Request for Proposals
UPPER PHILLIPS DITCH EFFICIENCY PROJECT
General Information & Proposal Documents
The APWC will be requesting proposals for our Little Applegate Upper Phillips Ditch Efficiency Project. This project will improve the conveyance of irrigation water through the Upper Philips ditch while providing turn-outs for irrigation water to the local water users. This project is a partnership between the water users, Jackson Soil & Water Conservation District and the Applegate Partnership.
Proposal Opens: January 8, 2024
Pre-Bid Conference: Jan. 12, 2024, 1:30pm
Proposal Due By: Tues., Jan. 23, 2024, 2pm
Questions & Electronic Submissions
Final Date for Questions is 1/18/2024 by 2pm
Janelle Dunlevy, Executive Director
janelle@apwc.info | 541-899-9982
Paper Submissions can be dropped off at our project partner’s office:
Jackson Soil & Water Conservation District
In Care of: Paul DeMaggio, Upper Phillips Ditch Pipeline Project
89 Alder St. Central Point, OR 97502
Bid Files
The Little Applegate River Fish Passage and Irrigation Efficiency Project has improved fish passage by creating a bypass channel around the Upper Philips Dam, and installed a new fish screen. The completion of this project will improve irrigation efficiency with a water savings of over 85% through piping 1.8 miles of irrigation ditch with 12-inch diameter HDPE-pipe in order to provide water to 11 small-farms and residences in Jackson County within the Rogue River Basin. The project will improve irrigation infrastructure, improve agricultural production, allow production of additional acres, improve water quality, and enhance fish passage and instream flows for Endangered Species Act-listed and State-listed species including Coho salmon, Pacific lamprey, steelhead, and cutthroat trout. The project will dedicate conserved water instream for the benefit of aquatic species in a DEQ-listed flow-limited stream. This project is the result of a decade-long partnership between the Upper Philips Ditch Association and the Applegate Partnership and Watershed Council (APWC) and was developed in consultation with the landowners, the water users, Jackson County Soil Water Conservation District, OWRD, Bureau of Land Management, ODFW Fish Biologists, ODFW Fish Screens & Passage Program, Middle Rogue Steelheaders, Pacific Power Blue Sky Funds, Trout Unlimited, NOAA Restoration and the Rogue Basin Partnership.
Project Description
CHENEY CR. TRIB CULVERT PROJECT
General Information & Proposal Documents
The APWC is requesting proposals for our Cheney Creek Tributary Culvert Replacement Project. This project will replace a undersized, failing culvert on a perennial tributary of Cheney Creek. Proposals will be for design and build.
Proposal Opens: Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023
Pre-proposal Site Tour: Mon., Oct. 23, 2023, 1pm
Proposal Due By: Thurs., Nov. 9, 2023, 5pm (CLOSED)
Questions & Submissions
Nathan Gehres, Project Manager
nathan@apwc.info | 541-890-9989
Proposal Documents (2 files)
Project Description
This project will replace a failing culvert on a perennial tributary to Cheney Creek. Currently, this culvert does not have a stream simulation design and is currently a barrier to aquatic organism passage. It is also undersized and is “perched” about the streambed, creating a fish passage barrier.. The current culvert is a 6.1-foot wide, 4.6-foot-tall pipe arch culvert and has an estimated capacity of 60 cfs with allowance for debris flow and is about 40 feet long. The proposed replacement crossing will be an open bottom structure, a bridge or embedded culvert, depending on the results of the final design effort. The proposed replacement crossing will be designed to pass the 100-year flood, including an allowance for bed load, and anticipated floatable debris. A successful design will allow construct a stream bed at the correct elevation and slope to provide a stream simulation design through the structure and add to the habitat improvement investment on the mainstem of Cheney Creek. All restoration actions will be in cooperation with APWC and the BLM.
The project site is located on BLM managed land on the south side of the stream. The culvert is located on BLM Road 37-7-13 and provides public access and potential access for timber hauling to at least 3 miles of road and 4 square miles of public land above the stream crossing. There are private lands located beyond the BLM culvert. The APWC is working on this project in partnership with the BLM Grants Pass Field Office.
WATTS TOPPIN FISH PASSAGE PROJECT
General Information & Proposal Documents
The APWC is requesting proposals for our Watts Toppin Fish Passage & Irrigation Improvement Project on Williams Creek near Provolt. This project, when completed, will provide volitional fish passage while maintaining two irrigation points of diversion.
Proposal Opens: Monday, Sept. 11, 2023
Mandatory Pre-proposal Site Tour: Mon., Oct. 2, 2023, 2pm
Proposal Due By: Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023, 5pm (CLOSED)
Questions & Submissions
Luke Wimmer, Project Manager
luke@apwc.info | 541-890-9765
Proposal Documents (4 files)
Project Description
The primary goal of this project is to provide year-round volitional fish passage to all life stages and species at the Watts Toppin Dam while providing irrigation water to the water users by constructing a roughened channel (engineered riffle). The dam currently is a major fish passage barrier that limits access to high quality habitat including 12 miles for Chinook, 23 miles for Coho, 35 miles for Steelhead, and 11 miles for Pacific Lamprey. A similar design was successfully constructed at Lower Bridgepoint Dam, a dam located a mile downstream in 2020.
Watts Toppin Dam is listed on the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) Statewide Fish Passage Priority List as the 4th highest priority in the Applegate Watershed. The 3 higher priorities are currently in varying stages of planning and/or design for removal or retrofit by APWC and/or other entities. The proposed project seeks to build upon the recently completed Lower Bridgepoint Fish Passage Project, located on BLM land approximately 1 mile downstream of Watts Toppin Dam. The successfully completed project at Lower Bridgepoint Diversion was similar in scale and design to the proposed project at Watts Toppin. Together, these projects will substantially improve access to valuable upstream spawning and rearing habitats of Williams Creek and its tributaries.
