City of Sweet Home, SSWC Partner to Restore Ames Creek Floodplain Habitat

Tyrell Styhl, executive director of the South Santiam Watershed Council, scatters native wetland plant seeds along Ames Creek where tarps had been placed to reduce the growth of invasive weeds, such as blackberries and reed canary grass. Photos by Scott Swanson

An effort to restore a three-acre floodplain along Ames Creek in Sweet Home got a fresh start – yeah, that’s a pun – Friday, Oct. 16, with the seeding of a wide variety of native plants.

Representatives from the South Santiam Watershed Council and Sweet Home Public Works collaborated on the project, which got its inception in 2025 when efforts began to remove invasive weeds from the area.

The site is located between the Sweet…

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