The proposal was insufficient for review. The project description was overly general and lacked the specificity needed to provide the basis for a scientific evaluation of its merits. It should be re-drafted to provide this specificity. A revised proposal should build on habitat inventories and limiting factor analyses already completed for the Deschutes subbasin to demonstrate that proposed actions are appropriate and likely to succeed in the area of interest. Using a relatively new approach such as simulated beaver ponds holds promise, but such a restoration action should be set up as an experiment with suitable control sites for comparison