Applegate Partnership & Watershed Council - Grow Youth

Formed in rural Southern Oregon in 1992, the APWC has evolved to become a national model for agency-community collaboration and innovation.   One of their newest collaborative projects, Grow Youth, combines riparian restoration with monitoring education at a popular county park.  In 2021, funds from the SFF were used to support this program in their efforts to enhance a section of the Applegate River for fish, beaver, and other wildlife while involving students in monitoring the removal of a variety of invasive species and the growth and survival of numerous native plants.