DESCRIPTION
The Bridge to Bridge Restoration Design completed in 2010 provided 30% plans for nearly two miles of the Walla Walla River. Final designs were completed for the upper third of the design reach, and implementation of those plans completed in 2013. This project will complete final designs for the remaining design reach and will provide construction cost estimates to be used for construction funding requests. Ultimately, degraded instream and riparian conditions will be improved on this section of the Walla Walla River, which is identified by The Snake River Salmon Recovery Plan as a priority restoration reach in the Walla Walla mainstem MSA. Adult and juvenile summer steelhead and spring chinook use the project reach during their migrations. Other species of cultural value and state concern that utilize the project reach are margined sculpin, leopard dace, and river lamprey.
Tri-State Steelheaders completed final designs to restore 1.25 miles of the Walla Walla River near Lowden. The Bridge to Bridge Restoration Design (08-2028) completed in 2010 provided 30% plans to restore nearly two miles of the Walla Walla River. Final designs were completed for the upper third of the design reach (10-1819), and implementation of those plans was completed in 2013 (11-1588). This project completed final designs for the remaining design reach and provided construction cost estimates to be used for construction funding requests. Ultimately, degraded instream and riparian conditions will be improved on this section of the Walla Walla River, which is identified by The Snake River Salmon Recovery Plan as a priority restoration reach in the Walla Walla mainstem major spawning area. Adult and juvenile summer steelhead and spring Chinook use the project reach during their migrations. Other species of cultural value and state concern that utilize the project reach are margined sculpin, leopard dace, and river lamprey.
Walla Walla River Population
