Planning Documents

Natural resource planning has been on-going for many years in the Grande Ronde and Imnaha subbasins. Planning has been done at the subbasin scale and on down to the watershed scale. Links are provided to a few of the more recent watershed-related planning efforts.

• Grande Ronde and Imnaha subbasin plans
• Other Planning Documents
• Basin/Watershed Assessments, CRMPs

Grande Ronde and Imnaha Subbasin Plans

The purpose of subbasin planning in the Columbia River Basin is to document conditions, and evaluate and define strategies that will drive the implementation of the Northwest Power and Conservation Council's (formerly the Northwest Power Planning Council) Fish and Wildlife Program at the subbasin level. 

Subbasin plans include an assessment of environmental conditions, an inventory of existing fish and wildlife populations, and a management plan for addressing problems and improving survival of species. The plans are designed to integrate state, federal and tribal goals for fish and wildlife recovery.

Additional information about Columbia River Basin subbasin planning and the subbasin plan documents are available on the NPCC website. The geographic area that the Grande Ronde Model Watershed (GRMW) operates in is commonly referred to as the Grande Ronde Basin and is comprised of two subbasin planning areas, the Grande Ronde and the Imnaha (see map below). The Grande Ronde Model Watershed Foundation (fiscal entity for the GRMW) was the lead entity for the preparation of the Grande Ronde Subbasin Plan. The Nez Perce Tribe was the lead entity for the Imnaha Subbasin Plan.

Grande Ronde Basin Location and Grande Ronde and Imnaha Subbasin boundaries.
	NPCC Subbasin Planning Website Grande Ronde Subbasin Plan Documents Grande Ronde Subbasin Habitat, Production and Wildlife Restoration Priorities Imnaha Subbasin Plan Documents Imnaha Subbasin Priority Strategies

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Other Planning Documents

Grande Ronde Model Watershed Program Operations - Action Plan, 1994

The original computer file for this document is not available. Links to scanned images of the document are provided below. Because these are "images" of the printed pages, the files are fairly large. If you are unable to download these documents, you may contact the GRMW office and request a paper copy or CD of the document (131 pages).

• Entire Document; 56 MB (PDF)

or download in sections

• Section 1: Cover Page, Table of Contents, Introduction and Background, Basinwide Considerations; 14.6 MB (PDF).
• Section 2: Upper Grande Ronde River, Middle Grande Ronde River, Catherine Creek, Minam River; 5.9 MB (PDF).
• Section 3: Wallowa River, Lower Grande Ronde River, Wenaha River, Joseph Creek, Imnaha River, Inner Snake Subbasin, Suggested Long-Term Strategies; 17.3 MB (PDF .
• Section 4: Appendices; 18.3 MB(PDF).

Wallowa County and Nez Perce Tribe Salmon Recovery Plan and Multi-Species Strategy, 1999 (link to document on Oregon State Extension web site)

Grande Ronde Model Watershed Ecosystem Diagnosis and Treatment, Template for Planning Status Report for Grande Ronde Model Watershed Project and Progress Report on the Application of an Ecosystem Analysis Method to the Grande Ronde Watershed Using Spring Chinook Salmon as a Diagnostic Species, 1995. Final Report [Mobrand] (link to 10.9MB document on BPA web site)

Grande Ronde River Basin Monitoring Program Review, 161kb (PDF) , 2000 Report [Bauer]

2000 Columbia Basin's Fish and Wildlife Program, [NWPPC] (link to document on NWPPC web site)

1994 Columbia Basin's Fish and Wildlife Program [NWPPC]. This was the NWPPC plan in effect during the initial years of the GRMW. (link to document on NWPPC web site)

Upper Grande Ronde River Sub-basin – Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) & Water Quality Management Plan (WQMP), 1999.  Link to document on DEQ web site.

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Basin/Watershed Assessments, CRMPs

Stream and Riparian Conditions in the Grande Ronde Basin, 1993; entire document 53.9MB (PDF) .

The original computer file for this document is not available. Links to scanned images of the document are provided below. Because these are "images" of the printed pages, the files are fairly large. If you are unable to download these documents you may contact the GRMWP office and request a paper copy or CD of the document (186 pages).

• Cover Page and Table of Contents: 0.5 MB (PDF) .
• Section 1: Cover Page through page 17; 6.7 MB (PDF) .
• Section 2: Pages 18 through 51; 8.3 MB (PDF) .
• Section 3: Pages 52 through 81; 7.3 MB (PDF) .
• Section 4: Pages 82 through Appendix B16; 10.0 MB (PDF) .
• Section 5: Pages B17 through B60; 10.3 MB (PDF) .
• Section 6: Pages C1 through D20; 7.7 MB (PDF) .

Willow Creek Watershed Assessment, 6.9MB (PDF) , 2001 [Johnson]

Phillips Creek Watershed Assessment, 5.7MB(PDF), 2002 [Herbst]

Watershed Management Program, Final Environmental Impact Statement DOE/EIS-0265, July 1997  [BPA] (link to document on BPA web site)

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