Powder Basin Watershed Council

Current Projects

Restoration

Water Quality Monitoring

Monitoring

Outreach & Education

78 established sites across the basin selected by community members and agency partners

Outreach & Education

Looking Back...

Sample for pH, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, and temperature

Assessments/Reports

• Guest Speakers

Volunteers sample once a month

• Volunteer Activities

Restoration

Preliminary Basement Assessment

Pine Creek Watershed Assessment

Pine Creek Action Plan

Upper Powder River Watershed Assessment

Powder River-Powder Valley Draft Assessment

Brownlee Reservoir Subbasin Assessment

Pine Creek Reconnaissance Report

Lower Clear Creek Restoration Plan

Objective: Develop designs to address the following issues:

• Bank erosion and flooding
• Artificially straightened channels
• Limited riparian cover and in-stream structure
• Irrigation needs

Stakeholders:

7 private landowners

City of Halfway

Funder and Partners:

• Internship Programs

Project Timeline:

OWEB

May 2015-September 2016

USFWS

Restoration Projects

• Water Quality and Habitat Monitoring Trunks for Teachers

Fox Creek Restoration

Sumpter Municipal Diversion

McMullen Slough Avulsion Project

Durkee-Sage Grouse Habitat Enhancement

North Fork Burnt River Restoration- Phase 1

Kirkway Restoration

• Class lessons and field trips

Monitoring

Project Spotlight

• Council Tours

Pine Creek Restoration at McMullen Slough

Objectives:

Nutrient Monitoring 14-15

Powder Basin Headwaters Habitat Survey

Antone Creek WSEP Biomonitoring Project

78 Monitoring Sites

2014 Summer Monitoring Internship Program

• preventing flooding in Halfway
• prevent further erosion
• accomplished by stabilizing stream banks with large wood structures and planting willow

McMullen Slough...

Approximate Project Cost: $107,300

Partners and Funders

County Road Department

River Design Group- Engineering

Steve Lindley Contracting- Construction

Mark Jackson (landowner)- Fencing

Aaron Bliesner- Permitting

August 2014

OWEB

NFWF

USFWS

Patagonia

August 2014

One year later

Accomplishing our Mission

History of the Powder Basin Watershed Council

• Watershed Planning, Assessments, Action Plans, & Restoration

• 1972 Clean Water Act

How can you get involved?

• Water Quality Monitoring

• 1987 CWA amendment

VOLUNTEER

• Outreach & Education

Water Quality Monitoring

Outreach Projects

Events and Tours

Looking Ahead: Fall River Cleanup

September 26, 2016

Share your opinion

Become a Council Member

• 1991 Baker County Water Advisory Board Formed

Donate

Our Mission

The mission of the Powder Basin Watershed Council is to promote, restore, and enhance the health of our watersheds through cooperation of all stakeholders

Who are the Stakeholders?

• 1993-1995 House Bill 3441 & 2215

Our Basin

Community Members, Local, State, Federal Agency Partners, Businesses & Private Corporations

4 Counties

Baker

Wallowa

Malheur

Union

3 Watersheds

(subbasins)

Burnt

Brownlee

Powder

Want more information?

How do Councils work?

You can ask us at:

Council Members

facebook.com/PowderBasinWatershedCouncil.com

Annual Work Plan

Consensus

PowderBasinWC

Board of Directors

Administration

Majority Votes

www.PowderBasinWatershedCouncil.org

pbwcoutreach@qwestoffice.net

(541) 523-7288

2034 Auburn Ave., Ste. B, Baker City, OR 97814

• 1995 WAB reorganized into PBWC
• 2008 PBWC became a 501(c) non-profit

What do Councils do?

• Provide a neutral venue to evaluate and resolve issues

• Act as a central meeting place for partners and a conduit for information

• Provides a way for individuals to have input

• Create partnerships between residents, land managers, local, state, and federal agencies

Powder Basin Watershed Council