Illinois Valley Soil and Water Conservation District

Illinois Valley Soil and Water Conservation District – IVSWCD
     Tracey Reed, Conservation Technician:  541-592-3731 tracey@ivstreamteam.org
     – For assistance with irrigation efficiency, stream restoration projects, and general questions.  

Illinois Valley Watershed Council – IVWC                                                                                                                   Kevin O’Brien, Watershed Coordinator:  541-592-3731 kevin@ivstreamteam.org                                                                           – For assistance with improving stream, floodplain, and streamside conditions. General questions regarding water policy and regulation.                    

Oregon Water Resources Department  – OWRD
     Scott Ceciliani,  local Watermaster:   541-261-2213  scott.c.ceciliani@oregon.gov
     – For questions and complaints about water rights and potential illegal taking of water.  Be ready with: location    (address needed); landowner; details about what is occurring; duration of issue; relevant observations. Compliance, permitting, and enforcement.

Department of State Lands – DSL
     Lauren Brown, Aquatic Resource Coordinator: ​503-986-5218​  lauren.brown@state.or.us
      – For questions and complaints about removal or addition of material from within banks of stream, instream
        work, altering stream for water or access, including bank stabilization projects. Be ready with: location (address needed); landowner; details about what is occurring; duration of issue; relevant observations. Compliance, permitting, and enforcement.

Josephine County Code Enforcement 
     Michelle Marlowe  541-474-5109       mmarlowe@josephinecounty.gov                                                                                                  Tami Smith  541-474-5424    tsmith@josephinecounty.gov                                                                                                                                      – For questions and complaints about any alterations or development (construction, vegetation clearing, etc.) next to or within 50’ of a stream, river or water body. Be ready with: location (address needed); landowner; details about what is occurring; duration of issue; relevant observations. Permitting and enforcement.

Oregon Department of Environmental Quality - DEQ
     Complaint hotline: 1-888-997-7888  http://www.oregon.gov/DEQ/
     – For any pollutant in or likely to enter water, including sediment, failing septic, construction related. Compliance and enforcement.

Bill Meyers, Rogue Basin Coordinator  541-776-6272    bill.meyers@deq.state.or.us

Oregon Department of Agriculture – ODA                                                                                                                                     Beth Pietrzak, Regional Water Quality Specialist   541-414-8797    elizabeth.pietrzak@oda.oregon.gov  – For questions and complaints about water quality issues related to agricultural practices (manure storage near waterways, nutrient management concerns, etc). Be ready with: location (address needed); landowner; details about what is occurring; duration of issue; relevant observations. Compliance and enforcement.

Oregon Liquor Control Commission – OLCC                                                                                    

 Medford Regional Office        541-776-6191                                                                                                                                                   – For questions, concerns, and complaints about suspect cannabis grows and impacts. Be ready with: location (address needed); landowner; details about what is occurring; duration of issue; relevant observations. Compliance and enforcement.

Josephine County Sheriff’s Office                                                                                          

  Dave Daniel, Josephine County Sheriff           541-474- 5123                                                                                                                        – For questions, concerns, and complaints about suspect cannabis grows and impacts. Be ready with: location (address needed); landowner; details about what is occurring; duration of issue; relevant observations. Compliance and enforcement.

Oregon State Police – OSP
     Dispatch:  541-776-6111                                                                                                                                                   Trooper Jeff Thompson  541-776-6236 
     – For water quality, waterway diversion, and fill/removal complaints.  Be ready with: location (address needed); landowner; details about what is occurring; duration of issue; relevant observations. Enforcement.

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife –  ODFW
     Central Point Office: (541) 826-8774   peter.a.samarin@odfw.oregon.gov
     – For complaints about new dams or other fish passage barriers, ponds, diversion ditches (not historic); development next to a stream, instream work, altering stream for water or access; large number of fish found stranded in a creek that is drying up. 
     – Monitors instream rights; asks OWRD to shut off junior water users if instream right is not being met.

OSU Extension
     Vacant (as of 5/18/2021 with expectations of position being filled by July/August, 2021 timeframe), 541-476-6613
     – For technical assistance with irrigation management, small farms, dry farming, etc.