As requested by the Council on March 8, 2010, the ISRP reviewed the Columbia River Estuary Study Taskforce (CREST) Estuary Habitat Restoration proposal (2010-004-00). As stated in the proposal, the project "represents a lower river/estuary wide effort to restore mainstem and tidal habitats, acknowledging the interconnected landscapes that comprise the lower river and estuary ecosystems… The restoration actions will benefit threatened and endangered salmonid species in mainstem and tidal habitats that promote diverse estuarine life histories."
The ISRP finds that proposal in its current form does not meet scientific review criteria. Consequently, the ISRP requests a response in the form of (1) a revised proposal and (2) a point-by-point response to the ISRP concerns summarizing how the concerns are addressed and citing where in the revised proposal the concerns are addressed.
