SLT supporters visit Thompson Creek in spring 2021.
We’re pleased to announce that the Thompson Creek easement on the Klamath River was finalized in April 2020, protecting 67 acres of essential watershed in perpetuity.
The Thompson Creek conservation easement covers 67 acres of forest and riparian land along Thompson Creek (located between Happy Camp and Seiad Valley on Highway 96). Thompson Creek – a tributary to the Klamath River – provides critical cold water refugia to migrating Chinook and coho salmon, and steelhead.
We first learned of the land from The Nature Conservancy to whom the land had been bequeathed in the early 2000’s. TNC wished to convey the easement to the Land Trust once the parcel sold to a qualified buyer. We joined the collaboration to protected the property and help finalize the conservation easement with a new owner.
It took several years to find the right buyer for the property, but the sale of the land was completed in April 2020, and SLT is delighted to join with the new owners to monitor and preserve this land in the years to come.
