Under this contract Cascade Columbia Fisheries Enhancement Group (CCFEG) will develop a preferred alternative, concept, and preliminary designs for restoration actions on the lower 0.3 miles of Peshastin Creek, a tributary to the Wenatchee River. Beginning in January of 2015 and with funding from the Salmon Recovery Funding Board, CCFEG convened stakeholders and developed several restoration concept alternatives for this reach of Peshastin Creek. This contract will allow us to re-convene stakeholders, include additional modeling, sediment transport analysis, and support habitat suitability index (HSI) modeling. This additional analysis will help ensure our preferred alternative provides the highest biological benefit to targeted species.

The contractor Columbia Cascade Fisheries Enhancement Group (CCFEG), its designated agents, sub-consultants and project stakeholders will be available, responsive and collaboratively address contract related issues during the term of the contract. Contract issues include but are not limited to technical, policy, regulatory, project management and associated elements related to the project. Successful execution of this contract is contingent on alignment of the preceding contract issues with the BPI and BPA contracting processes, project management plans, design review protocols (including but not limited to BPA RRT design review, Technical and Design Team guidance, review, input, comments, integration, outcomes of the UCSRB habitat modeling assessments, stakeholder congruence with proposed actions and decisions rendered by 1) the project executive team (BPA, UCSRB, & CCFEG). Arbitration and dispute resolution will occur relative to the following two tier escalation ladder: 1) conference with the project Executive Team and 2) Direct consultation between program managers.