04.13.07
Rock Creek Award
Newport News Times
Pictured at the State Land Board ceremony held this week to honor the recent project to modify the Rock Creek Dam for fish passage are, left to right, Paul Robertson, Lake Manager, Devils Lake Water Improvement District; Governor Theodore Kulongoski; State Representative Jean Cowan (D-Newport); Paul Katen, President, Salmon Drift Creek Watersheds Council; Chester Noreikis, past Lincoln City councilman and PADL (Preservation Association of Devils Lake) member; Randall Edwards, State Treasurer; Madeleine Vander Heyden, Coastal Program Biologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Louise Solliday, Director of the Department of State Lands; and John Spangler, Watershed Council Liaison, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. The project, completed in September 2006, involved the Salmon Drift Creek Watershed Council, the City of Lincoln City, the Preservation Association of Devils Lake, the Devils Lake Water Improvement District, the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.Katen emphasized the collaboration which made the project possible, saying, “The important thing here … was the award went to the project and the team that made it happen, and that the project was paid for by OWEB (Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board), USFWS and the City of Lincoln City.” Katen added Lincoln City Mayor Lori Hollingsworth and City Engineer Stephanie Reid “were both instrumental in helping to bring the project partners together and find a solution that protected the city’s interests.” (Courtesy photo)
