LagRD_StreamRestoration_UpFly_2023.pdf

This document outlines a federal contract opportunity for stream restoration work on the LaGrande Ranger District. The solicitation involves restoration efforts on 10 miles of small streams including Battle, Campbell, Peet and Syrup Creeks, as well as 0.5 mile of Fly Creek and 1.25 miles of the Upper Grande Ronde River. The project aims to add instream structures like logjams, whole trees and small wood material to increase roughness and floodplain interaction, improve habitat complexity, and promote out of channel flooding. These measures are intended to enhance hydrologic productivity, decrease stream temperatures, and increase riparian deciduous vegetation. Questions regarding the solicitation must be submitted to the contracting officer at antoine.boissonniere@usda.gov no later than March 17, 2023. The work will be awarded and administered by the United States Forest Service.