Bird Track Springs Habitat Restoration on the Upper Grande Ronde River

Bird Track Springs is a 2-mile reach of the Upper Grande Ronde River in eastern Oregon that has been degraded and altered by human activity. The once multi-threaded, well-connected river and floodplain became a single-threaded river with little connectivity and degraded habitat. This project aims to reconnect the river to its floodplain, increase habitat complexity, and restore salmonid populations. Restoring salmonid populations will restore a ”First Food” and cultural resource for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR), that hold treaty-reserved and traditional rights for hunting and fishing throughout the Grande Ronde Basin.