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The article discusses the restoration of the Oregon Chub, which are small minnows found in western Oregon. It informs that in the past 100 years their habitats have been reduced because of seasonal flow changes in rivers. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed it as an endangered species in 1993. In 1998, the Oregon Chub Recovery Plan was formed. Two of the chub populations were introduced on private properties in 2007. A Safe Harbor Agreement is being prepared for the introductions of Oregon chub on private lands. It is stated that future recovery efforts should aim at integrating its habitat connected to floodplains into conservation actions, allowing genetic exchange among populations.

The article reports on the efforts of U.S. federal and state agency biologists, academic professionals, land managers and many others to restore the population of the Oregon chub (Oregonichthys crameri) in the Willamette River Valley of western Oregon. Oregon chub are unique to the Valley and they inhabit off-channel habitat that have been drastically reduced due to changes in seasonal flows.