This contract will support ongoing aquatic habitat restoration work on the Warm Springs Reservation within the Deschutes Basin. This is the 2023 contract for project 2008-301-00 that provides the operational funding to implement the Aquatic Restoration Strategy developed in 2018 for watershed on the Warm Springs Reservation. The majority of this contract is covering FY23 program costs (personnel, vehicles, office space ect.).  Habitat restoration implementation will be completed though the following stand alone contract and extension:  

Shitike Creek Headworks Removal and Restoration  (Contract 89810)

Under this contract the riparian protection fence network along with water developments will be maintained protecting over 50 miles of critical anadromous fish habitat in the Warm Springs River Watershed.  Maintenance and improvements will be focused on the lower Warm Springs River and lower Deschutes River protection fence segments.  A design will be developed for the 2024 placement of LWD within the Warm Springs River and Beaver Creek.

Project planning and prioritization will be a primary focus of this contract and continue to occur using the scoring matrix developed to accompany the 2018 Aquatic Restoration Strategy for the Reservation lands.  This scoring matrix will be used to show the relative rank or score of current and future projects proposed on the Reservation using BPA funds.  These scoring outputs and project descriptions will be updated through the reporting work elements under this contract, and provide project planning for future contracts.