Draft Version 1.1, February 2005
CTUIR Grande Ronde Subbasin Restoration Project
Statement of Work and Budget FY2005

BPA Project Number:  1996-083-00
BPA Project Title:  CTUIR Grande Ronde Subbasin Restoration Project
Contract Title:  CTUIR Grande Ronde Subbasin Restoration Project
Performance/Budget Period: April 1, 2005 - March 31, 2006

Allen B. Childs
Project Leader - Habitat Biologist
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
PO Box 638
Pendleton, Oregon 97801
(541) 966-2391, (541) 966-2397
allenchilds@ctuir.com

Michelle Thompson
Manager Administrative Operations
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
PO Box 638
Pendleton, Oregon 97801
(541) 966-2323, (541) 276-3317
michellethompson@ctuir.com

Julie Burke
Fish and Wildlife Progrram Administrative Manager
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
PO Box 638
Pendleton, Oregon 97801
(541) 966-2372, (541) 966-2397
julieburke@ctuir.com

CTUIR Grande Ronde Subbasin Restoration Project Summary FY2005
The CTUIR Grande Ronde Subbasin Restoration Project (199608300), initiated by the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in 1996, is an ongoing effort to protect, enhance, and restore riparian and instream habitat for the  natural production of anadromous salmonids in the Grande Ronde River Subbasin.  Project activities are focused on enhancing and restoring critical juvenile rearing habitat with emphasis on promoting natural channel morphology and floodplain function, cold water refuge, and high quality aquatic habitat.

Primary techniques include a combination of passive and active strategies. Natural channel design (Rosgen 1996), large woody debris additions, road/railroad drainage improvement and obliteration/decommissioning, riparian exclosure fencing, off-channel water developments, and revegetation/bioengineering (tree, shrub, and grass planting) are habitat enhancement and restoration methods employed under this project to improve watershed conditions.

Individual projects contribute to and compliment basin-wide watershed restoration efforts currently underway by federal, tribal, and state agencies, and the Grande Ronde Model Watershed Program (GRMWP).  The focus of the project is to restore habitat for endangered Snake River spring/summer chinook and threatened summer steelhead, however other resident and migratory fish and wildlife benefit as well.  Maintenance and monitoring and evaluation are integral components of the project and are necessary to maintain habitat improvements and evaluate the progress of habitat development.  Monitoring efforts include conducting water quality monitoring, instream habitat and channel morphology surveys, vegetation plots, biological surveys, and photopoints.

In FY 2005, the CTUIR Grande Ronde Habitat Project will focus on completing environmental compliance and phase 1 construction for the End Creek/Rice Fish Habitat and Wetland Restoration Project and the Meadow Creek Restoration Project which is part of the McCoy Meadows Project.  In addition, CTUIR staff will also participate in the construction of Phase 2 of the Wallowa River Restoration Project on the McDaniel property which was initiated in 2004.  Project staff plan an ambitious schedule to continue revegetation efforts on Longley Meadows along the Grande Ronde River and at McCoy Meadows on McCoy Creek where revegetation success has been hampered by big game depredation and channel adjustments.  Riparian conservation boundary fences will be completed on Longley Meadows to complement prior fence development and livestock exclosure.  Maintenance and monitoring/evaluation will also be ongoing during FY 2005.

A total of $190,000 is being sought to perform watershed restoration-related tasks associated with several project areas.  Funds provided under this contract are utilized to conduct pre-project planning, project maintenance and monitoring and evaluation, and solicit/leverage cost share funding from other sources and ensure that beneficial projects are put on the ground in a timely manner.