Background
GRMW ProjectsGRMW Project Examples
Look below for examples of projects that our program has completed. To find out more about a project or to view additional pictures, select the links provided below.
| Wallowa River/McDaniel Habitat Restoration | |
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This project won the Oregon Land Board 2005 Stream Project award. The project included a combination of livestock control, floodplain
reconnection, stream channel reconstruction, and tree/shrub planting to restore high-quality habitat along the Wallowa River.
Lead Organizations: ODFW, CTUIR, Wallowa Resources, GRMW Click here to find out more |
| End Creek-Rice Fish Habitat & Wetland Restoration | |
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The End Creek Project is restoring the natural character and function of streams, flood plain, wetlands and riparian habitat in the Willow Creek Watershed in the Upper Grande Ronde River Subbasin.
Lead Organizations: CTUIR & ODFW Click here to find out more |
| Catherine Creek – City of Union Irrigation Intake Fish Passage Improvement | |
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The City of Union irrigation diversion structure was one of three structures reconstructed in 1994 to improve adult chinook access to upstream spawning grounds on Catherine Creek.
Lead Organizations: ODFW & NMFS Click here to find out more |
| Imnaha Parks Ditch Water Conservation Project | |
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The Imnaha Parks Ditch Water Conservation project provided provided a more efficient delivery system for water diverted from the Imnaha River, which in turn contributes to improved crop yield, reduced diversion of water from the river and thereby increased stream flow.
Lead Organization: Wallowa Resources Click here to find out more |
| Lostine Riparian Fence | |
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This project protected the riparian zone of the Lostine River with exclosure fencing. Many of the limiting factors identified for the Lostine River were addressed with this project.
Lead Organizations: Wallowa County NRCS & SWCD Click here to find out more |
| Mill Creek Fish Passage Project | |
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This project reconstructed and reinforced a diversion and headgate structure and installed an aluminum fishway to aid juvenile salmonid fish passage.
Lead Organizations: Ditch Company and GRMW Click here to find out more |
| Goebel Canyon Road Project | |
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The Goebel Canyon Road project installed road drain structures to reduce sediment entering Goebel Canyon stream and flowing downstream into Bear Creek.
Lead Organization: Wallowa County SWCD Click here to find out more |
| North Fork Clark Creek Crossing | |
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This project replaced an unsound bridge with a structure designed to pass fish year-round, and to reduce sediment and bedload inputs to Clark Creek during high flows.
Lead Organization: Union County Click here to find out more |
| 1997 Whole Tree Project | |
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This project placed whole trees and large boulders in 3.7 miles of the upper Grande Ronde River. The emphasis of this project was to improve instream habitat diversity by placing large conifer trees with attached rootwads in the channel and riparian area.
Lead Organization: La Grande Ranger District Click here to find out more |