This $2,679,655 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service under the Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program (CFDA 15.916) will enable the Oregon Department of State Parks and Recreation to subgrant funds to the Bend Park and Recreation District to undertake a comprehensive park improvement project. Key activities include constructing a new parking lot, restroom, and picnic shelter, removing an existing parking lot to...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management's Aquatic Resources Management program (CFDA 15.244) provides $224,926.08 in funding to the Partnership For The Umpqua Rivers, Inc. (PUR), a non-profit organization, to facilitate collaborative aquatic restoration projects in the Rock Creek and Canton Creek watersheds in Oregon. The primary objectives are to design and implement instream restoration initiatives that increase habitat complexity and...
The Rogue Valley Council of Governments (RVCOG) received a $1,021,918.49 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) grant program (CFDA 15.507). The grant will fund RVCOG's efforts to restore natural channel hydrology and improve fish passage on Bear Creek, a tributary to the Rogue River, within the city of Medford, Oregon. The project will remove three existing barriers and install large...
This federal 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 $1,200,000 to Waterwatch of Oregon to undertake a comprehensive river restoration project. The key products and services to be delivered include: removing the Pomeroy Dam and associated structures; relocating and upgrading 2 miles of irrigation water diversion to 2 new fish-friendly pumps; decommissioning 2 miles of...
The Oregon Department of State Parks and Recreation received a $2,760,657.78 federal Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior National Park Service under the Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program (CFDA 15.916) to renovate Whitehorse Park in Josephine County, Oregon. The grant will fund the reconfiguration of park sites, paving and repaving of roads, creation of hiking trails, installation of new utility infrastructure including electrical, water, and...
The National Park Service awarded a $912,526 Project Grant under the Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program (CFDA 15.916) to the Oregon Department of State Parks and Recreation. This grant funding will support a project at Commonwealth Lake Park in Oregon, where the Oregon Park and Recreation District will work with the Tualatin Hills Park and Recreation District to demolish and replace a pedestrian bridge, weir, and 50 feet of a paved multi-use path, as well as install...
The Freshwater Trust will provide habitat restoration and monitoring services under a $1.1 million cooperative agreement awarded by the Bureau of Reclamation from the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act program. Through September 2027, The Freshwater Trust will monitor and maintain instream habitat and riparian zone enhancement projects constructed on the Rogue River to support habitat requirements under the Rogue Basin Biological Opinion. Specific activities include visually assessing instream...
The federal Project Grant award R24AP00257 from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Recreation Resources Management program (CFDA 15.524) provides $339,111.00 to the County of Washington Facilities Management Division to complete the Bobcat Cove Site Improvements project. This project will install electricity, construct a double vault restroom facility, and build a picnic shelter pavilion at the Bobcat Cove trailhead recreation site within Scoggins Valley...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service awarded a $1,160,000 Project Grant under the Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program (CFDA 15.916) to the Oregon Department of State Parks and Recreation. The funding will be subgranted to Douglas County to improve Charles V. Stanton Park. Key improvements include replacing sewer, plumbing, and electrical utilities, expanding the number of full hookup campsites with accessible options, repaving existing...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management (BLM), under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (CFDA 15.234) program, provides $139,000 to the Curry County Soil And Water Conservation District (doing business as the South Coast Watershed Council) to improve coho salmon rearing and refugia habitats within the Rogue River estuary in Oregon. The project aims to address key limiting factors such as reduced shallow...