This project builds upon the watts toppin fish passage improvement project which is currently scheduled for implementation in july 2023

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (CFDA 15.234) provides $112,888.00 to Applegate Partnership, Inc. to implement an irrigation efficiency project that will conserve water in Oregon. The project will replace 342 linear feet of open irrigation ditch with a buried pipeline, install a new clean-out facility, and add a new headgate at the point of diversion. This builds upon the Watts Toppin Fish Passage Improvement Project scheduled for July 2023. Applegate Partnership, a non-profit organization, has previously received federal grants and subawards to support fish passage improvements, habitat restoration, and other watershed enhancement initiatives in the Applegate watershed.

This irrigation efficiency project will conserve water by replacing 342 linear feet of open ditch with buried pipeline, installing a new clean-out facility and a new headgate at the point of diversion.