This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Regional Wetland Program Development Grants (CFDA 66.461) program provides $334,418 in funding to the Oregon Department of State Lands (DSL). The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: Providing verified wetland determination data and documents to the Lane Council of Governments for inclusion on their public website. Digitizing and archiving approximately 2,100 of DSL's...
This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Regional Wetland Program Development Grants (CFDA 66.461) program, funds the Lane Council of Governments (LCOG) to map wetland delineation study areas across Oregon. Specifically, the $107,061 award will enable LCOG to create a GIS dataset of approximately 5,100 wetland delineation study areas, which will be incorporated into the state's Statewide Wetlands Inventory web map. This effort aims to...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the Water Resources Research Act Program (CFDA 15.805), aims to develop a comprehensive hydrologic modeling framework to enhance flood resilience and water resource management within the Willamette River Basin. The $619,990 award to Oregon State University will leverage advanced technologies like artificial intelligence and machine learning, as well as data from the Next Generation Water Observing System, to...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey's National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CFDA 15.820) provides $176,941 to the University of Washington to map potential meadow and wetland habitat across 15 million acres in the Klamath region of Oregon and California. The project aims to support climate-smart conservation and restoration of these critical ecosystems, which are vulnerable to climate change but provide important habitat and ecosystem functions....
This Cooperative Agreement award in the amount of $292,842.54 from the United States Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Soil and Water Conservation Program (CFDA 10.902) aims to increase conservation planning and implementation on organic and transitioning-to-organic farms in the Oregon NRCS Central Coast/Upper Willamette and Southwest Basins. The primary products and services to be delivered through this 5-year award, which started on August 1,...
This $752,950 Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the North American Wetlands Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.623) will restore 64 acres of degraded peat wetlands in Clackamas County, Oregon. The project will improve hydrology and establish native wetland vegetation communities through activities such as filling drainage channels, constructing ponds and swales, weed control, and dense planting. The restoration work will enhance water quality, provide habitat for a...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is providing $2,135,667 in funding to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) through the FY2023 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Coastal Zone Management Habitat Restoration and Conservation Competition (CFDA 11.473 - Office for Coastal Management). This Cooperative Agreement award will support ODFW's project to protect 528 acres of tidal wetlands along the Coquille River on Oregon's southern coast. ODFW will purchase the...
The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 awarded a $903,075.04 Project Grant to the Klamath Watershed Partnership under the Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance program (CFDA 15.608) to undertake several wetlands restoration and enhancement activities in the Keno Reach of the Klamath River in Klamath Falls, Oregon from September 2022 through September 2027. Key deliverables include identifying opportunities for creating, restoring, and enhancing littoral and...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) provides $1,200,000 to Waterwatch of Oregon to undertake a comprehensive river restoration project. The key products and services to be delivered include: removing the Pomeroy Dam and associated structures; relocating and upgrading 2 miles of irrigation water diversion to 2 new fish-friendly pumps; decommissioning 2 miles of...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program (CFDA 15.078) provides $1,228,743.28 to Oregon State University to identify locations with unique snowpack dynamics not measured by existing monitoring networks and evaluate how incorporating this additional snow data can improve water supply forecasts. The project will acquire aerial LiDAR snow survey data across multiple basins in California, Colorado,...