Acquire an 820-acre property and its water rights, including two miles of Umatilla River and the lower mile of Birch Creek to benefit steelhead. Project will place a conservation easement on another 165 acres that encompasses the floodplain and convey the property’s fee to the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
Columbia Basin Water Transactions Program
Project Title: Recovering a Strategic Steelhead Sanctuary on the Umatilla River (OR)
Organization:
Western Rivers Conservancy
Project ID:
0201.20.070816
Description:
Award Amount:
$29999.99
Location:
Birch Creek, Umatilla River, Columbia Basin, Oregon.