Pacific Northwest Node Summary
January 2005
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Overview
The Pacific Northwest Node of NRRSS covers Oregon , Washington , Idaho and Montana .
The flow-chart below shows responsibilities of different project partners.
Node Contacts
Jeanne McFall , University of Idaho, Boise, Ecohydraulics Research Group
Steve Clayton, University of Idaho, Boise, Ecohydraulics Research Group
PNW Data Compilation Process
- Site Visits, File Cabinets, and Websites.
- Searched for electronic databases of stream restoration projects
- Received electronic copies of databases
- Created a crosswalk to PNW database
- Extracted information from descriptive fields
- Categorized projects by intents and activities
- Checked uploaded data and corrected mistakes
- Used GIS to show location points from lat/longs, TRS's , and LLID information, then backfilled additional location information.
- Tested query tool
- Standardized organization names and subbasins between datasets.
Results
The following table lists the sources of data used in compiling the largest NRRSS Node database with 23,636 project records.
| PNW Database/Source | # Projects |
| BLM -USDI Bureau of Land Management | 4,887 |
| BPA -Bonneville Power Administration | 476 |
| Ducks Unlimited - Pacific Northwest Chapter | 500 |
|
Model Watershed Programs |
580 |
| Hand Gathered from calls to individual project sponsors, local org. etc. | 1017 |
| IDEQ -Idaho Department of Environmental Quality | 132 |
| IDFG -Idaho Department of Fish & Game | 266 |
| Montana Water Center | 630 |
| NOAA Restoration Center | 142 |
| NRRSS Projects | 571 |
| Oregon Water Trust | 501 |
| OWEB - Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board | 5,946 |
| REO -Regional Ecosystem Office | 5,625 |
| SRFB "Surfboard" -Salmon Recovery Funding Board | 398 |
| StreamNet - Idaho Projects Only | 34 |
| Washington Water Trust | 20 |
| WDFW -Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife | 1,361 |
| WDOE -Washington Department of Ecology | 433 |
| WDOT -Washington Department of Transportation | 51 |
The figure below shows the distribution of projects in the Pacific Northwest, with the highest densities of river restoration projects corresponding to areas with higher population densities, and also to areas with listed salmonids as threatened or endangered species.
Current Activities
NOAA Fisheries
- Finalizing the database with QA/QC
- Writing up results with PNW team-members
NW Data Contributors
- Reviewing uploaded data for approval to make the dataset public
University of Idaho (with funding from Bureau of Reclamation)
- Completing interviews about randomly selected restoration projects in the PNW.
- Creating a validation plan for projects listed in the database, including site visits.
Funders for the Pacific Northwest Node
- EPA
- US Bureau of Reclamation
- NOAA Fisheries
- US Bureau of Land Management
Photos of Stream Restoration in the Pacific Northwest
