About the Luckiamute Watershed Council

The Luckiamute Watershed Council (LWC) is a diverse group of volunteers who work together to learn about the watershed and to improve water quality and habitat conditions. The LWC promotes projects that protect and enhance natural resources through the cooperation and support of local agencies, schools, landowners, industries and businesses.

Formed in 2001, the LWC has a 13-member Board of Directors. The Council is representative of the stakeholders in the watershed and includes people with experience in fisheries, agriculture, forestry, education, and natural resource management. Anyone who lives or works in the Luckiamute River or Ash Creek watersheds is welcome to attend LWC meetings or participate in watershed activities.

LWC Mission Statement

To engage and assist landowners and communities in the voluntary protection, restoration and enhancement of the Luckiamute and Ash Creek watersheds.


LWC Goal

The goal of the Council is to promote broad and informed public participation in the ecologically and economically sound sustainability and improvement of natural resources and environmental quality in the Luckiamute watershed. 


LWC Objectives

  • Assess watershed condition through observation and monitoring projects, including water quality
  • Identify opportunities and recommend priorities for maintenance and improvement of the watershed
  • Promote public understanding and facilitate impartial and broad-based discussion about issues
  • Promote learning about the watershed
  • Promote stewardship by individual landowners and assist them with projects
  • Promote collaboration among organizations and agencies to conduct restoration projects
  • Maintain a membership that represents a broad spectrum of the natural resource interests within the watershed
  • Consider the interrelationships among social, economic, and biological systems within the watershed


​LWC Strategic Plan

Click on the image below to view a PDF copy of the LWC Strategic Plan for 2015 - 2017.
Download our latest Annual Report, as well as previous reports, by clicking here.


LWC Bylaws

Adopted by LWC Board, October 2000; Approved by Polk County Commissioners, January 2001; Last revised by LWC Board: April 14, 2016
Download a PDF copy of our bylaws by clicking here.

LWC Articles of Incorporation (restated)

Download a PDF copy of our Articles of Incorporation by clicking here.
Download LWC brochure here