Technical Assistance Opportunity

The Estuary Partnership manages a Habitat Restoration Program for the lower Columbia River and estuary. Over time, the Estuary Partnership has identified that the most successful habitat restoration projects are those that have highly developed project designs and well articulated scopes. To help provide access to highly skilled professional services to help fill these needs, the Estuary Partnership has developed a Technical Assistance Program. By providing technical expertise to restoration partners, the Estuary Partnership aims to provide project sponsors with the upfront technical skills they may need to develop, design, and implement, larger, more complicated restoration projects, to better scope out projects designs, to better estimate construction costs, and to generally increase the quality and thoroughness of habitat restoration project design and planning. The Estuary Partnership anticipates these services will help restoration partners reduce upfront risks; improve designs and techniques; reduce unanticipated construction issues; expedite permitting; and accelerate restoration activities. The ultimate goal of the technical assistance project is to increase the quantity and improve the quality of habitat restoration projects in the lower Columbia River.