No other coastal basin seems as wild and as untouched as the Smith River, a tributary to the Umpqua Estuary, but forest fires, logging, road building, stream cleaning, and riparian tree harvest have affected the complex hydrologic connection between the forest and the stream. West Fork Smith River (WFSR) is a sixth-field watershed in lower Smith River and is the poster child of past forest practices that have since been banned, such as splash damming and stream clean-out using heavy equipment. The Partnership for the Umpqua Rivers (PUR) has formed a unique collaboration with Coos Bay BLM, Roseburg Resources Company, ODFW, and USFS. These partners have decided to address the limiting factors for fish production in the basin: summer holding pools and winter high water refuge. Ten years of ODFW habitat monitoring data will act as a baseline to quantify the effects of habitat restoration throughout 24.5 miles of stream. Work began in September 2010 and resulted in the placement of 482 logs and 40 whole trees in 3.5 miles of Beaver Creek, Moore Creek, and the Mainstem. The next stage of this project will include the placement of 977 logs, 159 trees and 2,380 boulders in 21 stream miles of the WFSR basin.