MONITORING & RESEARCH

Partnership Efforts:

• Walla Walla Bi-State Technical Work Group

• CTUIR/USACE Feasibility Study: Overview or Study Updates

• Walla Walla Basin Habitat Conservation Planning

• Walla Walla Basin Watershed Council and Oregon State University Model

• Walla Walla Technical Work Group's Walla Walla River Seepage Studies and Surface Water Budget

Hydrology:

• Walla Walla River Flow Balance Project (2002-Present)

• Surface-Ground Water ("Hydrology") Study

• WDOE's "Assessment of Surface Water and Groundwater Interchange in the Walla Walla River Watershed" report for July-October 2002

  • Report published Aug. 2005. The data for the project available at Ecology’s Environmental Information Management (EIM) website at www.ecy.wa.gov/eim/index.htm - search for User Study ID KSIN0007.

• Seepage Data from 2004

• "Monitoring of Groundwater and Surface Water Interactions on the Walla Walla River, Oregon for the Purpose of Restoring In-Stream flows for ESA Listed Fish Habitat"

  • By Starr Metcalf Silvis in 2003

• "Monitoring of Groundwater and Surface Water Interactions on the Walla Walla River"

  • Thesis Defense, 2003, by Starr Metcalf Silvis (7.3 MB, PowerPoint)

Water Management Initiative:

• Water Management Initiative (WMI)

Water Quality:

• Oregon TMDL for Temperature

• Water Quality Monitoring

• Thermal Infrared (TIR) Remote Sensing Survey Flights

  • 2003 report and data now available

• 2003 Monitoring Map (369KB, PDF)

• 2002 Monitoring Maps with background info

• Forward-Looking Infrared (FLIR) Remote Sensing Survey from 2000 (summary report and links)

• Images from 2000 FLIR flight (sample of images)

Fish:

• CTUIR Fisheries Program 2004-2005 Walla Walla Monitoring and Evaluation Report

• Fish Telemetry Study 2001-2004 (CTUIR, ODFW, WDFW, WWBWC, and others)

• Reports on data collected on salmonids by Glen Mendel (WDFW)

• "Bull trout population assessment in northeastern Oregon: a template for recovery planning" USGS Utah Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Department of Aquatic, Watershed, and Earth Resources at Utah State University, Logan, Utah

  • 2007 Bull Trout Study Plan Summary

  • Annual Progress Report for 2006

  • Annual Progress Report for 2005

  • Annual Progress Report for 2004 (PDF format)

• "Bull trout population assessment and life-history characteristics in association with habitat quality and land use: a template for recovery planning" Utah State University, Logan, Utah

  • Annual Annual Progress Report 2003 (PDF format)

• Mid-Columbia Steelhead Recovery Planning

• Bi-State Habitat Conservation Plan 2003 Species Report

  Steelhead (PDF format)

  Bull Trout (PDF format)

• Walla Walla Basin Fisheries

  • Assessment of Salmonid and Their Habitat Conditions in the Walla Walla River Basin [PDF]  1999 - 07/00

  • Assessment of Salmonids and their Habitat Conditions in the Walla Walla River Basin 2000 - 11/01

  • Assessment of Salmonids and their Habitat Conditions in the Walla Walla River Basin 2001-2002 - 12/02

  • Assessment of Salmonids and their Habitat Conditions in the Walla Walla River Basin 2002-2003 - 09/03

  • Assessment of Salmonids and their Habitat Conditions in the Walla Walla River Basin 2003-2004 - 07/04

  • Assessment of Salmonids and their Habitat Conditions in the Walla Walla River Basin 2004-2005 - 10/05

  • Assessment of Salmonids and their Habitat Conditions in the Walla Walla River Basin 2004 - 11/05

  • Assessment of Salmonids and Their Habitat Conditions in the Walla Walla River Basin: 2004 Annual Report

  • Assessment of Salmonids and Their Habitat Conditions in the Walla Walla River Basin: 2005 Annual Report

  • Species Identification of Two Suspected Hybrid Salmonids in the North Fork Touchet River in Southeastern Washington State 

Variety:

• WWBWC Maps & Data page

• Juniper GIS used the Walla Walla Basin for a:

  • GIS teaching presentation on water basin analysis (893 KB, PowerPoint format)

• Watershed Science & Restoration Conference Feb. 12, 2003