Aaron Maxwell

Aaron Maxwell, an environmental studies graduate student at Southern Oregon University, rents part of a guesthouse at the ranch and used his knowledge of watersheds and stream research to help the ranch owners develop a restoration plan.

"We basically just bounce ideas off each other," he said.

Maxwell works with restoration groups studying Bear Creek, of which Frog Creek is a tributary.He said the main problem near the Willow Witt Ranch is erosion seeping into the creek from lack of vegetation to keep the soils in place.

"Getting some regrowth of willow will reduce the erosion up there," Maxwell said.

Starting late this summer, the Willow Witt Ranch will begin the initial work of fencing off the wetland and riparian areas Willow said she would like to see the area become an educational asset where children could learn about wetland restoration.

Instructor Aaron Maxwell will discuss recent research of fish distribution and related urban watershed issues in the Bear Creek watershed.Aaron, a graduate student at SOU, was born in Colorado where he began following a path of fish, mountains and snow that led him to Montana, Alaska and eventually Read more ...

Instructor Aaron Maxwell will discuss recent research of fish distribution and related urban watershed issues in the Bear Creek watershed.Aaron, a graduate student at SOU, was born in Colorado where he began following a path of fish, mountains and snow that led him to Montana, Alaska and eventually Read more ...