Enable a collaboration among two Federally recognized Tribes, an irrigation district, and the State of Oregon to complete rehabilitation of the Wallowa Dam to balance rural community resilience and economic benefit with improved aquatic habitat connectivity for at-risk fish. Project will complete final design, engineering and construction at the high-hazard dam to connect hundreds of miles of sockeye salmon spawning habitat.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
America the Beautiful Challenge
Project Title: Restoring Sockeye Salmon Habitat Connectivity at the Wallowa Dam (OR)
Organization:
Nez Perce Tribe
Project ID:
5200.23.077494
Description:
Award Amount:
$5041492.08
Location:
Nez Perce Tribe Indian Claims Commission territory, within the exterior boundary of the Nez Perce Tribe 1855 Reservation, all of the Wallowa River watershed, and Wallowa County,OR.