The Tryon Creek Project

Fish, wildlife, people to benefit from local effort

By Cliff Newell

The Lake Oswego Review, Aug 26, 2010 (1 Reader comment)

Work crews are changing the environment for fish and wildlife in Tryon Creek near where it enters the Willamette River.

STAFF PHOTO / / lake oswego review

Tryon Creek State Park will be a much better place with the Confluence Habitat Enhancement Project now in progress.

When completed, the project will create an improved environment for fish and wildlife at Tryon Creek and also make the park more pleasant for patrons.

“It’s really wonderful,” said Stephanie Wagner, executive director of Friends of Tryon Creek State Park. “It has been planned for years.”

One of the key goals of the effort, according to project manager Kristen Acock, is to create an off-channel habitat as refuge for fish during high flows and give them greater access to the natural area. Thus, the creek’s natural area, which is well suited for Coho salmon and steelhead production, will be enhanced.

“This will give the fish some refuge from the Willamette River,” Acock said.

The surrounding land will be improved, too.

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