com   (963 words)

  
 Oregon Historic Photograph Collections : Search Results
Aerial photograph of the Siuslaw River entering the Pacific Ocean north of Florence in Lane County, Oregon.
This is a photograph of the Alsea Bridge spanning the Alsea River near Waldport on the Oregon Coast.
This is a photograph of the Siuslaw Bridge which spans the Siuslaw River near Florence on the Oregon Coast in Lane County.
photos.salemhistory.org /cdm4/results.php?CISOOP1=any&CISOFIELD1=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOROOT=/orarc&CISOBOX1=dunes   (1127 words)

  
 Don Macnaughtan - Lane Community College Library - Bibliography of the Siuslaw and Kuitsh Indians of the Central Oregon ...
The Siuslaw lived mainly around the estuary of the Siuslaw River, leaving during summer to travel upriver and into the hills of the Coast Range.
The Siuslaw and Lower Umpqua rivers and estuaries were the dominating factor in the local economy, providing fish and shellfish.
The Siuslawans represented the southern limit of the practice of distinctive head-flattening that was common along the Columbia River to the north, and by extension along the northern Oregon coast.
www.lanecc.edu /library/don/siuslaw.htm   (3430 words)

  
 Fishing In Oregon River Siuslaw
The Siuslaw River rises in the hills west of Eugene and winds its way westward to the Pacific, passing through Mapleton and Florence.
Near its mouth, the river is crossed by Highway 101.
The Siuslaw River estuary is located on the Oregon coast at Florence...
www.fishing-fish.com /fish/fishing-in-oregon-river-siuslaw.html   (501 words)

  
 Tidepool | Features
These partnerships are paying off, not only in lands restored, but in awards and recognition, including the Siuslaw River Basin Partnership qualifying as one of five finalists for a prestigious international river restoration competition.
With its strong emphasis on restoration, the Siuslaw National Forest has shown itself to be a good fit for the Pacific Coast Watershed Partnership, and its funding illustrates that fact.
Under former Forest Supervisor Jim Furnish, the Siuslaw was one of the first National Forests to begin decommissioning large numbers of roads and preparing timber sales that sought to thin forests to enhance ecological conditions just as much as to make money.
www.tidepool.org /original_content.cfm?articleid=95085   (1652 words)

  
 Cozy Beach House Vacation Rental in Florence, Oregon
The region is dominated by beautiful forest, fresh water lakes, rivers, and of course the sand and beach.
The bridge spans the Siuslaw River, and it is show here highlighted by a blooming Quince bush in the spring.
The entrance to Old Town, located in southern Florence along the Siuslaw River, is highlighted by fabulous blooms of rhododendrons in the spring.
www.webwowies.com /coastalhideaway/areatour.htm   (882 words)

  
 A Watershed Assessment for the Siuslaw Basin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The east edge of the basin is separated from Willamette River tributaries by a north-northwest to southeast trending ridgeline.
The ecology of the Siuslaw Basin landscape is complex, and reflects the interaction of climate, geology, landforms, natural vegetation, and land use.
A recent study of Northwest coastal rivers by Ecotrust evaluated three parameters believed to be critical to restoration of aquatic ecosystems: (1) the historic carrying capacity of the system, (2) the potential for restoration based on the degree of human influences, and (3) the current aquatic production.
www.inforain.org /siuslaw   (5826 words)

  
 BufferNotes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
River restoration work in coastal Oregon has emerged as an international model for collaboration.
Since 1996, the entire Siuslaw Basin has been served by a Watershed Council, which was built on the relationships established in the earlier work.
On Deadwood Creek, the district, in cooperation with the not-for-profit Siuslaw Institute, of which Sundstrom was a founder, undertook the restoration of eroding stream banks on Deadwood Creek.
www.nacdnet.org /buffers/04Sep/partner.htm   (1421 words)

  
 Reunion Hall - STA Siuslaw River
Clive I was stationed at Siuslaw River from Aug 73 til Aug 76 as an EN/MK3.
I arrived at Siuslaw station in May of 71, Everyone stared at me, I had a real dark tan as I just came from the Central Pacific off a years duty at Johnston Island, I was at Siuslaw five months, then I was transferred to Winchester Bay for four months before my discharge.
I was stationed at Siuslaw River from 1986-1988.
www.fredsplace.org /reunion/d13/0370.shtml   (794 words)

  
 North Fork of the Siuslaw River Campground   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The North Fork Siuslaw is a fairly short river, flowing less than 20 miles before dumping into the Siuslaw River 1 mile east of Florence, Oregon.
The river is flanked by private land holders formost of its length, especially along the lower river.
As with many coastal streams, the North Fork Siuslaw's water conditions are influenced heavily by the weather, especially in the fall and winter months.
www.florencechamber.com /RecParks_NFork.html   (279 words)

  
 Fact Sheets > Siuslaw River Salmon Depend on Science and Politics for Future
The Siuslaw River Basin was once one of the most productive aquatic ecosystems in the world.
But by mid century, salmon harvests from the river had plummeted to just a few thousand fish per year, a casualty of logging, grazing, mining, farming, and irrigation near the sensitive salmon streams.
Now the gravels (gravel-bottomed stretches of river) are a meter deep through here, and we are looking at a number of really nice pools with real thickets of willow along the edge and a beaver pond right here, and a lot of the water is moving through the gravels and cooling.
www.fact-sheets.com /science-nature/news/aug04/salmon   (1262 words)

  
 Siuslaw River Whitewater
This stretch of Siuslaw River is 6.5 miles long and it is classified as a class II-III section by American Whitewater.
Siuslaw River has some good rapids that will stir you up a bit, it's a great escape from everyday life.
This section of Siuslaw River has a high uniformity of rapids, the flow is very similar along the whole section.
www.riverfacts.com /rivers/12726.html   (1065 words)

  
 Aerial Survey of Siuslaw River, Oregon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The objective of this study was to support ongoing stream temperature assessments in the basin by characterizing the thermal regime of the river.
Measured radiance values contained in the raw TIR images were converted to temperatures based on the emissive properties of water, atmosphere transmission effects, ambient background reflections, and the calibration characteristics of the sensor.
Tributaries of the Siuslaw, such as Whittaker Creek, were contributing water 4.10C cooler than the Siuslaw River and lowered the mainstem water temperature by approximately 2.00C.
www.calsalmon.org /pages/page-70   (382 words)

  
 Oregon Coast Vacation, Oregon Coast Vacations, Oregon Coast
Chetco River at Brookings and Harbor is another of our Oregon coast rivers that was named a Wild and Scenic River in 1977 by the United States Congress.
The Rogue River was one of the first rivers to be named a National Wild and Scenic River.
Rogue River Tour Boats travel upriver 52 miles though whitewater rapids and steep wilderness canyons from Gold Beach into the Rogue River Wilderness area for stops at secluded Rogue River Wilderness lodges.
www.roguerivertrips.info /locations/Southern_Oregon_Coast.asp   (629 words)

  
 Stories: Siuslaw Basin Partnership
Participants: The Siuslaw Basin Partnership is a decentralized, vast, and somewhat loose-knit group.
As is the case with many Northwest forests, the upper basin of the Siuslaw is a checkerboard of ownership, with private groups owning half and the Bureau of Land Management owning the other half.
Accomplishments: The most striking and specific accomplishment of the Siuslaw Basin Partnership is a national river restoration prize awarded to the group last year in Australia called the Thiess International River Prize, the first to be awarded to the United States.
www.redlodgeclearinghouse.org /stories/siuslawbasin.html   (1511 words)

  
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In spite of later migration timing, the 1993-94 sport catch of Siuslaw 3-salts was similar to that of Alsea 3-salts in the Siuslaw River.
Fish that strayed into the Alsea River were sampled with a creel survey and with a trap at Alsea Hatchery on the North Fork Alsea River.
The migration timing of 3-salt Siuslaw stock was later than that of Alsea stock based on catch in the sport fishery and in tributary traps in the Siuslaw River.
oregonstate.edu /~kenastok/annual94   (841 words)

  
 The Siuslaw River Bridge   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Long before the wagons, the farmers or the sawmills, there was the river.
In 1896, the river steamer "Mink" carried a family with their team and wagon on the last few miles of their overland trip that had started in Kansas.
The northern boundary of the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area is at the Siuslaw River, next to the Florence city limits.
www.florencechamber.com /recatt_siusbr.html   (220 words)

  
 Learn about the Salmon River Estuary in Oregon's Coastal Atlas
The Salmon River estuary is located on the Oregon coast at Otis.
The Salmon River estuary is designated as a Natural estuary under the Oregon Estuary Classification system.
The Salmon River estuary is located in Lincoln County.
www.coastalatlas.net /learn/settings/estuary/estuary.asp?es=8   (294 words)

  
 American Whitewater - NWRI - Lake Creek Deadwood Creek to Siuslaw River
Descriptions of reaches with River Name in bold have been verified by a regional streamkeeper.
The last few miles of the run are on this Siuslaw River.
Flow on Lake Creek is approximately 1/3 of that on the Siuslaw.
www.americanwhitewater.org /content/River/detail/id/1524   (189 words)

  
 Siuslaw River Coffee Roasters   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Siuslaw River Coffee Roasters is located in Old Town Florence.
Siuslaw River Coffee Roasters is located in Old Town Florence, Oregon by the Highway 101 Bridge on the...
outdoor deck is of the Siuslaw River and the historic Highway 101...
www.coffee-1st-information.com /coffee-32/siuslaw-river-coffee-roasters.html   (1017 words)

  
 Atlas of Lane County: Watersheds, North Coast Basin
Unlike the Willamette River Basin which has one terminus into the Columbia River, the North Coast Basin has many terminuses into the Pacific Ocean.
The Siuslaw sub-basin is composed of eight watersheds which are all within the boundaries of Lane County.
Siuslaw Watershed Council was chartered in 1996 with the mission; "
geography.uoregon.edu /infographics/lcweb/nocoast.htm   (236 words)

  
 Siuslaw River Coffee Roasters and More Coffee Sub Categories   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
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www.coffee617.com /i2_Siuslaw-River-Coffee-Roasters.html   (465 words)

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