South Umpqua Rural Community Partnership

South Umpqua Rural Community Partnership, doing business as Surcp, is a non-profit organization registered as a corporate entity (tax exempt). It has been registered in SAM.gov since February 2010 to receive federal awards.

The entity has received a prime federal cooperative agreement grant from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 for $50,000. The grant is for the Highland Ditch Irrigation and Fish Protection Project, addressing the protection of federally protected Oregon Coastal coho salmon. Surcp is partnering with 11 stakeholder water users of the Highland Ditch to improve irrigation efficiency, water quality, and fish passage safety on the main stem of Clear Creek below Galesville Reservoir near Azalea in Douglas County. The project involves correcting water mismanagement, threats to ESA-listed Oregon Coastal coho salmon and other species of concern in the South Umpqua Basin. It aims to eliminate adverse impacts on water quantity, quality, and threats to Oregon Coastal coho, steelhead, Pacific lamprey, and the Umpqua chub by developing an innovative alternatives and preliminary design option for the Highland Ditch. Surcp has also received two sub-federal grant awards from the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board for the Upper South Umpqua Habitat Restoration Project Phase IV.