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 Wallowa
River
Designated
Reach: July 23, 1996. The segment of the Wallowa River from
the confluence of the Wallowa and Minam Rivers in the hamlet
of Minam downstream to the confluence of the Wallowa and
the Grande Ronde Rivers.
Classification/Mileage:
Recreational -- 10.0 miles; Total -- 10.0 miles.
From
the confluence of the Minam and Wallowa Rivers at Minam,
Oregon, downstream to its confluence with the Grande Ronde,
this river is the gateway to the Wild and Scenic Grande
Ronde River. The Wallowa offers incredible fishing, hunting,
wildlife viewing and floatboating, as well as a state park
for camping. The primary launch site for the Wallowa and
Grande Ronde corridors, as well as the Bureau of Land Management
public contact station, are located on state lands at Minam.
Designation
preserves the outstanding fish, wildlife, scenic and recreational
resources of the Wallowa. The river corridor provides habitat
for threatened and endangered species such as bald eagles
and peregrine falcons, and wintering range for elk, mule
deer and white-tailed deer. It also provides habitat for
spring/summer chinook salmon, summer steelhead, bull trout,
as well as historic habitat for sockeye, coho and fall chinook
salmon. The Wallowa offers incredible fishing, hunting,
wildlife viewing, floatboating, an extended whitewater boating
season, and a state park for camping. The primary launch
site for the Wallowa and Grande Ronde corridors, as well
as the Bureau of Land Management public contact station,
are located on state lands at Minam. Its outstanding scenery
has been given the Bureau of Land Management's highest scenic
classification.
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