Coweeman River

**There will be a STAKEHOLDER MEETING for folks concerned about the future of the Coweeman on Thursday, January 11, 2024, at 10am. Location: Lower Columbia Fish Enhancement Group, 11018 NE 51st Cir, Vancouver, WA 98682, USA.

**We went to the Coweeman on a day when masses of local boaters went to run the Devil's Lake Fork of the Wilson at high water, and found low but rising water on the Cow.  The EFL peaked at 2500 that day, and we had a lovely low-stress paddle.  The bigger surf waves are not present at low water, but there are still lots of medium and small surf spots.

**The log jam below Cable Drop is currently blocking both sides of the river.  We landed immediately above it on river right and portaged there.  It would be possible to land on the island below the log jam and walk up to cut out one 4' log that's blocking the left channel, eliminating the portage for now.  Mind you even with that removed it's NOT clean, safe, or straightforward.

**There is quite a bit of tape hanging from trees along the river.  It's pink, and black/white checked, and has writing on the pink parts that pertains to salmon and steelhead habitat.  The tape is dated October 2023, and according to a contact it is marking fish habitat and NOT marking where logs will be installed.

**With that said, as far as we know the installation of riverwide logs to slow down the Coweeman and create more spawning habitat is in process.  This may be the last season we get to run this section.