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Friends of The East Fork

Working Together to Restore & Conserve Our Waters

Welcome to Friends of The East Fork! We are a non-profit 501C-3 group dedicated to the improvement of river habitat, good land stewardship, and restoration of The East Fork Lewis River.

The East Fork Lewis River, one of the last free-flowing rivers in SW Washington, is in trouble! Over the last 150 years the river has been stripped of it’s old growth timber, burnt over by the Yacolt fires, and severely degraded by gravel mining. It’s wild fish have been over harvested almost to extinction. Development crowds it’s banks and riparian areas. The East Fork’s wild salmon and steelhead suffer from high water temperatures, lack of cool ground water, recharged pools, and cover. It’s spawning redds have been destroyed by silt. NOW is the time for us to WORK TOGETHER TO BRING THE EAST FORK BACK!

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The East Fork Lewis River is a free-flowing stream in SW Washington near Vancouver. The East Fork begins up in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest and travels down through Clark County connecting with the main Lewis River near Woodland, Washington. The Lewis River is part of the Columbia River System and is home to steelhead, coho, chum, and chinook salmon.

The main Lewis River, sometimes called the North Fork Lewis River, starts in the Cascade Mountains 75 miles northeast of Portland, Oregon. It flows through Gifford Pinchot National Forest passing south of Mount St. Helens. It enters the Columbia River approximately 15 miles north of Vancouver, Washington.

Updates & Project Info

Project Listing & Collaboration History 2022

Project Listing and Collaboration History 2022 Friends of the East Fork (FOEF) has had a very good river project work season in 2021 despite all the challenges facing everyone. We completed not just one, but two

August 1st, 2022|

Lewis River Program Update 2022

Lewis River Program Update 2022 The 2022 field/stream restoration and stewardship programs are about to start, however, because of intensive late spring rains that caused high stream channel flows, field work and contacts for assistance requested

August 1st, 2022|

Accomplishments in 2021

WORKING TOGETHER, WHAT HAS FOEF ACCOMPLISHED DURING THE COVID CHALLENGING 2021 FIELD WORK SEASON FOR RIVER & LAND CONSERVATION/STEWARDSHIP ON THE EAST FORK LEWIS RIVER & OTHER NEARBY WATERSHEDS! INTRODUCTION: FOEF members and supporters have made

October 27th, 2021|

Winter 2021 News & Planning Update

Winter 2021 News and Planning Update The FOEF Board of Directors has been busy creating a new 2021 programs plan and new projects that can be accomplished despite the impacts of the Corona Virus on people

March 6th, 2021|
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