The Freshwater Trust has planted a native riparian buffer on the mainstem Rogue River at river mile 128. The buffer has been planted to standards required for generating shade credits. The Freshwater Trust quantified shade credits for the site using Heat Source version 8.05. The owner has granted The Freshwater Trust access to the site for the 20 year life of the project for the purposes of monitoring and maintenance. The Rogue RM 128 project will be installed in two phases. Phase 1 was installed in the fall of 2012 and phase 2 will be installed in the spring of 2013.
**Please note: Because the thermal benefits from this site is being used for a water quality trading compliance program in Oregon, and therefore are subject to a 2:1 ratio, half of the certified credits from this site are held in the City of Medford account on Markit and half are held in retirement in The Freshwater Trust’s Markit account.