This grant is applicable to the odfw south willamette watershed district (swwd) which comprises all or portionsof lane, linn, benton, marion, polk, lincoln and yamhill counties

The district is comprised of multiplelandscapes, varying in size and topography that are owned and managed by both private and public interests. Odfw technical assistance is provided by the grant to protect, enhance and or restore habitat for wildlife onapproximately 2,500 acres of land holdings. EE wilson (1,800 AC), junction city pond (25 AC), courtney creek WA(75 AC), millers riverside WA (411 AC) and tami wagner wildlife areas (141 AC) are partially managed under thisprogram by the odfw. The swwd habitat program is administered by staff stationed at the district office (adairvillage) and responsible for the projects implementation. The focus of this grant is to support activities on seven odfw owned wildlife areas. Additionally we willcontinue to support several small odfw owned parcels that are either unmanaged or unmanned. As time and workloads allow we will develop projects on private lands that are enrolled in odfws access and habitat program (a h). The focus of these projects will be to enhance deer and ELK populations in areas accessible by hunters and or in areas where the populations of target species are below population objective. Opportunistically, we will support FWS on private land management and restoration projects in the willamette valley. Projects contribute to the long-term protection and recovery of wetland, wet prairie, upland and woodland habitats across the west region. Renovation of these important habitats contributes to the sustainability of many diverse sensitive, game and nongame wildlife species found within the ECO-region.