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Ripples Newsletter - 2007 Issues

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Winter 2007

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Rocky roads; Shaw Creek gets a lift: Draw bottom roads and an example of a project to improve draw bottom road conditions for fish.

Streams that run dry: The value of intermittent streams.

Large Woody Debris: Putting wood back in northeast Oregon streams.

The Grande Ronde Model Watershed: What is it and what does it do?

Meet the board: Bruce Eddy, GRMW board member and Oregon Dept. Fish and Wildlife's Grande Ronde Watershed District Manager.

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Spring 2007

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A new beginning for End Creek: The End Creek project complex encompasses 776 acres within three contiguous private land parcels.

The circle of life: The status and life histories of salmonids in the Grande Ronde Basin

The Grande Ronde Model Watershed: Bridging the gap between public resources and private landowners.

Meet the board: Larry Christman, GRMW board member.

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Summer 2007

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To Plant a Tree: Summary of GRMW 2007 educational activities.

Outside Looking In: OSU students get a taste of community-based restoration in the Grande Ronde Watershed: Oregon State University graduate students and faculty members were hosted by the Grande Ronde Model Watershed and Wallowa Resources for a field course in water governance.

The Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds: 2007 marks the 10th anniversary of The Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds. Find out about the origins of the plan, why it is needed and how it works.

The BPA Connection: BPA's connection to the Grande Ronde Basin plus an interview with Mark Shaw, manager in BPA’s Division of Fish and Wildlife.

Fish Eye Valley: A Poem by Stacy Polkowske,
Oregon State University student.

Update: Chinook salmon and steelhead recovery planning in the Grande Ronde, Wallowa and Imaha River basins

Meet the Board: Allen Childs, representative for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation.

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Fall 2007

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Steelhead, highways and elevator shafts: The challenge to make upper Ladd Creek accessible to steelhead again.

Reworking weirs in the upper Joseph Creek watershed : A three-year effort to reconfigure all of the gabion and log weirs in the upper Joseph Creek watershed to improve juvenile fish passage and stream habitat.

The power of people working and learning together: Grande Ronde Model Watershed Program organizes Bonneville Power Administration tour of restoration projects in the Grande Ronde Basin.

More than $59 million earmarked for Oregon fish over next two years: Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board meets in La Grande to discuss allocation of Measure 66 Lottery, federal, and salmon license plate funds. GRMWP and partners take OWEB directors, staff, and members of the public on a tour of fish passage and instream projects in the Ladd Creek and Catherine Creek watersheds.

From the Archives: Dynamiting fish in the Wallowa River.

Meet the Board: Steve McClure, Union County Commissioner and vice chairman of the Grande Ronde Model Watershed's Board of Directors.

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