Grande Ronde Model Watershed

This newest edition of our newsletter🗞️Ripples in the Grande Ronde, has been released!

Articles in this issue: A Decade of Renewal: Southern Cross Habitat Restoration Turns 10, Elmer Dam Fish Passage and Flow Improvement Project, and NE Oregon Steelhead Dissection Program.

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As always, thank you for your readership and be sure to keep an eye out for our next edition coming this Fall.
https://grmw.org/static/documents/ripples/2026/Ripples_WinterSpring2026.pdf

Our Wallowa County Project Coordinator, Kelly Hendrix, attended this year's annual Oregon Connect Conservation Conference 🤝. This is a large meeting connecting watersheds, soil and water conservation districts, and land management professionals👷 from all over Oregon to share knowledge and expertise concerning both the technical and administrative side of conservation🌿. One of the activities associated with the event was a beach cleanup effort. Kelly was kind enough to snap a few photos from the conference and the beach 🏖️ to share. Thank you, Kelly!

We heard 2016 was trending… a lot has changed in ten years. Check out the transformation of the Catherine Creek Southern Cross habitat restoration project. Then 👉 Now!

FYI for everyone this Saturday @ Heritage Pond!

Excited about this! Rosehip jam, wild tea, art, shifts in perspective, community science - all on a winter walk.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from all of us at the Grande Ronde Model Watershed!

FYI:
Our office in La Grande will be closed: Dec. 24th - 28th and Jan. 1st & 2nd
Our Enterprise office will be closed: Dec. 22nd-26th and Jan. 1st & 2nd.

Our normal schedule will resume on Jan 5th, 2026. Thank you!

Hey everyone, have you heard of Wild Hope? It’s a new
series from Wild & Scenic Film Festival partner HHMI Tangled Bank
Studios.

At our upcoming event on November 7th @ HQ in La Grande,
we will be screening one of their films: "A Farm Goes Wild."
For years, Derek Gow worked his 400-acres in western England as a conventional sheep and cattle farm. Watch this latest WildHope episode to see how he’s rewilding his land to what it once was: a healthy, biodiverse ecosystem. We hope you will join us for the event. Thank you HHMI Tangled Bank Studios for creating such great content and supporting the Wild & Scenic Film Festival

Get your tickets for this event here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wild-scenic-film-festival-tickets-1632918395879

https://www.tangledbankstudios.org/
https://www.wildhope.tv/