@article {83161,
	title = {USGS Water Resources Links for: 17100204 - Siletz-Yaquina},
	year = {2023},
	note = {"Science in Your Watershed." Links to various data points about the watershed.},
	keywords = {hydrology, invasive species, precipitation, Siletz River Basin, streamflow, water quality, water temperature, Yaquina River Basin},
	url = {https://water.usgs.gov/lookup/getwatershed?17100204/www/cgi-bin/lookup/getwatershed},
	author = {U.S. Geological Survey,}
}
@article {83106,
	title = {Predicting springtime herbicide exposure across multiple scales in pacific coastal drainages (Oregon, USA)},
	journal = {Ecological Indicators},
	volume = {142},
	number = {109195},
	year = {2022},
	note = {Springtime in coastal Oregon brings many things, including high runoff of herbicides from coastal forests. In this article, the uthors describe a study of herbicide runoff at 3 different scales of sub-basin size.  While several important variables were identified, steep slopes combined with clearcuts and herbicide use combined to bring the highest concentrations of pollutants in runoff.},
	pages = {11 p.},
	keywords = {Coos River, forestry, herbicides, logging, Millicoma River, Nehalem River Basin, Siletz River Basin, Smith River Basin (Umpqua), Umpqua River, water pollution},
	doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.109195 },
	author = {Scully-Engelmeyer, Kaean M. and Granek, Elise F.}
}
@article {83034,
	title = {Final Coastal, Columbia, and Snake Conservation Plan for Lampreys in Oregon},
	year = {2020},
	note = {The conservation plan described in this document is intended to {\textquotedblleft}identify, acknowledge, and support actions needed to conserve lampreys in the service of the mission of the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife{\textquotedblright} (p.3) It gives management strategies and identifies areas needing monitoring, research and evaluation. ODFW acknowledges that it lacks the resources to fully address factors limiting lamprey populations, and will need to coordinate with other groups working on natural resource issues.},
	pages = {192 p.},
	institution = {Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife},
	address = {Salem, Or.},
	keywords = {Alsea River Basin, climate, conservation plans, dams, depleted populations, environmental law and policy, habitats, human impacts, natural resource management, Pacific brook lamprey = Lampetra pacifica, Pacific lamprey = Entosphenus tridentatus (Lampetra tridentata), population biology, predation, River lamprey = Lampetra ayresi, Siletz River Basin, Siuslaw River Basin, streamflow, Umpqua River Basin, water temperature, Western brook lamprey = Lampetra richardsoni, Yachats River Basin, Yaquina River Basin},
	url = {https://www.dfw.state.or.us/fish/CRP/docs/coastal_columbia_snake_lamprey/CPL\%20-\%20Final\%202-14-20.pdf },
	author = {Clemens, Benjamin J. and Anlauf, Kara Janaye and Weeber, Matt and Stahl, Tom and Oregon. Dept. of Fish and Wildlife,}
}
@article {82546,
	title = {Genetic divergence outpaces phenotypic evolution among threespine stickleback populations in old freshwater habitats},
	journal = {Biological Journal of the Linnean Society},
	volume = {128},
	number = {2},
	year = {2019},
	note = {The three-spined stickleback is a highly adaptive species, capable of thriving in oceanic, estuarine and freshwater environments. Its abundance and differing life histories make it a good subject for studying the interplay between environment and genetics. In this paper, the authors exhaustively examine the genetic and physiological characteristics of this species. {\textquotedblleft}To address the degree of congruence between genetic and phenotypic divergence, we directly compared Oregon stickleback to much younger (post-glacial) Alaskan populations. We found phenotypic variation in Oregon Stickleback to be primarily partitioned between oceanic and freshwater habitats . . . However, the main axis of genetic divergence was between coastal and inland regions regardless of habitat type{\textquotedblright} (from the Abstract).  Interestingly, scattered populations of inland fish retain physical characteristics typical of the oceanic residents.},
	month = {2019, Oct.},
	pages = {p.415{\textendash}434},
	keywords = {Alaska, Columbia River, Coos River Basin, Crooked River, Cushman Slough (Siuslaw), Dean Creek (Umpqua), Deschutes River Basin,, evolution, genetics, geography, Lily Lake (Siuslaw), Luckiamute River Basin, McKenzie River Basin, Millport Slough (Siletz), Molalla River, morphology, Oregon, Page Road (Umpqua), phenology, population biology, Santiam River Basin, Siletz River Basin, Siuslaw River Basin, South Jetty (Siuslaw), Ten Mile Creek Basin, Three-spined stickleback = Gasterosteus aculeatus, Umpqua River Basin, Willamette River Basin},
	doi = {https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blz106},
	author = {Currey, Mark C. and Bassham, Susan L. and Cresko, William A.}
}
@mastersthesis {83226,
	title = {The Influence of Lithology on Stream Metabolism in Mountain Systems},
	year = {2019},
	note = {This study contrasts two 160-meter reaches in the Oregon Coast Range. One reach is on the South Fork of Mill Creek, in the Siletz Basin, and is underlain by sandstone.  The other reach is on Oak Creek, and has a basalt substrate.  The author endeavored to understand how environmental disturbances affected primary production and respiration in streams with different underlying rocks. {\textquotedblleft}The goals of this study were to explore the limiting effects of suspended sediment and increased flow on metabolic rates in two basins with contrasting lithologies (sandstone- and basalt-dominated), compare metabolic rates before and after storms, and compare patterns of metabolism between the two streams{\textquotedblright} (p.3).},
	pages = {72 p.},
	school = {Oregon State University},
	type = {Masters Thesis},
	edition = {M.S.},
	chapter = {Water Resources Science},
	address = {Corvallis, Or.},
	keywords = {climate, ecosystem respiration, Oak Creek, precipitation, primary production, sediment, Siletz River Basin, South Fork Mill Creek (Siletz)},
	url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/graduate_thesis_or_dissertations/5712md14z },
	author = {Cargill, Samantha K}
}
@article {82506,
	title = {Detecting the effects of management regime shifts in dynamic environments using multi-population state-space models},
	journal = {Biological Conservation},
	volume = {221},
	year = {2018},
	note = {Oregon populations of wild coho salmon were in decline until they were listed by the Federal Government as threatened populations in 1998.  Subsequent efforts to restore coho included reducing hatchery production, restoring habitats and cutting allowable harvests. At the same time, ocean conditions improved, favoring adult salmon survival. In this paper, the authors{\textquoteright} objective {\textquotedblleft}was to assess change in the freshwater production of juvenile production of juveniles (smolts) through time in order to determine if recent increases in adult abundance could be related to management affecting the freshwater juvenile production{\textquotedblright} (from the Abstract).   Interestingly, the authors did not find any improvement in the survival of juvenile fish per spawning salmon. Instead, they attribute the rebound in coho population to improved ocean conditions.  Various aspects of this complex fishery management issue are discussed.},
	month = {2018, May},
	pages = {p.34-43},
	keywords = {Alsea River Basin, Beaver Creek, Coho salmon = Oncorhynchus kisutch, Coos River Basin, depleted populations, habitats, human impacts, juvenile fish, Lower Umpqua River Basin, mathematical modeling, natural resource management, Nehalem River Basin, Siletz River Basin, statistical analysis, Yaquina River Basin},
	doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2018.02.026 },
	author = {Falcy, Matthew R. and Suring, Erik}
}
@article {77021,
	title = {Feasibility Assessment for the Reintroduction of Fishers in Western Oregon, USA},
	year = {2015},
	note = {This report examines the history of native fisher populations in Oregon and conditions necessary to reintroduce them to western Oregon.  Currently, there are two resident populations, one in the Kalmiopsis, and another reintroduced population in the southern Oregon Cascades. This  report indicates that there is habitat in the northern Coast Range and in the northern Cascades that could provide good sites for reintroduction.},
	month = {2015, Mar.},
	pages = {86 p.},
	institution = {U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service},
	address = {Portland, Or.},
	keywords = {Alsea River Basin, depleted populations, ecosystem health, endangered species, life history information, Pacific fisher = Martes pennant pacifica, Siletz River Basin, Siuslaw National Forest, Umpqua National Forest, Umpqua River Basin, Yaquina River Basin},
	url = {https://tinyurl.com/ynsts4vw },
	author = {Hiller, Tim L.}
}
@article {76296,
	title = {Hydrologic landscape classification evaluates streamflow vulnerability to climate change in Oregon, USA},
	journal = {Hydrology and Earth System Sciences},
	volume = {18},
	year = {2014},
	note = {In this paper, the authors examined three river basins in areas of Oregon with different rainfall/snowfall regimes.  They used a hydrologic landscape model to evaluate the effects of climate change on the basins.  The model used five factors:  climate, seasonality, aquifer permeability, terrain, and soil permeability. {\textquotedblleft}We evaluate changes when the 1971{\textendash}2000 HL climate indices are recalculated using 2041{\textendash}2070 simulation results from the ECHAM (European Centre HAMburg) and PCM (Parallel Climate Model) climate models with the A2, A1b, and B1 emission scenarios. . . At the basin scale, simulated changes for the Siletz Basin, in Oregon{\textquoteright}s Coast Range, include a small switch from very wet to wet climate, with no change in seasonality. However, there is a modest increase in fall and winter water due to increased precipitation.{\textquotedblright} (from the Abstract) Note:  this does not mean that fish and wildlife dependent upon the stream would be unaffected.},
	month = {2014},
	pages = {p.3367-3392},
	keywords = {climate change, hydrology, Middle Fork John Day River Basin, precipitation, Sandy River Basin, Siletz River Basin, statistical modeling},
	doi = {10.5194/hess-18-3367-2014},
	author = {Leibowitz, S. G, and Comeleo, R. L. and Wigington Jr., P. L. and Weaver, C. P. and Morefield, P. E. and E A Sproles E and Ebersole, J.L.}
}
@article {36631,
	title = {Do network relationships matter? Comparing network and instream habitat variables to explain densities of juvenile coho salmon (<i>Oncorhynchus kisutch</i>) in mid-coastal Oregon, USA},
	journal = {Aquatic Conservation :  Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems},
	volume = {22},
	year = {2012},
	note = {Juvenile coho salmon were counted in seven sub-basins in the Alsea and Siletz watersheds for a five-year period (1998-2002). The study indicates the importance of stream networks {\textendash} connectivity between different habitat types, rather than just the abundance of different habitats. How easy is it for juvenile fish to move from spawning beds to summer rearing pools? This work suggests that habitat connectivity is an important variable that should be considered in habitat restoration plans.},
	month = {2012, May},
	pages = {p.288-302},
	keywords = {Alsea River Basin, Cedar Creek, Coho salmon = Oncorhynchus kisutch, Five Rivers, geographic information system (GIS), habitats, juvenile fish, population count, Rock Creek, Sams Creek, Siletz River Basin, South Fork Alsea River, spatial distribution, Sunshine Creek, temporal distribution, Upper Drift Creek},
	doi = {10.1002/aqc.2228},
	url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/articles/3197xm594},
	author = {Flitcroft, Rebecca L. and Burnett, Kelly M. and Reeves, Gordon H. and Ganio, Lisa M.}
}
@mastersthesis {37121,
	title = {Traditional Ecological Knowledge of Siletz Tribal Members},
	year = {2009},
	note = {The interviews with tribal elders are valuable. There are a few brief descriptions of traditional uses of the estuary. Dept. of Environmental Science. Ph. D. Corvallis, Or.: Oregon State University.},
	pages = {163 p.},
	school = {Oregon State University},
	type = {Doctoral dissertation},
	edition = {Ph. D.},
	chapter = {Dept. of Environmental Science},
	address = {Corvallis, Or.},
	keywords = {anthropology, ecological values, historical, Native Americans, Siletz River Basin, sociology, theses},
	url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/graduate_thesis_or_dissertations/jq085n53x},
	author = {Hatfield, Samantha Chisholm}
}
@mastersthesis {37106,
	title = {Regions to Streams: Spatial and Temporal Variation in Stream Occupancy Patterns of Coho Salmon (<i>Oncorhynchus kisutch</i>) on the Oregon Coast},
	year = {2007},
	note = {{\textquotedblleft}The research described in this dissertation started as an investigation of the implications of stream network structure on the abundance and distribution of juvenile coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) and evolved into the development of variables and theory that include stream network relationships. The dissertation is primarily focused on three key goals: the development and application of a theoretical base for analyzing aquatic obligate species that incorporates the underlying structure of the stream network; exploring the importance of stream network variables using multiple spatial scales in an assessment of juvenile coho salmon density; incorporating multiple spatial scales into hierarchical Bayesian models for the adult and juvenile life history stage of coho salmon.{\textquotedblright}(p.169) },
	pages = {189 p.},
	school = {Oregon State University},
	type = {Doctoral dissertation},
	edition = {Ph.D.},
	chapter = {Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife, Fisheries},
	address = {Corvallis, Or.},
	keywords = {Alsea River Basin, Canal Creek, Cedar Creek, Coho salmon = Oncorhynchus kisutch, Drift Creek, Fall Creek, Five Rivers, juvenile fish, Lobster Creek, mathematics, North Fork Alsea River, Rock Creek, Sams Creek, Siletz River Basin, South Fork Alsea River, spatial distribution, statistical analysis, Sunshine Creek, temporal distribution, theses, topology},
	url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/graduate_thesis_or_dissertations/bc386m254},
	author = {Flitcroft, Rebecca L.}
}
@article {37041,
	title = {USGS Water Resources Links for: 17100204 - Siletz-Yaquina },
	year = {2005},
	note = {A valuable compilation of links on this HUC watershed.},
	keywords = {conservation, demographics, hydrology, land ownership, land use, Siletz River Basin, Yaquina River Basin},
	url = {https://water.usgs.gov/lookup/getwatershed?17100204},
	author = {United States. Geological Survey,}
}
@article {37666,
	title = {Siletz River Basin Fish Management Plan},
	year = {1997},
	note = {This plan emphasizes management of salmonid species. {\textquotedblleft}All salmonid species in the Siletz River Basin are at depressed levels with the exception of fall chinook and resident cutthroat trout.{\textquotedblright} (p.5)},
	pages = {119 p.},
	institution = {Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife},
	keywords = {aquatic invertebrates, Beaver Creek, Big Rock Creekbivalves, Cedar Creek, Chinook salmon = Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, chum salmon  = Oncorhynchus keta, Coho salmon = Oncorhynchus kisutch, community ecology, crayfish = Pacifastacus spp., crustaceans, cutthroat trout = Oncorhynchus clarki, decapods, Drift Creek, environmental policy and law, Euchre Creek, fishes, general ecosystem description, geographical distribution, Green sturgeon = Acipenser medirostris, habitat conservation, hatchery salmonids, hydrography, introduced species, land use, Mill Creek, molluscs, N Fork Schooner Creek, natural resource management, North Creek, Pacific lamprey = Entosphenus tridentatus (Lampetra tridentata), population biology, recreational fisheries, S Fork Schooner Creek, S Fork Siletz River, Schooner Creek, Siletz Bay, Siletz River Basin, species list, steelhead trout = Oncorhynchus mykiss, Sunshine Creek, temporal distribution, water temperature, water use, White sturgeon = Acipenser transmontanus},
	url = {https://nrimp.dfw.state.or.us/nrimp/information/docs/fishreports/Siletz\%20River\%20Basin\%20November\%201997.pdf},
	author = {Oregon. Dept. of Fish and Wildlife,}
}
@article {37936,
	title = {Arenicolous Halacaridae from the intertidal zone of Schooner Creek, Oregon (Acari : Prostigmata)},
	journal = {Acarologia},
	volume = {18},
	year = {1976},
	note = {This article describes marine mites found in the intertidal zone of Schooner Creek.  Collection sites were 50 and 75 meters from its junction with the Siletz River. "The coarse-grained, gravelly sand deposits so common in west coast estuaries parallel those of many sheltered open coast temperate zone beaches where intertidal interstitial life often is well developed.  Unlike the open beach habitat, estuarine sands have the advantage of protection from wave action during tidal episodes." (p.241)},
	pages = {p.241-258},
	keywords = {aquatic invertebrates, crustaceans, new species description, Schooner Creek, Siletz River Basin},
	author = {Krantz, G.W.}
}
@book {36876,
	title = {Central Oregon Coast},
	year = {1969},
	note = {9 vol. set.  v.1. Physical conditions and present development. -- v.2. Economic patterns. -- v.3. Forest products industry. -- v.4. Agriculture. -- v.5. Commercial fishing and fish processing. -- v.6. Recreation-tourism. -- v.7. Population and housing. -- v.8. Transportation and utilities. -- v.9. Development problems and potentials.},
	publisher = {University of Oregon. Bureau of Governmental Research and Service},
	organization = {University of Oregon. Bureau of Governmental Research and Service},
	address = {Eugene, OR},
	keywords = {air temperature, Alsea Bay, Alsea River Basin, biological, climate, commercial fisheries, demographics, economics, general, general ecosystem description, geological, hydrology, industrial development, land ownership, land use, physical, precipitation, recreational fisheries, Salmon River Basin, Salmon River Estuary, Siletz Bay, Siletz River Basin, tourism, urban development, wind, Yaquina Bay, Yaquina River Basin},
	author = {University of Oregon. Bureau of Governmental Research and Service,}
}
@book {36826,
	title = {Mid-Coast Basin},
	year = {1965},
	note = {Includes fold-out maps in color.},
	publisher = {Oregon. State Water Resources Board},
	organization = {Oregon. State Water Resources Board},
	chapter = {122 pp. + 5 plates},
	address = {Salem, Or.},
	keywords = {Alsea River Basin, Beaver Creek, Depoe Bay, economics, human impacts, hydrology, precipitation, Salmon River Basin, Siletz River Basin, Siltcoos Creek, Siltcoos Lake, Siuslaw River Basin, Tahkenitch Creek, Tahkenitch Lake, water quality, water quality data, water use, Yachats River, Yaquina Bay, Yaquina River Basin},
	url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/defaults/2801ph191}
}
@book {36781,
	title = {Fifty Years in Siletz Timber},
	year = {1959},
	note = {Highly anecdotal account of logging and lumbermen in the Siletz Valley from the early 20th Century up to the 1950s.},
	chapter = {82 p.},
	keywords = {C.D. Johnson Lumber Company, Douglas-fir = Pseudotsuga menziesii, Euchre Creek, Euchre Mountain, historical, logging, Siletz River Basin, terrestrial vegetation},
	url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/defaults/m326m314x},
	author = {Morgan, A. W.}
}
@article {38211,
	title = {Siletz River Volcanic series, northwestern Oregon },
	journal = {Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists},
	volume = {32},
	year = {1948},
	note = {This is the first article about the volcanic rocks in the Siletz area, in which the name {\textquoteleft}Siletz River Volcanics{\textquoteright} was given to the formation. Includes map, b+w photographs.},
	month = {1948, May},
	pages = {p.805-812},
	keywords = {Drift Creek, geology, Mill Creek, North Fork Siletz River, paleosciences, Rickreall Creek, Salmon River, Schooner Creek, Siletz Falls, Siletz River, Siletz River Basin, South Fork Siletz River, Sunshine Creek},
	author = {Snaveley, Parke D. Jr. and Baldwin, Ewart M.}
}
@article {76816,
	title = {Authorizing a preliminary examination of Siletz River and its tributaries in the State of Oregon with a view to the control of its floods},
	volume = {74th Congress, 1st session, House Report no.374, 1935},
	year = {1935},
	note = {74th Congress, 1st session, House report no.374, 1935.  House Resolution 5777 had requested a preliminary examination of the Siletz River and this report shows that the resolution met with a favorable response.  {\textquotedblleft}The floods of 1933 caused severe damage to all portions of the Siletz River Valley and damaging floods occur at intervals from 2 to 4 years.  It is believed these floods warrant investigation with a view to determining flood-protective measures.{\textquotedblright}  A subsequent unpublished report by the Army Corps of Engineers (March 8, 1937) recommended against flood control work in the lightly populated Siletz watershed.},
	pages = {2 p.},
	address = {Washington, D.C..},
	keywords = {climate, coastal hazards, flooding, hydrography, physical modifications, precipitation, Siletz River, Siletz River Basin, surveys},
	author = {U.S. House of Representatives,}
}
@article {37531,
	title = {Water Power Resources of Siletz River Basin, Oregon},
	year = {1931},
	note = {This early survey of the Siletz River was undertaken to consider putting in dams for flood control, water storage and power generation.  The author suggested developing five power sites along the Siletz to fully utilize the power in the fall of the river. Undeveloped power sites considered were at Valsetz, Siletz Falls, around Sunshine Creek, and near Euchre Creek.  As is typical of the period, the needs of fish and wildlife were not considered. Precipitation and flow data are included. A pocket includes 5 maps, some with nice detail about the countryside around 1930, including some named farms.},
	pages = {47 p.},
	institution = {U.S. Geological Survey},
	address = {Washington, D.C.},
	keywords = {coastal hazards, Euchre Creek, flooding, geology, human impacts, Logsden (Or.), North Fork Siletz River, Siletz (Or.), Siletz Falls, Siletz River, Siletz River Basin, South Fork Siletz River, Sunshine Creek, Valsetz (Or.)},
	author = {Jones, Benjamin E. and Stearns, Harold T. and United States. Geological Survey,}
}
@inbook {36961,
	title = {Chapter XXX [Siletz]},
	booktitle = {Looters of the Public Domain; Embracing a Complete Exposure of the Fraudulent Systems of Acquiring Titles to the Public Lands of the United States, by S. A. D. Puter, in Collaboration with Horace Stevens.},
	year = {1908},
	note = {This look at a disgraceful episode in Lincoln County history describes land fraud that took place when former Siletz Indian Reservation lands were opened up to the public after 1894.  The fraud involved filing false homestead claims on valuable timber lands, which were then to be sold to speculators. "In the case of the Siletz entries, it is a matter of record that in nearly every instance the claims were transferred to speculators as soon as final certificates were granted by the local Land Office, and that the holders of the title were exceedingly active in securing the issuance of patents." (p.480-482) Includes b/w photographs of alleged "homestead cabins."},
	pages = {p.469-482},
	publisher = {Portland Printing House Publishers},
	organization = {Portland Printing House Publishers},
	keywords = {historical, land ownership, logging, Siletz Indian Reservation, Siletz River Basin},
	url = {https://tinyurl.com/yeym9v8u},
	author = {Puter, Stephen A. Douglas and Stevens, Horace}
}
