This month’s meeting is Tuesday, November 26th at 6:00 pm at the OSU Extension meeting room (2990 Experiment Station Dr., Hood River).

Jeanette Burkhardt and David Lindley from Yakama Nation Fisheries will be presenting on the White Salmon River Confluence: Navigation Restoration and Habitat Enhancement.

The tribal village of Namnit at the confluence of the White Salmon and Columbia Rivers has been an active place of fishing and tribal commerce for well over a thousand years. Currently the site is referred to as Underwood, one of the first Treaty In-Lieu Fishing Access sites established by the US Army Corps of Engineers and managed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs to mitigate for Federal hydrosystem impacts. The 2011 breach of Condit Dam resulted in deposition of sediments at the Underwood site that made the boat launch inoperable. In 2018, the Yakama Nation worked to dredge sediments and restore navigational boat access to the culturally important site. The dredged materials were utilized to create a riparian island complex to the north of navigation channel. Constructed islands support diverse native riparian vegetation. The YN Fisheries presentation will describe the historical site context, Condit Dam breach, project design, implementation and potential for similar applications at tributary deltas in the hydrosystem.

Our business meeting will include a review of the draft Watershed Group website and draft Communications and Outreach Plan.

This month’s meeting materials can be found at the links below:

November Agenda
October Minutes

Hope to see you there!