UCOWR/NIWR 2010 Annual Conference; HydroFutures: Water Science, Technology, and Communities
Powder Basin Watershed Council
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3990 MIDWAY DR
BAKER CITY, OR 97814 Coordinator: Vicki Wares vicki.wares@or.nacdnet.net
Council website: http://www.bakercounty.org/Watershed/home.html
The Council meets every first Wednesday of the month at 5:30pm at the 5J School District Office in Baker City.
OWEB technical assistance funds were used to contract a LIDAR flight over the Sumpter Valley dredge tailings (~2,000 acres). Information from this flight will be compiled and interpreted, summarized and prioritized to draft a floodplain needs-based action plan. This plan will be used by the Baker County Parks and Recreation Department to manage the biological and social needs of this area. It will also be used by other private and government stakeholders, e.g. US Forest Service, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, US Bureau of Reclamation, Powder Basin Watershed Council, etc. in collaboration to restore the floodplain to the highest level of ecological functioning possible within considerable economic constraints.
LIDAR aerial photograph of Sumpter Valley floodplain restoration site.