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Original Caption: Inside Outmoded Sewage Treatment Facility in the Spring Creek Area of Queens 05/1973
U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 412-DA-5477
Photographer: Tress, Arthur, 1940-
Subjects:
New York (New York state, United States) inhabited place
Environmental Protection Agency
Project DOCUMERICA
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Built circa 1920, the stone Spring Creek School stands in the flats of Spring Creek. When the school was built, Highway 209 had not yet been paved, and the area remained very isolated until the 1950s. The one-story building consists of two wings of classrooms arranged in a linear fashion on either side of a large multipurpose room with arched windows. In the 1950s, a cafeteria building of identical design to the one at the nearby Fines Creek School in Haywood County and several schools in other parts of the region was built behind the building. The building was at one point home to a small high school program until Madison County High School opened in 1974, consolidating the various high school programs that existed in various parts of the county. The building continued to educate the children of the remote Spring Creek Township at the middle school and elementary school grade levels until 1989, when it was consolidated with Hot Springs Elementary School due to declining enrollment. After falling into disrepair, the building was renovated for adaptive reuse in the early 2000s, and is now home to a community center, several small business operations, and Dave’s 209 Cafe.
Built circa 1920, the stone Spring Creek School stands in the flats of Spring Creek. When the school was built, Highway 209 had not yet been paved, and the area remained very isolated until the 1950s. The one-story building consists of two wings of classrooms arranged in a linear fashion on either side of a large multipurpose room with arched windows. In the 1950s, a cafeteria building of identical design to the one at the nearby Fines Creek School in Haywood County and several schools in other parts of the region was built behind the building. The building was at one point home to a small high school program until Madison County High School opened in 1974, consolidating the various high school programs that existed in various parts of the county. The building continued to educate the children of the remote Spring Creek Township at the middle school and elementary school grade levels until 1989, when it was consolidated with Hot Springs Elementary School due to declining enrollment. After falling into disrepair, the building was renovated for adaptive reuse in the early 2000s, and is now home to a community center, several small business operations, and Dave’s 209 Cafe.
Built circa 1920, the stone Spring Creek School stands in the flats of Spring Creek. When the school was built, Highway 209 had not yet been paved, and the area remained very isolated until the 1950s. The one-story building consists of two wings of classrooms arranged in a linear fashion on either side of a large multipurpose room with arched windows. In the 1950s, a cafeteria building of identical design to the one at the nearby Fines Creek School in Haywood County and several schools in other parts of the region was built behind the building. The building was at one point home to a small high school program until Madison County High School opened in 1974, consolidating the various high school programs that existed in various parts of the county. The building continued to educate the children of the remote Spring Creek Township at the middle school and elementary school grade levels until 1989, when it was consolidated with Hot Springs Elementary School due to declining enrollment. After falling into disrepair, the building was renovated for adaptive reuse in the early 2000s, and is now home to a community center, several small business operations, and Dave’s 209 Cafe.
Marvin Musquin dominating Moto 1 of the 450cc class at the Spring Creek AMA National Motocross in Millville, Minnesota on July 22nd, 2017.
It's a few minutes after noon on a Beautiful August day in a view off the stern of the MV Walter J. McCarthy Jr. docked at the Midwest Energy Resources Corp. (MERC) loading dock in Superior, WI. The empties on the inner loop are going through the dumper in the process of unloading train CSCMSUD1-81A (Spring Creek Mine, MT to Superior-DetroitEdison) and it's 118 loads, 16,825 tons & 6485 feet. Additionally, we see the power leading the loaded CSCMSUD1-82A with 124 loads, good for 17,635 tons & 6805 feet arriving on the outer loop. And lastly, in the group of mariner's vehicles parked at the lower right in the photo are the vehicles of American Steamship Company mariners as well as guests Paul Enenbach (2nd row, 5th from left, I think) and yours truly (first row, far right).
A couple of flyfisihers holding hands along the Upper Owens River valley in the Eastern Sierra, California, United States of America
Spring Creek, Ballara:
The crossing and waterhole of Spring Creek, 7.4km northeast of Ballara, was once a link in a long journey used by coach companies in the early 1900s. The camp was a site for travellers and drovers alike, and was a reliable watering point for their horses. One can still find remains of bed frames, water tanks, and relics upon the adjoining ridge. The large ghost gum tree at the crossing still bears the marks of past travellers.
Source: Cloncurry Trails.
Built circa 1920, the stone Spring Creek School stands in the flats of Spring Creek. When the school was built, Highway 209 had not yet been paved, and the area remained very isolated until the 1950s. The one-story building consists of two wings of classrooms arranged in a linear fashion on either side of a large multipurpose room with arched windows. In the 1950s, a cafeteria building of identical design to the one at the nearby Fines Creek School in Haywood County and several schools in other parts of the region was built behind the building. The building was at one point home to a small high school program until Madison County High School opened in 1974, consolidating the various high school programs that existed in various parts of the county. The building continued to educate the children of the remote Spring Creek Township at the middle school and elementary school grade levels until 1989, when it was consolidated with Hot Springs Elementary School due to declining enrollment. After falling into disrepair, the building was renovated for adaptive reuse in the early 2000s, and is now home to a community center, several small business operations, and Dave’s 209 Cafe.
Built circa 1920, the stone Spring Creek School stands in the flats of Spring Creek. When the school was built, Highway 209 had not yet been paved, and the area remained very isolated until the 1950s. The one-story building consists of two wings of classrooms arranged in a linear fashion on either side of a large multipurpose room with arched windows. In the 1950s, a cafeteria building of identical design to the one at the nearby Fines Creek School in Haywood County and several schools in other parts of the region was built behind the building. The building was at one point home to a small high school program until Madison County High School opened in 1974, consolidating the various high school programs that existed in various parts of the county. The building continued to educate the children of the remote Spring Creek Township at the middle school and elementary school grade levels until 1989, when it was consolidated with Hot Springs Elementary School due to declining enrollment. After falling into disrepair, the building was renovated for adaptive reuse in the early 2000s, and is now home to a community center, several small business operations, and Dave’s 209 Cafe.
Built circa 1920, the stone Spring Creek School stands in the flats of Spring Creek. When the school was built, Highway 209 had not yet been paved, and the area remained very isolated until the 1950s. The one-story building consists of two wings of classrooms arranged in a linear fashion on either side of a large multipurpose room with arched windows. In the 1950s, a cafeteria building of identical design to the one at the nearby Fines Creek School in Haywood County and several schools in other parts of the region was built behind the building. The building was at one point home to a small high school program until Madison County High School opened in 1974, consolidating the various high school programs that existed in various parts of the county. The building continued to educate the children of the remote Spring Creek Township at the middle school and elementary school grade levels until 1989, when it was consolidated with Hot Springs Elementary School due to declining enrollment. After falling into disrepair, the building was renovated for adaptive reuse in the early 2000s, and is now home to a community center, several small business operations, and Dave’s 209 Cafe.
Built circa 1920, the stone Spring Creek School stands in the flats of Spring Creek. When the school was built, Highway 209 had not yet been paved, and the area remained very isolated until the 1950s. The one-story building consists of two wings of classrooms arranged in a linear fashion on either side of a large multipurpose room with arched windows. In the 1950s, a cafeteria building of identical design to the one at the nearby Fines Creek School in Haywood County and several schools in other parts of the region was built behind the building. The building was at one point home to a small high school program until Madison County High School opened in 1974, consolidating the various high school programs that existed in various parts of the county. The building continued to educate the children of the remote Spring Creek Township at the middle school and elementary school grade levels until 1989, when it was consolidated with Hot Springs Elementary School due to declining enrollment. After falling into disrepair, the building was renovated for adaptive reuse in the early 2000s, and is now home to a community center, several small business operations, and Dave’s 209 Cafe.
Original Caption: Overflow of Untreated Water Increases Jamaica Bay Pollution. Flow Comes from Inadequate Treatment Plants in the Spring Creek Area 05/1973
U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 412-DA-5473
Photographer: Tress, Arthur, 1940-
Subjects:
New York (New York state, United States) inhabited place
Environmental Protection Agency
Project DOCUMERICA
Persistent URL: catalog.archives.gov/id/547960
Repository: Still Picture Records Section, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-S), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001.
For information about ordering reproductions of photographs held by the Still Picture Unit, visit: www.archives.gov/research/order/still-pictures.html
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Captured with a Canon EOS 5D Mark II and Rokinon 14mm f/2.8 IF ED UMC lens.
ISO 1250, f/2.8, 30 second exposure.
Camping at Inks Lake State Park in Burnet County, Texas with the Round Rock, TX Cub Scout Pack 562 Airbone Eagle Patrol. Earlier in the day we did a patrol hike to Devil's Water Hole (one of the main attractions of the park). A small tributiary called Spring Creek empties into Devil's Water Hole. Just upstream about a 1/4 mile is a small waterfall. I made a mental note; come back tonight to leverage a waxing gibbous 1/2 moon.
It was around 11:45PM as I approached the falls and there were people already there. I wasn't expecting anyone and hoped that they would be on their way out since their lights would interfere with my exposures. As I approached closer one of the two people shined their light on me and asked what I was doing. I said I was just going to take some photos and they both replied..."we are too".
So immediately we exchanged the typical photog jargon etc. They said there were done and getting ready to head out. I took two test exposures as they were heading out. When I was ready for the 3rd exposure, setting up my tripod and camera in about 3 feet of water, I noticed the ambient light level go up considerably. When I turned back to see where it was coming from I noticed the two photogs up on the trail along with another person and this person was wearing a BIG TEXAS cowboy hat. I could see the two photogs handing the ranger their ID's and immediatly I thought I better get a few more snaps off before that Ranger comes down to ask for my ID because I didn't have my ID with me :)
This shot shows me heading into the falls (very slippery) with my headlamp on. Inspired by Denis Smith "biskitboy", I attempted a "Ball of Light" shown below in the next frame.
Spring Creek, Ballara:
The crossing and waterhole of Spring Creek, 7.4km northeast of Ballara, was once a link in a long journey used by coach companies in the early 1900s. The camp was a site for travellers and drovers alike, and was a reliable watering point for their horses. One can still find remains of bed frames, water tanks, and relics upon the adjoining ridge. The large ghost gum tree at the crossing still bears the marks of past travellers.
Source: Cloncurry Trails.
Built circa 1920, the stone Spring Creek School stands in the flats of Spring Creek. When the school was built, Highway 209 had not yet been paved, and the area remained very isolated until the 1950s. The one-story building consists of two wings of classrooms arranged in a linear fashion on either side of a large multipurpose room with arched windows. In the 1950s, a cafeteria building of identical design to the one at the nearby Fines Creek School in Haywood County and several schools in other parts of the region was built behind the building. The building was at one point home to a small high school program until Madison County High School opened in 1974, consolidating the various high school programs that existed in various parts of the county. The building continued to educate the children of the remote Spring Creek Township at the middle school and elementary school grade levels until 1989, when it was consolidated with Hot Springs Elementary School due to declining enrollment. After falling into disrepair, the building was renovated for adaptive reuse in the early 2000s, and is now home to a community center, several small business operations, and Dave’s 209 Cafe.
Built circa 1920, the stone Spring Creek School stands in the flats of Spring Creek. When the school was built, Highway 209 had not yet been paved, and the area remained very isolated until the 1950s. The one-story building consists of two wings of classrooms arranged in a linear fashion on either side of a large multipurpose room with arched windows. In the 1950s, a cafeteria building of identical design to the one at the nearby Fines Creek School in Haywood County and several schools in other parts of the region was built behind the building. The building was at one point home to a small high school program until Madison County High School opened in 1974, consolidating the various high school programs that existed in various parts of the county. The building continued to educate the children of the remote Spring Creek Township at the middle school and elementary school grade levels until 1989, when it was consolidated with Hot Springs Elementary School due to declining enrollment. After falling into disrepair, the building was renovated for adaptive reuse in the early 2000s, and is now home to a community center, several small business operations, and Dave’s 209 Cafe.
Spring Creek, Ballara:
The crossing and waterhole of Spring Creek, 7.4km northeast of Ballara, was once a link in a long journey used by coach companies in the early 1900s. The camp was a site for travellers and drovers alike, and was a reliable watering point for their horses. One can still find remains of bed frames, water tanks, and relics upon the adjoining ridge. The large ghost gum tree at the crossing still bears the marks of past travellers.
Source: Cloncurry Trails.
Built circa 1920, the stone Spring Creek School stands in the flats of Spring Creek. When the school was built, Highway 209 had not yet been paved, and the area remained very isolated until the 1950s. The one-story building consists of two wings of classrooms arranged in a linear fashion on either side of a large multipurpose room with arched windows. In the 1950s, a cafeteria building of identical design to the one at the nearby Fines Creek School in Haywood County and several schools in other parts of the region was built behind the building. The building was at one point home to a small high school program until Madison County High School opened in 1974, consolidating the various high school programs that existed in various parts of the county. The building continued to educate the children of the remote Spring Creek Township at the middle school and elementary school grade levels until 1989, when it was consolidated with Hot Springs Elementary School due to declining enrollment. After falling into disrepair, the building was renovated for adaptive reuse in the early 2000s, and is now home to a community center, several small business operations, and Dave’s 209 Cafe.
Built circa 1920, the stone Spring Creek School stands in the flats of Spring Creek. When the school was built, Highway 209 had not yet been paved, and the area remained very isolated until the 1950s. The one-story building consists of two wings of classrooms arranged in a linear fashion on either side of a large multipurpose room with arched windows. In the 1950s, a cafeteria building of identical design to the one at the nearby Fines Creek School in Haywood County and several schools in other parts of the region was built behind the building. The building was at one point home to a small high school program until Madison County High School opened in 1974, consolidating the various high school programs that existed in various parts of the county. The building continued to educate the children of the remote Spring Creek Township at the middle school and elementary school grade levels until 1989, when it was consolidated with Hot Springs Elementary School due to declining enrollment. After falling into disrepair, the building was renovated for adaptive reuse in the early 2000s, and is now home to a community center, several small business operations, and Dave’s 209 Cafe.
Spring Creek, Ballara:
The crossing and waterhole of Spring Creek, 7.4km northeast of Ballara, was once a link in a long journey used by coach companies in the early 1900s. The camp was a site for travellers and drovers alike, and was a reliable watering point for their horses. One can still find remains of bed frames, water tanks, and relics upon the adjoining ridge. The large ghost gum tree at the crossing still bears the marks of past travellers.
Source: Cloncurry Trails.
Test Shot 3 using a Holga 120S "Toy Camera" (purchased in 1999)
120 CineStill 50D Film processed at a local lab.
Scanned, adjusted and cropped in Photoshop.
Built circa 1920, the stone Spring Creek School stands in the flats of Spring Creek. When the school was built, Highway 209 had not yet been paved, and the area remained very isolated until the 1950s. The one-story building consists of two wings of classrooms arranged in a linear fashion on either side of a large multipurpose room with arched windows. In the 1950s, a cafeteria building of identical design to the one at the nearby Fines Creek School in Haywood County and several schools in other parts of the region was built behind the building. The building was at one point home to a small high school program until Madison County High School opened in 1974, consolidating the various high school programs that existed in various parts of the county. The building continued to educate the children of the remote Spring Creek Township at the middle school and elementary school grade levels until 1989, when it was consolidated with Hot Springs Elementary School due to declining enrollment. After falling into disrepair, the building was renovated for adaptive reuse in the early 2000s, and is now home to a community center, several small business operations, and Dave’s 209 Cafe.
Water from wells starts to flow into Spring Creek to test the system (4). Photo by Sandy Abbott USFWS.
NEWS RELEASE 20111206
For release on Dec. 7, 2011
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Rick Lavender, Georgia DNR: 706-557-3327, rick.lavender@dnr.state.ga.us
Tom MacKenzie USFWS 404-679-7291 tom_mackenzie@fws.gov
Critical Reach of Spring Creek Set to Get Water Boost if Drought Hits Hard Again
--Wells Drilled to Help Save Endangered Species--
The droughts of 2000 and 2007 took a heavy toll on the mussel fauna of Spring Creek, Miller County, in Southwest Georgia. The persistent drought and water use have impacted large sections of Spring Creek, in Colquitt, about 50 miles southwest of Albany, decimating native mussel populations, including two endangered species. A potential solution is to augment flows in a critical reach of Spring Creek with ground water pumped from nearby wells during extreme drought years.
“Spring Creek goes very, very low during drought,” said Doug Wilson, of the Golden Triangle Resource Conservation Development Council. “The wells are designed to augment the stream so we can sustain the habitat for the mussels. This is the first time that this has been tried in Georgia.”
The water augmentation pilot project for Spring Creek is the result of a collaborative partnership with the Golden Triangle Resource Conservation Development Council, the City of Colquitt, the Georgia Water Planning and Policy Center, Georgia’s Department of Natural Resources’ Environmental Protection and Wildlife Resources divisions, Spring Creek Watershed Partnership, and the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
The Spring Creek Partnership voted to release $85,000 of its grant money to be used in this project. Golden Triangle Resource Conservation Development Council will operate the wells. Other organizations contributed manpower, equipment, and expertise.
"Evaluating the use of groundwater to supplement streamflows in dry periods was recommended by the Lower Flint-Ochlockonee Regional Water Planning Council in their recently adopted plan for managing water resources in the Lower Flint River basin,” said Tim Cash, Assistant Branch Chief, Chattahoochee and Flint River Basins, Watershed Protection Branch, Georgia Environmental Protection Division. “This project is an important first step in implementing the Council's recommendations as part of the statewide water planning process."
Two wells were drilled this year to the east of the pilot project site directly north of the Colquitt wastewater treatment ponds. The combined output of these wells is about two cubic feet per second. The Spring Creek is about 180 yards upstream of the City of Colquitt Wastewater Treatment Plant outfall. This area contains a number of native mussel species, including the federally endangered shinyrayed pocketbook and oval pigtoe, as well as native fish and turtles.
Georgia’s Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division, in cooperation with other project partners, developed a monitoring plan to assess the effectiveness of the project in maintaining habitat and enhancing survival of mussels.
“This is the worst I’ve ever seen in my lifetime, said Hal Haddoch, a farmer in Damascus. “Springs are totally dry, the ground cracked open, and they’re just beginning to show a little flow right now. I’ve got one pond on my property that’s 500 acres. It doesn’t have a drop of water in it yet. It’s not spring-fed, it’s just rainfall and some runoff that comes into it, but it’s dry. I’ve never seen it like that.”
The high diversity of mussel fauna, as many as 14 species in one survey, makes Spring Creek a mussel hot spot for the Southeast. Three federally-listed mussel species, the shinyrayed pocketbook, oval pigtoe and Gulf mocassinshell used to live there, but only the pocketbook and pigtoe have been found in recent years. If the pattern of low flows continues, more mussel species will be eliminated from Spring Creek.
“In order for mussels to survive, they need clean flowing water, but during these extreme drought conditions, our concern is just to keep these animals wet in order for them to be able to survive,” said Sandy Abbott, a biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Georgia. “The pumps are going to provide water for this portion of the stream to hopefully keep these mussels alive until rains come back.”
This operations plan will be changed as conditions shift that may indicate alternative actions are needed to achieve better conservation of Spring Creek mussels. A mussel monitoring plan will be established and carried out by biologists of the Wildlife Resources Division and the Service in order to assess the project’s effects on the existing mussel populations.
“The water in spring creek that the endangered mussels depend on to survive is dwindling, and the drought for the past decade has made matters worse,” said Abbott. “Spring Creek contains one of the best and last populations of these federally endangered mussels.”
Data from the new Spring Creek gauge in Miller County will be used to determine when and where the hose should be deployed to the creek site and when to turn the well on and off. These “trigger” points were made from observations and data collected by the Georgia Wildlife Resources Division and Service biologists. The trigger points are expected to change from lessons learned as the project progresses and sediment deposits around the gauge site.
“This well project is not a permanent solution,” said Abbott. “But we hope it will help keep this stretch of the creek wet to keep these mussels alive until a permanent solution can be found.”
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Original Caption: Sewer Pipe for New Water Pollution Control Plant in Jamaica Bay 05/1973
U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 412-DA-5393
Photographer: Tress, Arthur, 1940-
Subjects:
New York (New York state, United States) inhabited place
Environmental Protection Agency
Project DOCUMERICA
Persistent URL: catalog.archives.gov/id/547880
Repository: Still Picture Records Section, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-S), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001.
For information about ordering reproductions of photographs held by the Still Picture Unit, visit: www.archives.gov/research/order/still-pictures.html
Reproductions may be ordered via an independent vendor. NARA maintains a list of vendors at www.archives.gov/research/order/vendors-photos-maps-dc.html
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Built circa 1920, the stone Spring Creek School stands in the flats of Spring Creek. When the school was built, Highway 209 had not yet been paved, and the area remained very isolated until the 1950s. The one-story building consists of two wings of classrooms arranged in a linear fashion on either side of a large multipurpose room with arched windows. In the 1950s, a cafeteria building of identical design to the one at the nearby Fines Creek School in Haywood County and several schools in other parts of the region was built behind the building. The building was at one point home to a small high school program until Madison County High School opened in 1974, consolidating the various high school programs that existed in various parts of the county. The building continued to educate the children of the remote Spring Creek Township at the middle school and elementary school grade levels until 1989, when it was consolidated with Hot Springs Elementary School due to declining enrollment. After falling into disrepair, the building was renovated for adaptive reuse in the early 2000s, and is now home to a community center, several small business operations, and Dave’s 209 Cafe.
The first, two-room portion of this house was built initially during reconstruction, in the 1860s, was expanded after coming under the ownership of the Meadows family circa 1910. The family, which had 12 children, necessitated the expansion of the structure, funded by the operation by the family of an adjacent general store, now gone. The building served as lodging for travelers from as far away as Europe during the Great Depression, and was recently restored by descendants of the Meadows family, though the store vanished due to decades of neglect. The adjacent barn is presently in poor shape, with several structural elements missing.
Designated as a part of the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act, Spring Creek is a 1.1-mile long scenic river. The creek bubbles out of the ground from its source at Shoat Springs and continues downstream to the confluence with Jenny Creek. Spring Creek is within the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument and adjacent to the nearby Soda Mountain Wilderness. This area in southwest Oregon is a meeting place of a variety of climates, soils and topography, resulting in an extremely diverse vegetation. Throughout the river corridor are three major vegetative types: stands of mixed conifers and hardwoods; extensive dense, brushy areas; and some open, grassy slopes.
The river corridor also provides one of the most unusual mosaics of wildlife habitat types found in southwestern Oregon, including spring, fall and winter range for a large herd of migratory black-tailed deer and healthy populations of bear, coyotes, mountain lions, and bobcats. The headwaters and upper reaches of Spring Creek are on private land. Visitors are encouraged to be respectful of adjacent private property owners.
Know Before You Go:
•Use caution when exploring along the creek; there are rock outcrops, slippery rocks, steep canyons, waterfalls, and cold, swift water during the winter and spring.
•Rattlesnakes and ticks are common in the warmer months.
•Access is along remote unpaved road systems that may be snow covered in winter.
•Be aware of and respect private property in the area.
•Collect and remove any trash or waste; there is no garbage or toilet facility in the area.
Directions:
Take Highway 66 east of Ashland. Approximately eight miles east of Green Springs Summit, turn south on Copco Road (40-4E-3.1). Continue south for approximately seven miles to BLM road 41-4E-3.2. Turn right and travel approximately 0.5 miles to the road intersection with Spring Creek. Roads in this area are generally open but many do not have legal public access. Roads are natural surface forest roads, and may not be accessible at certain times of the year and may not be accessible by all types of vehicles.
Contact:
Medford BLM
3040 Biddle Road
Medford, OR 97504
541-618-2200
BLM_OR_MD_Mail@blm.gov
Photo: Michael Campbell, BLM
Designated as a part of the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act, Spring Creek is a 1.1-mile long scenic river. The creek bubbles out of the ground from its source at Shoat Springs and continues downstream to the confluence with Jenny Creek. Spring Creek is within the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument and adjacent to the nearby Soda Mountain Wilderness. This area in southwest Oregon is a meeting place of a variety of climates, soils and topography, resulting in an extremely diverse vegetation. Throughout the river corridor are three major vegetative types: stands of mixed conifers and hardwoods; extensive dense, brushy areas; and some open, grassy slopes.
The river corridor also provides one of the most unusual mosaics of wildlife habitat types found in southwestern Oregon, including spring, fall and winter range for a large herd of migratory black-tailed deer and healthy populations of bear, coyotes, mountain lions, and bobcats. The headwaters and upper reaches of Spring Creek are on private land. Visitors are encouraged to be respectful of adjacent private property owners.
Know Before You Go:
•Use caution when exploring along the creek; there are rock outcrops, slippery rocks, steep canyons, waterfalls, and cold, swift water during the winter and spring.
•Rattlesnakes and ticks are common in the warmer months.
•Access is along remote unpaved road systems that may be snow covered in winter.
•Be aware of and respect private property in the area.
•Collect and remove any trash or waste; there is no garbage or toilet facility in the area.
Directions:
Take Highway 66 east of Ashland. Approximately eight miles east of Green Springs Summit, turn south on Copco Road (40-4E-3.1). Continue south for approximately seven miles to BLM road 41-4E-3.2. Turn right and travel approximately 0.5 miles to the road intersection with Spring Creek. Roads in this area are generally open but many do not have legal public access. Roads are natural surface forest roads, and may not be accessible at certain times of the year and may not be accessible by all types of vehicles.
Contact:
Medford BLM
3040 Biddle Road
Medford, OR 97504
541-618-2200
BLM_OR_MD_Mail@blm.gov
Photo: Michael Campbell, BLM