Umatilla Native Plant Nursery Facility Safety Upgrade

Salmonid Habitat Restoration and Acquisition

Pre-Restoration Acquisitions And Nursery Operations
Project ID16-Umat-06
Recovery DomainsSnake River
Start Date05/15/2021
End Date06/30/2022
Year2016
StatusCompleted
Last Edited02/27/2024
 
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Description    


The purpose of this project was to address workplace safety and efficiencies associated with handling of potted plant materials in the irrigated pot fields. This includes the leveling of existing pot field with compacted gravel base and the placement of new below ground irrigation systems. In addition, equipment was purchased to improve the safety and efficiency of the potting shed and palletized plant movement including a pallet jack and surface compactor.

The container growing areas were leveled, the rock and gravel was delivered and spread upon the fields. The irrigated growing areas are much safer now with the water draining quickly through the gravels, eliminating ruts and holes as well as slipping and falling hazards from standing water and mats of algae. Additionally, a completed soil mixer was purchased and was delivered on June 6, 2022.

These upgrades will improve our ability to provide nursery services and locally adapted native plant products in support of restoration projects within the territory of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. Plant materials from the native plant nursery may be used throughout the Columbia Basin for fish habitat restoration and watershed restoration projects with a focus on the Umatilla, Grande Ronde, Walla Walla, Tucannon and John Day Basins.

Project Benefit    


Plant materials produced at the Nursery will benefit Threatened summer steelhead, Threatened bull trout, and Threatened and reintroduced Chinook and Coho salmon by assuring the availability of healthy and vigorous locally sourced native plant materials for use in habitat restoration projects by the CTUIR and conservation partners. Locally sourced materials assure higher planting success and prevent unintended introduction of non-adapted genetic materials to the watersheds. Native riparian plants provide shade, structure and a substrate for macroinvertebrates that feed native fish stocks. Native plant products support CTUIR’s “River Vision” which identifies a healthy riparian condition as a key component or touchstone to achieving healthy floodplain conditions necessary to protect, restore and enhance tribal First Foods for the perpetual cultural, economic, and sovereign benefit of CTUIR. Use of locally adapted plant stocks helps protect the ecological integrity of the local plant communities while improving overall floodplain health and fish production potential.

Accomplishments

Metric Completed Originally
Proposed

Funding Details

SourceFunds
PCSRF$23,701
Report Total:$23,701


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Worksites

Tribal Native Plant Nursery    


  • Worksite Identifier: Tribal Native Plant Nursery
  • Start Date: 05/15/2021
  • End Date: 06/30/2022
Area Description

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Location Information

  • Basin: Lower Snake (170601)
  • Subbasin: Upper Grande Ronde (17060104)
  • Watershed: Cabin Creek-Grande Ronde River (1706010411)
  • Subwatershed:
  • State: Oregon
  • Recovery Domain: Snake River
  • Latitude: 45.6775
  • Longitude: -118.068

ESU

  • Mid-Columbia River Spring-run Chinook Salmon ESU
  • Middle Columbia River Steelhead DPS
  • Snake River Fall Chinook Salmon ESU
  • Snake River Spring/Summer-run Chinook Salmon ESU
  • Snake River Basin Steelhead DPS

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Metrics

Metrics
  • C.0 Salmonid Habitat Restoration and AcquisitionY (Y/N)
    •      . . C.0.a Habitat restoration and acquisition funding 23,701.00
    •      . . C.0.b Length of stream treated/protected .10
    •      . . C.0.c
      Project identified in a Plan or Watershed Assessment
      The ESA Recovery Plans for the species indicated under the targeted ESU’s above, identify stream enhancement reaches and needs (including restoration of riparian vegetation) which this project will help address.
    •      . . C.0.d.1 Project Monitoring (LOV)
    •      . . C.0.d.2 Monitoring Location (LOV)
    •      . . C.0.d.3
      Monitoring text (from Phase I)
      Monitoring by nursery personnel is only done at the nursery. Fisheries habitat personnel do all monitoring.
    •      . . C.12 Pre-Restoration Acquisitions And Nursery OperationsY (Y/N)
      •      . . . . C.12.a Pre-restoration funding 23,701.00
      •      . . . . C.12.c.1 Nursery operationY (Y/N)
        •      . . . . . . C.12.c.2
          Species (scientific) name(s) of plants
          Acer cercinatum Acer glabrum Achillia millefolium Alnus incana Alnus rhombifolia Alnus sinuata Artemisia tridentata Asclepsia speciosa Atriplex canescens Balsamorhiza saggitus Betula occidentalis Chrysothamnus nauseosus Chrysothamnus viridis Cornus sericea Crataegus douglasii Eriogonum heracleoides Eriogonum niveum Frangula purshiana Holodiscus discolor Philadelphus lewisii Physocarpus malvaceus Picea engelmanii Pinus ponderosa Populus balsamifera trichocarpa Populus tremuloides Prunus emarginata Prunus virginiana Pseudotsuga menziesii Purshia tridentata Ribes aureum Ribes cereum Rosa woodsii Salix amygdaloides Salix exigua Salix scoulerii Sambucus nigra cerulea Sarcobatus viridis Solidago missouriensis Sorbus scopuli Spiraea douglasii Symphoricarpos albus Thermopsis montana
        •      . . . . . . C.12.c.3 Number of each species raised per year 300,000