The Gailey bridge project replaced a river ford (moving farming equipment by driving across the river bed) with a bridge over the Touchet River. This greatly reduced sediment delivery to the river which was highly beneficial to endangered fish species. Funding was provided by the landowner and the WA State Conservation Commission.

This project replaced a barrier diversion dam with a custom fish screen and also opened up 2 miles of side channel well suited for fish habitat. Funded by the RCO Salmon Recovery Funding Board, the WA State Conservation Commission, and the WDFW Yakima Screen Shop.

This irrigation efficiency piping replaced over 7 miles of inefficient open earth canals with a buried pipeline delivery system. In conjunction with the 2,800 ft. project, 5.95 CFS of water were put into trust. Funded by WA-DOE, BPA, WA State Conservation Commission, GFID #13 Board of Directors, BPA, Bureau of Reclamation.

CURB projects were a joint effort by the Walla Walla County Conservation District, Tri-State Steelheaders, and the WA Dept of Ecology projects. CURB restored salmonid bearing streams in the Walla Walla and College Place urban area with funding from the WA-DOE.

This small project was designed to catch Stone Creek overflow and direct it into a recharge basin north of Commercial Drive in College Place.

Stiller Pond was originally used as a regulating reservoir for irrigation water used by Stiller Farms. Working with the Walla Walla Watershed Management Partnership, the site was recognized and developed as a shallow aquifer recharge site. Funded by BPA.

Demonstrated actions that can be taken to reduce sediment delivery to salmonid bearing streams. Through a partnership with Bonneville Power Administration and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, the road was surfaced with crushed rock and the outfall of the realroad culvert was directed into an inlet structure and pipeline designed to carry the runoff water safely and cleanly to the creek. Funded by NFWF and WA State Conservation Commission.

Replaced 5.5 miles of open irrigation ditch with 4.25 miles of pipeline, allowing 3.99CFS of water to be put into trust. Funding from WA-DOE and BPA.

Remediation of two fish passage barriers on Spring Creek, a spring-fed tributary to Dry Creek located on the Jay Nowogrowski Farm. The lower barrier is at the Nowogrowski farm bridge, approximately 0.5 miles up Spring Creek Road from its intersection with Buroker Road and Hwy. 12. Funded by BPA and CTUIR.

Improvement of existing bridge support abutments to avoid forking the Spring Creek. Funded by the WA State Conservation Commission.

Construction of new fish ladder and sills to aid fish passage. Funded by Bonneville Power Administration, CTUIR, US Fish and Wildife, and Washington Salmon Recovery Funding Board.

This project restored Doan Creek to its historical confluence with Mill Creek, the point of irrigation diversion was changed to the mouth of the creek with water being piped to the irrigation ditch by the NGS Greate Grave. A new pump station was also developed with metering and fish screens. Funded by NPS, WA Salmon Recovery Board, WWCCD, WA State Conservation Commission, Whitman College, and the Tri-State Steelheaders.

Installation of new passive cleaning fish screen for protection of salmon. Funded by WA Salmon Recovery Funding Board.

Cost-share program that enables landowners to measure their water use and come into compliance with state water-use regulations.

Restoration of native riparian forest vegetation along perennial streams with value to salmonid species. Funded by FSA and WA State Conservation Commission with technical assistance by NRCS and WWCCD. About 25% of Washington’s CREP buffers are located in Walla Walla County.