The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Oregon-Washington awarded a $143,999 cooperative agreement to the Long Tom Watershed Council on July 30, 2021 with a completion date of July 29, 2024. The award was made under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act program (CFDA 15.234), which continues to provide supplemental funding for schools, roads, and employment opportunities in rural communities. Under this cooperative agreement, the Long Tom Watershed...
The Long Tom Watershed Council (LTC) was awarded a $241,152 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). The grant will fund LTC's "SMALL UNGULATE TARGETED GRAZING FOR WV OAK-PRAIRIE HABITAT MANAGEMENTLONG TOM WATERSHED COUNCIL CIG OREGON 2022 PROPOSAL" project from September 2022 through September 2025. EQIP aims to promote agricultural production, forest...
The Siuslaw Watershed Council will receive $145,719.50 through a Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Oregon-Washington to support fish creek tributary enhancements and watershed resilience in Oregon from June 15, 2023 through June 14, 2028. As a non-profit organization focused on watershed restoration and habitat enhancement, Siuslaw Watershed Council will provide services such as riparian revegetation, fish passage improvements, large wood...
This 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 $740,000.00 to the Long Tom Watershed Council, a non-profit organization, to remove the Monroe Drop Structure, a 9-foot tall low head dam on the Long Tom River that blocks upstream passage for endangered Upper Willamette River spring Chinook salmon and other migratory fish. The project will restore 15 miles of mainstem and...
The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Oregon-Washington awarded $258,488 to Partnership For The Umpqua Rivers, Inc. under a Cooperative Agreement from January 3, 2022 to January 2, 2025. The funding supports culvert replacement work along Walker Creek as part of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination program (CFDA 15.234). This program continues to provide supplemental funding for schools, roads, and additional employment opportunities through investments...
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $129,150 Cooperative Agreement under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (CFDA 15.234) to Applegate Partnership, Inc. to improve aquatic habitat and watershed conditions in the Applegate watershed region of Oregon. The five-year project, running from April 2025 to April 2030, will leverage student labor to complete restoration work that benefits downstream coho salmon and steelhead trout populations on BLM lands. Key...
The federal Cooperative Agreement award L24AC00041 of $423,498.90 was provided by the Bureau of Land Management, under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (CFDA 15.234) program, to the Rogue River Watershed Council, a non-profit conservation organization, for the ecological restoration of the South Fork Little Butte Creek in Oregon. The project will recover the native plant community through noxious weed control, natural recruitment of native species, and native nursery...
The Department of the Interior (DOI), Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $311,490.80 Cooperative Agreement under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (CFDA 15.234) to the Smith River Watershed Council, a non-profit organization located in Reedsport, Oregon. The project aims to improve environmental conservation and restoration efforts within the Smith River watershed region in southwest Oregon. The key products and services to be delivered under this 5-year...
The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Oregon-Washington awarded a $118,045.66 cooperative agreement to the Coquille Watershed Association from September 8, 2021 to September 8, 2024 under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act program (CFDA 15.234). Under this cooperative agreement, the Coquille Watershed Association will implement improvements to the Twelvemile Creek Basin in Oregon. The Secure Rural Schools program aims to stabilize payments to...
The Bureau of Land Management's Oregon-Washington office awarded Partnership for the Umpqua Rivers, Inc. a $256,980.43 cooperative agreement under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act program (CFDA 15.234) from June 2023 through June 2028. Through this award, Partnership for the Umpqua Rivers will provide natural resource management and watershed restoration services to promote recovery from the devastating Archie Creek Fire in Oregon. Specific deliverables include...