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Applegate River Watershed

33139 What are Watersheds?
The Applegate River was named for Lindsay Applegate, a pioneer who sought a safer alternative route to the Oregon Trail in 1848. It flows through Jackson and Josephine counties in southwest Oregon and makes up one of the three northward-flowing main tributaries of the Rogue River Watershed. It runs approximately 60 miles long and drains over 600 square miles of land. The watershed supports mostly hardwood forest species such as Big Leaf Maple, Oregon White Oak, Pacific Madrone, and White Leaf Manzanita which rely on moist loamy soils and the disturbance of fire in order to survive and reproduce. Wildlife species that depend on these resources include the endangered Siskiyou Mountain salamander and threatened northern brown spotted owl. About 12,000 people live in the watershed, and approximately 70% of the watershed is owned by the US Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management. (Lalande, 1995) Special Collections: Government Publications: A 13.2:Ap 6x/995.





 

This page has paths:

  1. What are Watersheds? Special Collections and University Archives
  2. Little Butte Creek Watershed Special Collections and University Archives
  3. Rogue River Watershed Special Collections and University Archives
  4. Little Applegate River Watershed Special Collections and University Archives
  5. Illinois River Watershed Special Collections and University Archives
  6. Chetco River Watershed Special Collections and University Archives
  7. Emigrant Creek Watershed Special Collections and University Archives
  8. Ashland Creek Watershed Special Collections and University Archives
  9. Bear Creek Watershed Special Collections and University Archives

Contents of this path:

  1. Applegate River - Selected Sources
  2. Applegate River - Photographs
  3. Ashland Creek Watershed
  4. Bear Creek Watershed
  5. Chetco River Watershed
  6. Emigrant Creek Watershed
  7. Illinois River Watershed
  8. Little Applegate River Watershed
  9. Little Butte Creek Watershed
  10. Rogue River Watershed
  11. What are Watersheds?