The project initiated with a geomorphic assessment to evaluate channel evolution, character, and the potential for improved riparian and fisheries habitat. Systemic cause-and-effect relationships and recommendations to improve the physical habitat were identified.
Read MoreRio ASE was hired to assess and implement a side channel design that builds off an earlier design completed by the CTUIR and WWBWC. The purpose of this project was to provide a perennial connection to the 2011 constructed side channel; increase and enhance mainstem, floodplain, and side channel habitat for spring Chinook salmon, steelhead, and bull trout; and enhance riparian habitat for wildlife.
Read MoreRio ASE worked with the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation on the enhancement design of over one mile of lower Rock Creek, a cold water tributary to the upper Grande Ronde River.
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