Public Comments

Title:	Uma-Birch Floodplain Reconnection Project
Description:	Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) is requesting comments on the draft Environmental Assessment for the Uma-Birch Floodplain Reconnection Project. BPA proposes to provide funding to the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation to enhance fish and wildlife habitat on about a 241-acre area along a one-mile stretch of the Umatilla River (between river miles 48.7 and 49.7) and along Birch Creek (river mile 0.0 to 0.3) at its confluence with the Umatilla River, near the town of Rieth, in Umatilla County, Oregon. Project activities would remove most of the US Army Corps of Engineers’ (Corps) certified Pendleton 2a levee as well as artificial berms to restore natural hydrology and reconnect the historic floodplain. The project would maintain the current level of flood protection provided by the existing levee through construction of a new set-back levee along Birch Creek Road.
Start Date:	4/18/2023
End Date:	5/18/2023
Related information:	https://www.bpa.gov/learn-and-participate/public-involvement-decisions/project-reviews/uma-birch

Bonneville Power Public Comments