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Template for Subbasin Summaries Draft Grande Ronde Subbasin Summary June 1, 2001 Prepared for the Northwest Power Planning Council Lead Writer M. Cathy Nowak, Cat Tracks Wildlife Consulting Subbasin Team Leader Bruce Eddy, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Contributors Asotin County Building and Planning Asotin County Conservation District Asotin County Noxious Weed Board Bureau of Land Management Columbia Intertribal Fish Commission Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation Grande Ronde Model Watershed Lower Snake River Compensation Plan National Marine Fisheries Service Natural Resources Conservation Service Nez Perce Tribe Oregon Department of Agriculture Oregon Department of Environmental Quality Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Oregon Natural Heritage Program Oregon State University Oregon Water Resources Department U.S. Bureau of Reclamation U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Umatilla National Forest, USFS Union Soil and Water Conservation District Wallowa Whitman National Forest, USFS Wallowa Resources Wallowa Soil and Water Conservation District Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife DRAFT: This document has not yet been reviewed or approved by the Northwest Power Planning Council Grande Ronde Subbasin Summary Table of Contents Subbasin Description ......................................................................................................................... 1 General Description ................................................................................................................... 1 Fish and Wildlife Resources............................................................................................................ 28 Fish and Wildlife Status........................................................................................................... 28 Habitat Areas and Quality........................................................................................................ 63 Watershed Assessment............................................................................................................. 65 Present Subbasin Management ........................................................................................................ 98 Existing Plans, Policies, and Guidelines.................................................................................. 98 Existing Goals, Objectives, and Strategies ............................................................................ 115 Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation Activities .................................................................. 157 Statement of Fish and Wildlife Needs ................................................................................... 159 References...................................................................................................................................... 168 Appendix A. Memorandum from Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife to US Fish and Wildlife Service regarding HGMPs....................................................................................... 183 Appendix B. Hatchery and Genetics Management Plan for Grande Ronde River Spring Chinook Salmon..................................................................................................................... 184 Appendix C. Hatchery and Genetics Management Plan for Grande Ronde Basin Summer Steelhead ............................................................................................................................. 197 Appendix D. Lower Snake River Compensation Plan Program Summary for the Independent Science Review Panel, April 2001......................................................................................... 211 Appendix E. Blue Mountains Demonstration Area Project Proposals, FY 2001 ................. 250 Grande Ronde Subbasin Summaryi DRAFT List of Tables Table 1. Notable Streams in the Upper Grande Ronde Watershed and their Points of Confluence with Larger Streams (RM). These streams are listed in order from downstream toward the headwaters................................................................................................................................. 3 Table 2. Notable Streams in the Lower Grande Ronde Watershed (excluding the Wallowa River drainage) and their Points of Confluence with Larger Streams (RM). These streams are listed in order from downstream toward the headwaters.................................................................... 4 Table 3. Notable Streams in the Wallowa Watershed and their Points of Confluence (RM) with Larger Streams. These streams are listed in order from downstream toward the headwaters.. 5 Table 4. Principle Aquifers in Grande Ronde Subbasin Watersheds.............................................. 11 Table 5. Modes of Thermally Induced Cold Water Fish Mortality................................................. 13 Table 6. Upper Grande Ronde River Watershed 303(d) Listed Stream Segments and Parameters of Concern. .................................................................................................................................. 15 Table 7. Lower Grande Ronde River Watershed 303(d) Listed Streams and Parameters of Concern. ................................................................................................................................................. 16 Table 8. Wallowa River Watershed 303(d) Listed Streams and Parameters of Concern................ 16 Table 9. Designated Beneficial Water Uses in the Upper Grande Ronde Subbasin. ...................... 17 Table 10. Geographic Priority Areas for Water Quality Treatment in the Upper Grande Ronde Watershed. (H=high, M=medium, L=low) ............................................................................. 18 Table 11. State and Federal Listed Plant Species and Species of Concern in the Grande Ronde Subbasin in Oregon. ................................................................................................................ 20 Table 12. Union and Wallowa County, Oregon and Asotin County, Washington Noxious Weeds. ................................................................................................................................................. 21 Table 13. Minor Impoundments in the Grande Ronde Subbasin with Primary Use. ...................... 25 Table 14. Fish Species Known to Occur in the Grande Ronde River Subbasin.............................. 29 Table 15. Federal Special Status Fish Species in the Grande Ronde River Subbasin..................... 30 Table 16. Spring Chinook Salmon Use of Streams in the Grande Ronde Subbasin. ...................... 31 Table 17. Number of Spring Chinook Salmon Redds Observed in the Grande Ronde River and Tributaries, 1988-2000 (P. Kinery, ODFW, personal communication).................................. 33 Table 18. Known Spring Chinook Salmon Spawning Areas by River Mile in the Grande Ronde River Subbasin. ....................................................................................................................... 35 Table 19. Fall Chinook Redd Searches Conducted in the Grande Ronde River, 1986-1991. (Bugert et al. 1989-1991; Mendel 1992; Seidel et al. 1987-1988)....................................................... 38 Table 20. Fall Chinook Redd Searches Conducted in the Grande Ronde River , 1992-2000. (A.P. Garcia, USFWS, Ahsahka, Idaho; unpublished data). ............................................................ 38 Table 21. Summary of Fall Chinook Salmon Redds Counted in the Grande Ronde River by Year, 1992-2000. (A.P. Garcia, USFWS, Ahsahka, Idaho; unpublished data). ............................... 39 Table 22. Number of Fall Chinook Salmon Redds Counted Upstream of Lower Granite Dam, 1986-2000. An empty cell indicates no searches were conducted in the corresponding river or method and year (A.P. Garcia, USFWS, Ahsahka, Idaho; unpublished data. data from the Clearwater basin and the Salmon River provided by the Nez Perce Tribe)............................ 41 Table 23. Summer Steelhead Populations and Sub-populations in the Grande Ronde River Subbasin. ................................................................................................................................. 43 Grande Ronde Subbasin Summaryii DRAFT Table 24. Summer Steelhead Stream Use in the Grande Ronde River Subbasin............................ 43 Table 25. Steelhead Spawning Survey Data (spawners per mile) For Some Streams Within the Grande Ronde Subbasin, 1988-2000. Blank cells indicate no survey. (Data from Grande Ronde Watershed District files).............................................................................................. 44 Table 26. Stream Systems with Spawning and Rearing Populations of Bull Trout in the Upper Grande Ronde and Wallowa Watersheds and Whether Sympatric Brook Trout Populations Occur (ODFW, unpublished data). ......................................................................................... 50 Table 27. Federally Listed Wildlife Species and Species of Concern in the Grande Ronde Subbasin. * Denotes species extirpated from the area or whose population status is unknown. ................................................................................................................................................. 52 Table 28. List of Common Waterfowl Species in the Grande Ronde River Subbasin.................... 59 Table 29. Upland Birds in the Grande Ronde River Subbasin. ....................................................... 60 Table 30. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
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