Grande Ronde River Riparian Restoration

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Grande Ronde River Riparian Restoration
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Objectives

• The objective of this project is to restore
  riparian areas and habitat along a portion of the
  Wallowa and Grande Ronde Rivers.

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Restoration of the Riparian Habitat

• Noxious weed treatments
• Planting of native species
• Fencing of riparian areas to restrict livestock
  grazing

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Tasks and Methods to Accomplish Objectives

• Plant conifers on 10 to 20 acres annually
• Plant 6000 to 7000 hardwoods annually
• Seeding of 500 to 600 acres
• Noxious weed treatments
• Riparian fencing
• Large woody debris placement

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Monitoring

• Seedling survival
• Effectiveness of seedling protection measures
• Noxious weed treatment success
• Germination success of seeding
• Monitor large woody debris
• Photo points to document trend
• Bank pins to measure soil loss before and after
  treatments

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Closing

• Restoration of riparian areas
• and habitat will result in

• Decreased sedimentation
• Provide large woody debris
• Increase channel structure
• Improve habitat for aquatic and terrestrial
  organisms
• Improve on problems identified in subbasin
  summary and 303(d) list

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