Tenmile Lakes Basin Partnership Projects
TLBP is joining with State, Tribal and other local organizations to clean up the Tenmile Lakes Basin. Our first goal is to restore historical wetlands adjacent to the lakes to improve water quality and native fisheries habitat.
Coleman Arm Project
Over the last hundred years, the effects of logging, agriculture, development of the lake shoreline, septic inputs, and recreational use have made fundamental changes in the biology of the lakes and the biological systems that control them. The results are seen as worsening toxic algae blooms, and a proliferation of invasive aquatic weeds.
To change this harmful path, we are looking at a company called SIS.bio. They have worked in many other lakes both within the United States and in other countries around the world. They have created a solution based on Systems Theory that can reverse the dominance of the harmful algae that create toxic algae blooms and bring the biosystem back to its natural state where fish and other native aquatic organisms are back on top.
Tenmile Lakes Restoration Project
Tenmile Lakes Basin Partnership (TLBP) is leading a broad-scale, multi-year collaborative effort to restore water quality and coho salmon habitat at Tenmile Lakes, the premiere coho fishery on Oregon’s coast. This restored landscape will create new habitat for wildlife, improve community health, secure jobs, build tribal sovereignty, and protect this unique ecosystem for generations to come.
Benson Creek Wetland Restoration Project
Tenmile Lakes Basin Partnership (TLBP) is leading a collaborative effort to restore 67 acres of historic wetlands near Benson Creek. These restored wetlands will improve water quality, increase livable habitat for endangered coho salmon populations, and improve economic outcomes for local communities that rely on recreation by reducing the presence of harmful algae blooms (HABs) in the Lakes system.
Big Creek Subbasin Restoration Project
Tenmile Lakes Basin Partnership (TLBP), in partnership with the Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians (CTCLUSI), is leading a collaborative effort to purchase and restore 222 acres of pasture into functioning wetlands near Big Creek. These restored wetlands will improve water quality in Tenmile Lakes, increase livable habitat for endangered coho salmon populations, and improve health and economic outcomes for local communities by reducing the presence of harmful algae blooms (HABs) in the Lakes system.