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John Day Watershed Restoration Program
Established 1998
The Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon John Day
Watershed Restoration Program has a long history of working on public and private
lands for watershed conservation and restoration actions in the John Day Basin. This
Program strives to ensure the integrity and health of aquatic ecosystems so that
these watersheds support healthy, self-sustaining populations of culturally important
aquatic species, including Chinook salmon, steelhead trout, bull trout, and Pacific
lamprey. Through collaboration with landowners, multiple private, state and federal
entities, implementation of this voluntary Program focuses on improving fish
passage, fish habitat, water quantity, and water quality in an ecosystem context.
Our mission statement is to protect, manage, and enhance habitat that supports
culturally significant fish populations for the
Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon.
Objectives:
• Maintain and restore high quality aquatic habitat to support
harvestable fish populations;
• Ensure access to these populations for the tribal membership;
• Foster partnerships to achieve holistic watershed scale benefits;
and
• Demonstrate a conservation ethic that supports multiple use
and harmony in rural communities with natural resource based
economies.
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