Cooperative Agreement L16AC00309

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $140,303 five-year Cooperative Agreement to Oregon State University under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) to support the establishment of the East Cascades Native Plant Hub in Bend, Oregon. The hub will coordinate a regional network to address organizational, ecological, and financial challenges in restoration and revegetation of sagebrush ecosystems, with a focus on increasing the availability of...

This $221,127.14 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) program, will fund the Oregon Department of Agriculture's (ODA) Native Plant Conservation Program. The award supports ODA's collaborative efforts with conservation partners to advance the understanding, protection, and recovery of several listed and rare plant species in Oregon, including Howell's spectacular...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $200,306 Cooperative Agreement to The Understory Initiative, a woman-owned non-profit organization based in Medford, Oregon, under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation Federal Grant Program (CFDA 15.657). The three-year project, running from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2027, aims to increase native plant habitat along the Oregon coastline. The funding will support technical assistance, procurement of native seed from the U.S. Fish and...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded the Wild Salmon Center a cooperative agreement totaling $5,972,052 on October 1, 2026, under the Habitat Conservation program (CFDA 11.463) to restore fish passage and aquatic habitat across Oregon's Coast Range. The award funds five projects at ten road crossings that will restore native migratory fish access to 8.6 miles of historical stream habitat and 22.95 acres of critical wetland habitat in the Coos, Siletz, Nestucca, and Nehalem...

The Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service awarded the Oregon Department of Agriculture a $712,500 cooperative agreement on June 1, 2026, to conduct Phytophthora ramorum quarantine enforcement and survey activities in Oregon. The recipient will inspect, sample, and test P. ramorum host material from eight regulated nurseries twice annually using USDA-approved protocols, conduct visual inspections of retail nurseries with host plants within the Curry County...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) awarded a $438,402.85 Cooperative Agreement to the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) on August 1, 2024. This 5-year award, titled "THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AN INVASIVE ANNUAL GRASS MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN OREGON", is funded through the Conservation Reserve Program (CFDA #10.069) and aims to address the management of invasive annual grasses across central and eastern Oregon....

<p>The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R6-Pacific Northwest Region awarded the Oregon Department of Agriculture $240,983 on August 26, 2026, under the Forest Health Protection program (CFDA 10.680) to fund integrated management of priority noxious weeds on non-federal lands in Oregon. The award supports on-the-ground response to invasive species problems through project grant assistance. The period of performance runs through June 30, 2031.</p>

This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the United States Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025), provides $610,099.00 to the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) for phytophthora ramorum quarantine enforcement and survey activities. The key products and services to be delivered include: Inspecting, sampling, and testing P. ramorum host materials from regulated...

This two-year, $2.07 million project grant from the Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will fund operation and maintenance of three salmon hatcheries in Oregon as part of the Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Pacific Salmon Treaty Program (CFDA 11.438). The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will oversee annual operation of the Bonneville, Oxbow/Herman Creek Ponds, and Umatilla hatcheries, producing approximately 1.87 million fish to supplement prey for...

The Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded Oregon State University $500,000 on September 1, 2026, under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (CFDA 10.310) to research hybridization of Phytophthora ramorum, the pathogen causing sudden oak death, and to assess threat escalation from hybrid strains in U.S. forests and nurseries. The project addresses a significant shift in the pathogen's epidemiology. Historically, U.S. populations of P. ramorum...