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Archival information about fish and water in the Umpqua Basin can be found in reports housed in disparate locations (e.g., offices of various State and Federal agencies and local organizations).  To make this information more widely available, reports that met a high priority preservation need for the Partnership for the Umpqua Rivers were digitally scanned, cataloged and archived by OSU Libraries.  These reports, along with films and maps, are stored permanently in the Umpqua Basin Explorer Digital Library.

Films digitized and made available:

Pass Creek
Focusing on Oregon's North Umpqua River Basin, this film portrays the impact of clearcut logging on the small tributary streams where most of the river's steelhead are spawned and reared. 1968.

Maps digitized and made available:

Umpqua drainage basin silver salmon spawning areas : Map
Map by the Oregon State Water Resources Board. 1958.

Umpqua drainage basin steelhead trout spawning area : Map
Map by the Oregon State Water Resources Board. 1958.

Reports digitized and made available:

Distribution, abundance, and emigration of juvenile steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss), and analysis of stream habitat in the Steamboat Creek Basin, Oregon
Master Thesis of Jeffrey M. Dambacher. March 1991.

Flood profiles in the Umpqua River basin, Oregon
U.S. Geological Survey Open-file report by E.A. Oster. 1972.

The occurrence and distribution of fish in the Umpqua River Estuary, June through October 1972
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife report by Robert E. Mullen. 1977.

Sediment transport in streams in the Umpqua River Basin, Oregon
U.S. Geological Survey Open-file report by C.A. Onions. This report presents tables of suspended-sediment data collected from 1956 to 1967 at 10 sites in the Umpqua River basin. 1969.

Some water problems and hydrologic characteristics of the Umpqua Basin
Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station report by G.L. Hayes and H.G. Herring. 1960.

Studies of the scales of Umpqua River spring chinook salmon
A study of the scales of Umpqua River spring chinook salmon was made from mid-September to December 1, 1951. The study was undertaken to determine the age composition and probable life history of spring Chinooks in this river.

A survey of the waters of the South Umpqua Ranger District : Umpqua National Forest
U.S.D.A. Forest Service survey report by A. R. Roth. 1937.

The Umpqua River study : a joint report
A joint report by the Oregon Fish Commission and the Oregon State Game Commission. 1946.

Water temperature prediction and control study, Umpqua River Basin
State Water Resources Board report by William H. Delay, John Seaders, and Robert T. Evans. 1964.