The Luckiamute Watershed Council began a knotweed control program in 2010 with willing landowners along the upper Luckiamute River. Japanese knotweed is labeled one of the world’s worst invasive species by the World Conservation Union.
After a few years of successful outreach and ongoing control, the Council pursued funding for the remaining extent of the infestation along the Little Luckiamute and Luckiamute Rivers. In 2013, the Council was awarded four-year funding from the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board.
The Luckiamute mainstem is a Conservation Opportunity Area in both the Willamette Valley and Coast Range ecoregions. As of 2015, the Council is working with 161 (90 percent) of landowners along 50 miles of the river.