DESCRIPTION
The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) is sponsoring a geomorphic assessment and action plan for the upper Walla Walla River. This project is to support the most efficient, effective, and scientifically supported restoration of watershed processes in the upper Walla Walla River by developing a spatially explicit physical and biological assessment and prioritization of restoration and conservation activities to provide a scientifically robust action plan for stakeholders to implement over a 20-year period to assist in the recovery of the focal species. This project will identify (1) the current and historical functioning of natural geomorphic and hydrologic processes that are linked to focal species habitat, as organized by the CTUIR River Vision (Jones et al. 2008) and Upland Vision Touchstones (Endress et al. 2019); (2) the effect of current land use on the function on those natural processes and their influence on the production of focal species; (3) quantitative prioritization of geographic areas according to the potential for restoration and conservation of watershed processes that support focal species habitat; and (4) itemized restorative actions that may be applied to each geographic area to aid in restoration of watershed processes and achieve multi-species uplift.