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Subbasin Plan

The Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act of 1980 authorized the creation of the Northwest Power and Conservation Council. The Act directed the Council to develop a program to protect, mitigate and enhance fish and wildlife in the Columbia River and its tributaries affected by the development, operation and management of the Columbia River dams. The Grande Ronde Subbasin Plan was prepared at the direction of the Northwest Power and Conservation Council.

Main Document Appendices Appendix 6 Supplement Supplement Appendicies

Catherine Creek Tributary Assessment

The goal of the Catherine Creek Tributary Assessment (CCTA) is to evaluate the overall status of the entire Catherine Creek watershed in order to identify and prioritize potential habitat restoration projects. A project of this scope can only be accomplished through the efforts of many people from several different organizations.

Main Document Appendix A-C Appendix D-H Appendix G-I GIS Data

Upper Grande Ronde Tributary Assessment

The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) is partnering with the Grande Ronde Model Watershed (GRMW) and the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) to conduct a watershed-scale assessment (Tributary Assessment) on the mainstem of the Upper Grande Ronde River. The tributary assesment will extend nearly 50 miles upstream of the confluence with Catherine Creek, excluding some sections of private land.

Restoration Atlas

BPA, GRMW and partners are developing an additional tool to focus restoration activities even more on the highest priority geographic areas, which address the most critical limiting factors and implement the most cost-effective activities. The Restoration Atlas will assist basin managers in:

  1. Prioritizing restoration activities in strategically defined locations
  2. Will provide the transition from the current model of opportunistic restoration to focused restoration of key reaches
  3. Facilitate collaborative, focused and value added restoration projects
The Atlas will centralize data and maps related to limiting factors, life history requirements, biologically significant reaches and habitat restoration opportunities. It will produce a scoring and ranking matrix to prioritize projects.

Executive Summary

Expert Panel

Expert Panel workshops are held every three years to evaluate changes in habitat limiting-factors for mainstem tributaries. The process includes both evaluating changes in habitat which are a result of previously completed projects, and estimating the expected change from projects planned for the next implementation cycle. Panel participants include a range of experienced professionals who are knowledgeable of local conditions, including the current and potential conditions of limiting factors.

Pie Maps

During the 2012 BiOp Expert Panel meetings, local habitat biologists developed a list of anticipated projects for the years 2014-2018. GRMW has used that list to create a suite of projects that we anticipate will be funded in part by GRMW over the next 5 years. This list will be prioritized during the development of the Restoration Atlas.

Union County Projects 2014-2018 Wallowa County Projects 2014-2018