Request for Proposals – April 2025
NRLT is requesting proposals for large woody debris (LWD) consisting of logs, logs with rootwads attached, and slash to be used in the Wood Creek Phase III Restoration Project (Project) located on Wood Creek approximately ½ mile upstream of the confluence with Freshwater Slough in Humboldt County, California. This is a grant-funded project in partnership with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife Cannabis Restoration Grant Program, Point Blue Conservation Science, and landowners Sean & Kathy O’Day with the goal of:
- Restoring hydrologic connectivity between previous downstream restoration of Wood Creek and the Felt Ranch wetlands;
- Establishing juvenile salmonid migration access between Wood Creek and the Felt Ranch wetlands;
- Enlarging the tidal influence onto Felt Ranch to elongate the transition zone from brackish to fresh-water conditions;
- Enhancing the existing freshwater wetlands on Felt Ranch to create a diversity of slow-water productive rearing habitats for juvenile coho while benefiting other native wetland dependent wildlife and vegetation; and
- Enhancing drainage and reducing flooding inundation of agricultural areas within and adjacent to the Project Areas.
The LWD consists of several types of materials needed for the Project. A total of up to 224 LWD units and 70 cubic yards of slash shall be delivered to the delivery site(s). Deliver a minimum of 25% of each item contracted for delivery by August 15, 2025, and the entire amount by June 30, 2026, as described in detail in Attachment A.