Umatilla River Subbasin Fish Habitat Improvement; 1991 Annual Report.

Technical Report · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1992

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10165412· OSTI ID:10165412

Bailey, Timothy D; Rimbach, Gregory P ^[1]

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1. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

This annual report is in fulfillment of contract obligations with Bonneville Power Administration which is the funding source for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife`s Umatilla Basin Habitat Improvement Project. In May of this year a thirty year flood event occurred in the Umatilla Basin that resulted in major changes to the year`s statement of work and to the future direction of the program. All projects in the Birch Creek drainage sustained damage to either fencing or instream work, with severe damages on about 1/3 of the project areas. As a result of flooding, and subsequent maintenance demands, all new project implementation in the Birch Creek drainage was cancelled; the entire implementation season was spent repairing flood damages in the Birch Creek drainage. The major activities undertaken during this report period were: (a) construction of O.5 miles of riparian corridor fence on Meacham Creek, (b) performing intensive instream maintenance on 7.25 miles of Mainstem Birch and East Birch creeks, (c) performing major fence maintenance on 1.8 miles of flood damaged riparian corridor fence, (d) rebuilding of O.5 miles of flood destroyed fence, and 54 stream crossing fences, (e) retrofitting of three miles of high tensile fence with an extended electric wire, and (f) spending considerable time working with landowners to resolve flood related problems and come to agreement on project maintenance activities. Other activities undertaken during this report period were: weekly inspection and maintenance of fencing projects, collection and summarization of temperature data, photopoint picture taking, procurement of instream work permits, and coordination with numerous agencies and tribes.

• Research Organization: Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife, Salem, OR (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: United States. Bonneville Power Administration.
• DOE Contract Number: 1987BP35769
• OSTI ID: 10165412
• Report Number(s): DOE/BP-35769-3; R&D Project: 198710002; ON: DE92017838
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: Jan 1992
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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