On December 22, 2004, the NWPC Council released the (revised) plan for public review to accept comments (due 1/31/05) before the plan is adopted to guide BPA funding in the basin. 

A public hearing has been scheduled for January 12, 2005, at 6:30 p.m. at:

Quality Inn & Suites, Riverboat Room, 700 Port Drive, Clarkston, WA (MapQuest Directions)

For more information on the hearing, contact Judi Hertz at 503-222-5161

(NWPCC's Notice of the opportunity to comment)

Submit comments by Jan 31, 2005 to:

Mark Walker
Director of Public Affairs
Northwest Power & Conservation Council
851 SW 6th Avenue, Suite 1100
Portland, Oregon 97204-1348
fax 503-820-2370 or email comments@nwcouncil.org

 See the Subbasin Planning page for current updates.

 Workshops Already Held:

Public Meeting to review the
Aquatic Management component of the Subbasin Plan
scheduled from 5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
on Wednesday, March 17th, 2004
at the Washington Dept of Transportation building (Directions)
at 1210 "G" Street, Walla Walla, WA
Refreshments and pizza will be provided.

The Walla Walla Subbasin Planning Strategy Document for aquatic species entitled "Walla Walla Subbasin Aquatic Working Hypotheses, Objectives and Strategies" was developed with community input at this Citizen Workshop - as of 3/23/04 (79KB, PDF).  These strategies will be incorporated into the draft Subbasin Management Plan.

DRAFT OF MANAGEMENT PLAN - draft of what the state and Tribal wildlife managers have come up with so far for strategies they are promoting for habitat types they see as being limited or impacted by human actions - as of 3/10/04  (94KB, PDF)

Detail about the previous Aquatic Management workshop on February 18th, 2004 is posted here.  The documents that will be reviewed at the meeting include the following that were developed on Feb. 18:
   EDT Protection Priority Rank (75KB, PDF format) 
   EDT Restoration Priority Rank  (76KB, PDF format) 
   Restoration Priority Geographic Areas, Impacted Life Stages, & Limiting Habitat Attributes  (86KB, PDF format) 
   Strategy Document 2/18/04  (261KB, PDF format)

Public Meeting to review the
Wildlife Component of the Subbasin Plan
scheduled from 5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
on Tuesday, March 30th
at the Washington Dept of Transportation building (Directions)
at 1210 "G" Street, Walla Walla, WA

The purpose of this meeting is to review and revise the Walla Walla Subbasin Terrestrial Wildlife Management Plan.  Note - this meeting is focusing on terrestrial wildlife and their habitats. WDFW staff will be presenting the preliminary working hypotheses, objectives, and strategies for terrestrial wildlife, including brief discussion of the linkages between the aquatic and terrestrial components of the plan.  This document is not yet ready for distribution. However, a draft from the Tucannon (1.1MB, PDF) is provided as an example. This document was developed by WDFW. Developed in the same format, the Walla Walla Terrestrial Management Plan document will have very similar hypotheses, objectives, and strategies, including a discussion of strategies to manage elk & deer damage on private agricultural land.

 Workshops held about EDT

Information about the EDT model

Background information about the Subbasin Planning process

For more information about Subbasin Planning for the Oregon half, please contact Brian Wolcott at (541) 938-2170. The Watershed Council is working closely with our Washington counterpart, the Walla Walla Watershed Planning Unit to create an integrated plan.  For the Washington half of the Subbasin Planning effort, please contact Cathy LaRoque at (509) 527-3285. 

This information was updated on 1/5/05.