The John Day River Basin
Background
Monitoring and research programs in the John Day basin revolve around freshwater production and the overall life-cycle survival of salmon and steelhead. Water temperature and sediment are two major habitat concerns ISEMP targets within the basin.
Status and Trends monitoring in the John Day basin includes actions such as annual steelhead tagging and spawning surveys (Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife), and water quality monitoring among over 10 agencies.
An Effectiveness Monitoring program for restoration actions ameliorating incision and sediment issues in the Bridge Creek and South Fork John Day watersheds has been designed. Actions will be part of watershed-scale experiments with intensive monitoring and research to evaluate the success of the action.
For further details regarding the John Day projects, please see the proposals and annual reports available for download on the Documents and Reports webpage (via Downloadable data).
Sub projects within the basin
- Bridge Creek incision restoration project (proposed 2007-2009)
- South Fork John Day temperature and fish movement research (Oregon State Univeristy)
- EPA sediment modeling
- Water quality monitoring
- Habitat protocol comparison
Collaborators
Bureau of Land Management
Eco Logical Research, Inc
Environmental Protection Agency
Monument Soil and Water Conservation District
North Fork John Day Watershed Council
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Oregon State Univeristy
The Nature Conservancy
University of Washington
US Bureau of Reclamation
US Forest Service: Malheur National Forest
US Forest Service: Ochoco National Forest
US Forest Service: Umatilla National Forest
US Forest Service: Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
US Forest Service: PIBO Monitoring Program
Utah State University
Warm Springs Confederated Tribes
Watershed Sciences