Technical Support for Assessment and Watershed Protection I

Major activities are involved in this vehicle include:
*Support watershed protection and restoration. The contractor will provide techniques and strategies in the protection (i.e., biota and habitat and functional processes) and restoration of ecosystems (e.g., habitat, riparian, wetland and stream corridor restoration) in conjunction with the programs of states, tribes, and other federal agencies.
*Promote watershed protection. The contractor will provide technical, logistical, and administrative support to spread the message that traditional EPA, state, and tribal programs are most logically coordinated and implemented on a watershed basis, including the advocacy of the watershed scale approach to the development and implementation of TMDLs and other water programs. This will involve public outreach and technology transfer to interested parties, and the forging of partnerships with those groups to achieve
watershed protection goals using incentives, outreach, education/training, and creative, often non-regulatory, methods of improvement.