Grande Ronde Basin Stream Flow Gauging Stations Operation - Water Years 2022 & 2023

Salmonid Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation (RM&E)

Project ID	OWEB 221-5060-19630
Recovery Domains	Snake River
Start Date	10/26/2021
End Date	03/25/2024
Year	2021
Status	Completed
Last Edited	05/03/2025

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Description

During this two year grant, GRMW and OWRD operated and maintained 12 stream gauges in the Grande Ronde River Basin. The OWEB dollars in this grant were matched by Bonneville Power Administration funds and in-kind staff time by OWRD and GRMW. These stream gauges provided year-around, near real time flow data and in some cases, water temperature data. The data are available online at https://apps.wrd.state.or.us/apps/sw/hydro_near_real_time/. The data from these stream gauges have been consistently used by stream habitat restoration partners for developing hydraulic models to inform restoration designs. The data are also used by partners for hydrologic monitoring to determine changes in flow quantity and timing due to climate conditions and restoration efforts. Additionally these gauges provide irrigators and OWRD staff the data they need to manage water rights. Partners on this project include GRMW, OWRD, OWEB and BPA.

Project Benefit

This monitoring project will benefit salmon and steelhead in the following ways:

1. Continue providing critical flow data to fisheries research efforts implemented by ODFW, NPT, CTUIR, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission and Oregon State University in the Grande Ronde Basin.

2. Continue providing essential flow data to water resource managers at OWRD and Trout Unlimited (TU).

3. Continue providing necessary flow records informing conservation and restoration efforts including water conservation, water quality improvement, habitat restoration projects and hydraulic modeling in the Grande Ronde Basin.

Accomplishments

Metric

Completed

Originally
Proposed

Research and Monitoring

Stream Miles Monitored

2,800.00

Source

Funds

State

$101,002

Other

$159,384

In-Kind Donated Labor

$117,200

Report Total:

$377,586

Worksites

60934118

Worksite Identifier: 60934118
Start Date:
End Date:

Area Description

No Area Description data was found for this worksite.

Location Information

Basin: Lower Snake (170601)
Subbasin:
Watershed:
Subwatershed:

State: Oregon
Recovery Domain: Snake River
Latitude: 45.608828
Longitude: -117.61612

ESU

Snake River Basin Steelhead DPS
Snake River Spring/Summer-run Chinook Salmon ESU

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Metrics

E.0 Salmonid Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation (RM&E)Y (Y/N)
- . . E.0.a RM&E Funding 377,586.00
- . . E.0.b
  Complement habitat restoration project
  
  none
- . . E.0.c
  Project identified in a plan or watershed assessment.
- . . E.0.d.1 Number of Cooperating Organizations 3
- . . E.0.d.2
  Name Of Cooperating Organizations.
  
  Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Nez Perce Tribe, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
- . . E.0.e.1 Number of reports prepared 1
- . . E.0.e.2
  Name Of Report
  
  Provisional Daily Mean Discharges, Colt Nudd, January 8 2024
- . . E.1 MonitoringY (Y/N)
  - . . . . E.1.a Monitoring funding 377,586.00
  - . . . . E.1.b.1 Stream Miles Monitored 2,800.00
  - . . . . E.1.b.2 Acres of Watershed Area Monitored 3,100,000.0
  - . . . . E.1.c.9 Water quantity (flow) monitoringY (Y/N)
    - . . . . . . E.1.c.9.a # miles (to nearest 0.01 mile) monitored for water quantity (flow) monitoring 2,800.00
    - . . . . E.1.d
      Name Of Comprehensive Monitoring Strategy/Program