The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service R6-Pacific Northwest Region awarded a $2,405,763.00 Project Grant to the Curry County Soil And Water Conservation District, doing business as South Coast Watershed Council, for the "GORSE FUELS TREATMENT TO REDUCE CATASTROPHIC WILDFIRE" project. The grant is funded through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720), which aims to support the development and updating of community...
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management awarded a Cooperative Agreement under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (CFDA 15.234) to the Curry County Soil and Water Conservation District, doing business as the South Coast Watershed Council. Through this $127,607.84 award, the district will improve riparian and stream habitat conditions along Willow Creek, a major anadromous salmonid spawning and rearing tributary in the Floras Creek watershed. Key project activities include...
The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R6-Pacific Northwest Region awarded a $9,907,344.00 Project Grant to the Grant Soil & Water Conservation District, also doing business as Grant Weed Control District, to support the Evacuation Corridor and Fuels Management Project. This grant is funded through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720), which aims to develop and update community wildfire protection plans for at-risk...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded a $6,250,000 Project Grant to Sustainable Northwest, a non-profit organization based in Portland, Oregon, under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731). The grant, with a performance period from January 7, 2025 to January 6, 2030, will support climate mitigation and forest resilience practices for non-industrial private forest landowners in the Western Oregon Cascades region. Key activities...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $7,809,240 Project Grant under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Program (CFDA 10.664) to the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) on September 11, 2024. The grant will fund a range of forestry management and conservation activities across Oregon, including developing genetically improved tree seeds and seedlings, producing and distributing tree seedlings for reforestation, undertaking landscape restoration initiatives, mitigating...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $160,661 Project Grant to the Oregon Department of Forestry on March 14, 2023 to support emergency forest restoration efforts in Curry, Jackson, and Josephine counties in Oregon. The grant funding, provided under the Forest Stewardship Program (CFDA #10.678), will support restoration activities through May 1, 2023 aimed at addressing damages from the 2017 wildfires in these counties. The Forest Stewardship Program promotes long-term...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), under the Soil and Water Conservation program (CFDA 10.902), provides $516,468.50 to the Coast Fork Willamette Watershed Council to increase the adoption of climate-smart management practices on grazing lands in Oregon's Willamette Valley. The project aims to deliver coordinated, wrap-around support to local landowners, including technical assistance, conservation planning,...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $22,857,196 Project Grant under the Inflation Reduction Act Urban & Community Forestry Program (CFDA 10.727) to the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF), a state government entity. The grant funds a 5-year initiative titled "GROWING EQUITY IN OREGON'S URBAN AND COMMUNITY FORESTS" that aims to plan, establish, manage, and protect trees, forests, green spaces, and related natural resources in urban and community settings...
The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 awarded a $908,289 Project Grant under the National Fish Habitat Partnership (CFDA 15.686) program to the Curry County Soil And Water Conservation District, doing business as South Coast Watershed Council, to restore 2,500 feet of the Morton Creek stream channel and establish 19 acres of native riparian forest. Key project activities include reconstructing the stream channel, creating an off-channel aquatic habitat, installing log...
The Lake County Umbrella Watershed Council was awarded a $665,423.64 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region to carry out the Summer Lake Wildfire Risk Reduction Project. The two-year project running from December 2021 through December 2023 aims to reduce wildfire risks in Oregon through forest management activities. The grant is funded through the USDA Forest Service's Schools and Roads Grants to States program (CFDA 10.665), which shares...