The Sugar project is located along the Methow River north of Twisp, WA, in Reach 1 of the Methow-River-Thompson Creek Assessment Unit (AU), which was included within the Middle Methow Reach Assessment (BOR 2010). This area is considered to be a major spawning area for steelhead, and critical rearing habitat for both steelhead and spring Chinook. The UCSRB/RTT Prioritization Framework identifies this as an important reach for restoration for Upper Columbia River (UCR) spring Chinook (#11/51), due to high intrinsic capacity, and low habitat quality. This reach is considered to be a priority for restoration (ranked #6/14) by the Revised Upper Columbia Biological Strategy (2017) and current prioritization framework and is also highly ranked in the Methow EDT (restoration priority rank of #2/49 for UCR steelhead and #4/49 for UCR spring Chinook). Current flood and infrastructure protection measures have resulted in loss of side channel habitats, lateral habitat connectivity, in-stream habitat conditions, and riparian conditions. The EDT indicates restoration in this reach has high potential to increase productivity, abundance and capacity and recommends projects that target riparian and floodplain conditions as well as cover and complexity. BPA support will allow MSRF to expedite design and implementation of priority actions to increase habitat capacity, particularly for juvenile rearing for the target species.