CTWS capacity in the basin is limited due to staff turnover and recent hiring challenges. CTWS project manager time is included in this SOW to facilitate continued recruitment of the vacant positions at the time of SOW development.

This agreement will support ongoing aquatic habitat restoration work on the Warm Springs Reservation within the Deschutes Basin 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 two year agreement covers FY23 and FY24 program costs (personnel, vehicles, office space etc.).  Work under this agreement will be limited to the continued riparian projection work until the contract manager position is filled. Upon the hiring of a contract manager it is expected that a CCR will be completed to add additional habitat implementation efforts to be completed during the agreement period.

Under this agreement 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.  Maintenance work will be completed but the CTWS technician positions. Upon the hiring of the contract manager position a design will be developed for the 2024 placement of LWD within the Warm Springs River and Beaver Creek.

Upon the hiring of a contract manager project, 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.