Wood River Wetland

Wood River Wetland is a marsh wetland and freshwater ecoregion in the heart of Klamath County in Southern Oregon.[1] The wetland neighbors the north shore of Agency Lake and is the focus of a Bureau of Land Management river channel restoration project from agricultural land.[2]

Wood River Wetland
Wood River Marsh at the Wetland
Wood River Wetland
LocationChiloquin, Oregon
Coordinates42.58°N 121.93°E / 42.58; 121.93
TypeFreshwater
Primary inflowsWood River
Basin countriesUnited States
Surface area3,200 acres (1,300 ha)
Max. depth2 metres (6 ft 7 in)
Surface elevation4,180 feet (1,270 m)
SettlementsChiloquin

The wetland is flooded by the Wood River, with headwaters that emanate from a large natural spring located in Jackson F. Kimball State Recreation Site that feeds from an aquifer in the east side drainage of Crater Lake National Park. The wetlands is home to a rich biodiversity of wetland vegetation as well as local and migratory fauna of waterfowl.[3]

Access

Chiloquin and Fort Klamath are the nearest towns to the wetland and is situated off the Oregon Route 62.

Restoration

Since the early 1990s, the Lakeview District of the BLM has been restoring the Wood River Wetland to promote the strengthening of historic meandering flow patterns and improve fish passage and habitat for native fish.

References
  1. "Wood River Wetland". BLM.gov.
  2. James E. Brown, Oregon State Forester; Roy Woo, Klamath-Lake District Forester (May 1995). "Section III, Resource Description" (PDF). Eastern Oregon Region Long-Range Forest Management Plan. Oregon Department of Forestry. Retrieved 2008-06-09.
  3. "ACEC/Visual Resources Management" (PDF). BLM.org.
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