Robinson Creek Stream Restoration with ONDA the Alliance for Community Trees

This trip is being conducted in cooperation with the Neighborwoods Month program of the Alliance for Communtiy Trees (actrees.org). This is our last multi-day trip of the year! We will get to see how successful our spring planting efforts were, and add more plantings to the areas where water persists in the stream longest. A great time of year to be in the John Day Basin.

Pine Creek Conservation Area (PCCA) is located on the John Day River just east of Clarno, a 2-hour drive from Bend.  PCCA consists of 35,000 acres of Bonneville Power Administration Conservation Mitigation Lands.  These lands are managed in perpetuity by the Warm Springs Confederation of Tribes to enhance fish and wildlife habitat.  ONDA is a major collaborator in the "on-the-ground" management of this area and together with volunteers has contributed hundreds of hours of work on restoration projects here.  PCCA surrounds the Spring Basin Wilderness Study Area on three sides (the fourth side is the John Day River), and is the source of many tributaries to the John Day River.

The John Day River is the second longest undammed river in the Lower 48, making it home to the healthiest anadromous fish runs left in eastern Oregon. Robinson Creek, a tributary of the John Day, provides spawning and rearing habitat for one of the few remaining native Steelhead populations in the lower John Day River Basin.

Periods of uncontrolled cattle grazing, particularly along the stream banks, have degraded habitat for fish and wildlife in and along Robinson Creek by causing severe erosion.  Thanks to the restoration work being done by ONDA and the Pine Creek Conservation Area, steelhead have begun to access the entire length of the creek within the Conservation Area.  It is hoped that with time nearby beaver will move up into Robinson Creek and further restore the drainage.

This project is being implemented in cooperation with support from the Alliance for Community Trees.  For more information regarding ACT and their nationwide programs, visit actrees.org.

COST:
This trip is free to members, $45 for non-members (why-not just become a member: it is only $35 for a full year!)

GROUP SIZE:
This trip is limited to 15 volunteer participants.

REGISTRATION:
Click HERE to register for the Robinson Creek Stream Restoration.

Contact Email	jjacobs@onda.org
Contact Phone	(541) 330-2638