Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events

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There is a lot going on in the Walla Walla Watershed! Come join us at community meetings and events to learn more about water and how our community is working together for our water future.

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News and Updates in the Basin

News and Updates in the Basin

Chinook Updates:

  1. There have been 910 spring Chinook counted at Nursery Bridge Dam, the second highest number in the 25 years of the reintroduction efforts on the Walla Walla River.

  2. There were an estimated 130 spring Chinook that in the Mill Creek drainage.

  3. For the first time since the spring Chinook reintroduction started, enough fish return to use only Walla Walla River fish to create a localized broodstock.

 

Adult salmon migrating up Mill Creek this year took an average of 2 days to travel from Gose Street to Bennington Dam, a distance of just 6 miles. Before the completion of various fish passage improvements in the Mill Creek channel, salmon took an average of 14 days to swim the same 6-mile distance. The Basin Advisory Committee (BAC) funded the monitoring devices used to assess fish passage in Mill Creek. The speed of the migration is imperative to their survival. The fish are migrating out of the downstream, warming waters and into the upstream, cool mountain streams.

In most years before these enhancements, salmon were unable to swim upstream in the Mill Creek channel at all.

 The BAC has supported regional organizations, including the Tri-State Steelheaders, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, the U.S. Corps of Engineers, and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, among others, which have significantly improved conditions for salmon migrating up Mill Creek.

Past Events

  • USGS Groundwater Open House

    10.27 4:30-7:30PM

    Learn more about the water beneath your feet through hands-on activities and meet the scientists researching water in our community.

    Milton-Freewater Community Center 109 NE 5th Ave, Milton-Freewater, OR

  • Spring Community Updates

  • Walla Walla Water Open Hosue

    Various organizations within the basin from Oregon to Washington gathered to update community members about ongoing and past projects. The open house offered technical advice, volunteer opportunities, and general water quality and quantity awareness.

  • Water and Wine Series

    This past year, the BAC 2050 group collaborated with various wineries to discuss water quality and quantity and the impacts on our fisheries, agriculture, forestry, and indigenous culture. Look to our calendar for our upcoming Water and Wine Events.