Umatilla Basin Watershed Council
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PO Box 1551
Pendleton, OR 97801 Coordinator: Tami Sasser
Email: umatillabwc@eotnet.net
Website: www.co.umatilla.or.us/ubwc.htm
The Council meets every fourth Monday of the month at 7pm. The meetings alternate monthly between the Umatilla Court House in Pendleton and the Hermiston Agriculture Research Center.
The Umatilla Basin Council is working with a technical team of hydrologists, engineers, botanists, biologists, and entomologists to study the feasibility of modifying a levee on the lower Umatilla. This study will define three alternatives for modifying the levee and enabling the river to connect with the seven-acre floodplain. Hydraulic modeling will be used in evaluating current conditions, predicting flood hydrology associated with proposed project alternatives, and for determining if additional precautions are necessary for protecting the downstream landowner from altered flood dynamics.
Seven acres of wetland behind Simons Levee being considered for reconnection to the river.