SUMMER
FALL
2019
R I V E R S U N I T I N G N E I G H B O R S . N E W S F R O M T H E G R A N D E R O N D E M O D E L W A T E R S H E D
privilege to just be there, thinking of the
journey from egg to spawning and the
opportunity to witness the beginning of
›‡– ƒ‘–Š‡” ‰‡‡”ƒ–‹‘ ‘ˆ ‹ƒ ‹˜‡”
Š‹‘‘Ǥ
L
ƒ•– •’”‹‰ǡ ‡š’‡”‹‡…‡† ‘‡ ‘ˆ –Š‘•‡ †ƒ›• ‹ –Š‡ …ƒ”‡‡” ‘ˆ
ƒ ϐ‹•Š‡”› „‹‘Ž‘‰‹•– –Šƒ– ™‹ŽŽ ˆ‘”‡˜‡” •–ƒ† ‘—– ƒ‘‰ –Š‡
–Š‘—•ƒ†•‘ˆ‘–Š‡”†ƒ›•Šƒ˜‡•’‡–‹–Š‡ϐ‹‡Ž†Ǥ
ˆ ›‘— ™‡”‡ –‘ ƒ• ͳͲͲ ϐ‹•Š‡”› „‹‘Ž‘‰‹•–• ™Š› –Š‡› …Š‘•‡ –Š‹•
career, most probably would relate a desire to work in the natural
‡˜‹”‘‡– ƒ† ƒ ˆƒ•…‹ƒ–‹‘ ™‹–Š …”‡ƒ–—”‡• –Šƒ– Ž‹˜‡ ‹ ™ƒ–‡”Ǥ 
ƒ††‹–‹‘ǡ›‘—Ž‹‡Ž›™‘—Ž†ϐ‹†–Šƒ–†ƒ›•ƒϐ‹‡Ž†ƒ”‡–”‡ƒ•—”‡†ƒ†–Šƒ–
•‘‡ †ƒ›• ‘” ‘‡–• ƒϐ‹‡Ž† ƒ”‡ –”—Ž› •’‹”‹–—ƒŽǡ ’‡” –Š‡ ‡””‹ƒǦ
‡„•–‡”‹…–‹‘ƒ”›†‡ϐ‹‹–‹‘‘ˆ–Š‡™‘”†ƒ•Dz‘ˆǡ”‡Žƒ–‹‰–‘ǡ…‘•‹•–‹‰
‘ˆǡ‘”ƒˆˆ‡…–‹‰–Š‡•’‹”‹–Ǥdz”‡…ƒŽŽƒ–‹‡‘–Š‡—’’‡”‹ƒ‹˜‡”
watching a pair of Chinook salmon spawn as one of those spiritual
‘‡–•ǡ ‡˜‡ –Š‘—‰Š Šƒ† ™ƒ–…Š‡† •ƒŽ‘ •’ƒ™ Š—†”‡†•
‘ˆ –‹‡•Ǥ ‘‡–Š‹‰ ƒ„‘—– –Šƒ– †ƒ› ™ƒ• •’‡…‹ƒŽǡ ƒ† ‹– –”—Ž› ™ƒ• ƒ
June 28, 2019, was another one of
those days that meant more than simply
…‘’Ž‡–‹‰ƒ–ƒ•Ǥ›’ƒ”–‡”ǡ‹•–‘
‘”–‘ǡ ƒ† ˆ‘—† ‡˜‹†‡…‡ –Šƒ–
steelhead had spawned in upper Beaver
”‡‡ ȋƒ ”ƒ†‡ ‘†‡ ‹˜‡” –”‹„—–ƒ”›Ȍ ƒˆ–‡” Šƒ˜‹‰ „‡‡ „Ž‘…‡†
ˆ”‘ ƒ……‡••‹‰ –Š‹• Šƒ„‹–ƒ– ˆ‘” ‘”‡ –Šƒ ͳͲͲ ›‡ƒ”•Ǥ Š‡ „Ž‘…ƒ‰‡
was removed in 2017 when the City of La Grande constructed a
ϐ‹•Š™ƒ›‘˜‡”–Š‡†ƒ–Šƒ–ˆ‘”•‡ƒ˜‡”‡•‡”˜‘‹”ȋ•‡‡Dz‡…‘‡…–‹‰
–Š‡ƒ„‹–ƒ–‘–•dz‹–Š‡—‡”ʹͲͳ͹‹••—‡‘ˆRipplesȌǤŠƒ–ƒ†‡
–Š‹• †ƒ› ‡˜‡ ‘”‡ ‡ƒ‹‰ˆ—Ž ‹• –Šƒ– „‡‰ƒ –Š‡ •—”˜‡› ˆ‡‡Ž‹‰
’‡••‹‹•–‹…ƒ„‘—–™Šƒ–™‡™‘—Ž†ϐ‹†Ǥ–™ƒ•‘––Šƒ––Š‡”‡™ƒ•ƒϐŽƒ™
‹–Š‡ϐ‹•Š’ƒ••ƒ‰‡’”‘Œ‡…––Šƒ–Šƒ†ƒ†‡–Š‹••—”˜‡›’‘••‹„Ž‡ǡ„—–
was concerned that steelhead returns to the Columbia River Basin
–Š‹• ›‡ƒ” Šƒ† „‡‡ “—‹–‡ Ž‘™Ǥ ‡ ƒŽ”‡ƒ†› Šƒ† …‘’Ž‡–‡† ƒ —„‡”
‘ˆ•—”˜‡›•‘‘–Š‡”•–”‡ƒ•™Š‡”‡™‡ˆ‘—†‘”‡††•ȋ‡•–•™Š‡”‡
•ƒŽ‘Ȁ•–‡‡ŽŠ‡ƒ† †‡’‘•‹– –Š‡‹” ‡‰‰•Ȍǡ ƒ† ‘ –Š‡ •–”‡ƒ• ™Š‡”‡
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