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B -- EVALUATION OF POOL COMPLEXITY STUDY-BLUE RIVER RANGER DISTRICT SOL R6-18-95-136. DUE 070395. Contact Contract Specialist. Telephone No. 503/465-6506. A project to provide monitoring and analysis of a pool complexity study and to generate a report in the form of a Master's thesis. The goal of this Pool Complexity Study is to determine if increasing levels of large woody debris volume, structure, and complexity in pool habitats increases aquatic vertebrate abundance. It is the intent of the government to award this contract to Oregon State University pursuant to 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1). Dr. Stan Gregory and the OSU Stream Team have conducted the baseline surveys of the Pool Complexity Study and have the expertise and the technology to store and generate the necessary analyses. Dr. Gregory assisted in the design of the study, which is the sister project of the Camp Creek Pool Complexity Study on a coastal stream in Oregon. He and the OSU Stream Team have monitored the Camp Creek project and are producing the project report. The OSU Stream Team under Dr. Gregory has the experience, equipment, and capability of providing the USFS a high quality analysis and assessment that will insure the technical accuracy and completeness of the Pool Complexity Study monitoring and report production. Estimated start date is July 3, 1995. Contract performance time is 1 year, 9 months. See Note 22. (142)

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