This project provides the opportunity to continue and expand current efforts to assess and provide data on limiting factors impacting salmonid restoration in the Touchet River Watershed within Columbia County. The scope of current efforts are limited due to funding levels. Current efforts are targeting literature research and compilation & water quality sampling through a contract with WSU Center for Environmental Education, and stream condition assessment through a contract with Reckendorf and Associates and the US Army COE. These activities will be continued and expanded with area/reaches prioritized by the Touchet River Watershed Council. These assessment activities are consistent with recommendations for watershed planning identified by NWPPC, Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Program and the Independent Scientific Review Panel (ISRP) recommendations in relation to watershed management. Other plans supporting watershed assessment for impact to the fish resource are Wy Kan Ush Mi Wa Kish Wit (Spirit of the Salmon) and the Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Authority (CBFWA) Annual Implementation Work Plan. Sub basin to be addressed in this proposal will be identified in cooperation with WDFW and CTUIR. Current contract services with USACOE for related work are being matched at 50% by USACOE and presumed will apply with this proposal as a contract extension.