PR 63 05
BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
MONDAY, JULY 25, 2005
Contact:
Ed Mosey |
, BPA (503)-230-5131
LaGrande ranchers receive prestigious stream protection award
Media invited to ceremony and tour of project
PORTLAND, Ore. -
PORTLAND, Ore. * The Oregon State Land Board has awarded the 2004 Stream Restoration Award to owners of the Alta Cunha and Moss Creek ranches for their innovative efforts to restore streambeds, stream banks and wetland habitat along seven miles of local creeks and the main stem of the Grande Ronde River located in Longley Meadows, just west of LaGrande, Ore.
The ranchers and project partners from a variety of organizations will be recognized for their efforts during a tour of the newly designed and constructed Bear Creek Channel on the Grande Ronde River. Vance McGowan of Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife, Allen Childs of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation and Alan Bahn of Natural Resources Conservation Service will conduct the tour. Veterans of channel relocation projects, these three partners will explain the reasons for implementing the project, the methodology behind the new
channel design and the anticipated outcomes of the project.
The Longley Meadows Project partners include several local, state and federal agencies. The total cost of the project was $250,000, of which the Bonneville Power Administration contributed $145,000.
When: July 28, 2005
Time: 10 a.m.
Where: Meet at the Grande Ronde Model Watershed Program Office, 10901 Island Ave., LaGrande OR 97850.
A bus will take everyone out to the site, which is approximately one-half hour away. Recognitions will be made at the site and lunch provided.
Who:
* Northwest Power and Conservation Council members Melinda Eden, Larry Cassidy and NWPPC staff Tony Grover.
* Louise Solliday from the Oregon governor's Natural Resources Office
* Tom Byler, director * Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board
* Carla Cunha, landowner
* Bob Austin, deputy manager, BPA Environment, Fish and Wildlife
* Angus Duncan, director of the Bonneville Environmental Fund
* Steve Purchase, Division of State Lands
* Union County Commissioners Steve McClure and John Lamoreau
RSVP: If you are interested in the tour, please contact Jeff Oveson, executive director, Grande Ronde Model Watershed Program or Mary Estes, GRMW, (541) 962-6590; or Mary Hoverson, Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife (541) 963-2138.
The State Land Board manages state lands under its jurisdiction with the object of obtaining the greatest benefit for the people of Oregon, consistent with the conservation of this resource under sound techniques of land management
Submitted for distribution on 07-25-2005 at 3:50 PM
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