Walama Restoration Project
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- W9127N-25-2-0001
- Agency
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ENDIST Portland
US Army Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense
- Applications due
- Award size
- $3,000 to $20,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
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- 12.010 Youth Conservation Services
- Funding instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Category
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- Natural Resources
- Eligible applicants
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- County Governments
- City/Township Governments
- State Governments
- Independent School Districts
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Portland District (USACE NWP) is seeking cooperative agreement applicants for the Walama Restoration Project, which aims to support environmental stewardship through native landscape and wildlife habitat restoration. Eligible applicants include county, city, and state governments, as well as independent school districts, focused on providing education and training in ecological restoration to young professionals, veterans, displaced workers, and students. The project requires participants to gain hands-on experience in project planning, development, and implementation across various environmental restoration activities such as land stewardship, wildlife habitat improvement, riparian enhancement, and native grassland restoration. Applicants must demonstrate organizational purpose related to youth/student/veteran education in conservation environments and provide proof of past performance in resource management, conservation, and related fields. The grant opportunity was posted on August 5, 2025, with proposals due by August 19, 2025, and will be evaluated based on criteria to be specified in the full announcement on grants.gov.
The project will primarily be performed at southern lakes within the Willamette Valley Project, including Fern Ridge, Fall Creek, Dexter, Lookout Point, Hills Creek, Cottage Grove, and Dorena, with minimal activity expected at Cougar, Foster-Greenpeter, and Detroit-Big Cliff sites. While specific award amounts are not explicitly stated, the Youth Conservation Services Federal Grant Program typically provides cooperative agreements ranging from $20,000 to $250,000, with project durations of 6-18 months. Participants will engage in comprehensive environmental restoration and educational activities, gaining practical experience in ecological management and conservation techniques while supporting USACE's environmental stewardship objectives.
Synopsis
Walama Restoration Project
This Agreement will assist U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Portland District (USACE NWP) in fulfilling environmental stewardship responsibilities consisting of restoration and management of native landscapes and wildlife habitat at USACE NWP Projects while providing education and training in botanically sophisticated ecological restoration design, implementation, and community involvement to young professionals, veterans, displaced workers, college students, or other community members; and to provide opportunities for local primary and secondary school students to produce and install native plant materials in restoration sites, participating in stewardship of local habitats and gaining knowledge and appreciation of the environment on USACE NWP lands. The recipient's participants will gain experience with project planning, development, and implementation at water resources projects under USACE jurisdiction at the Willamette Valley Project. Program activities may occur at any site in the Willamette Valley Project but will be concentrated at the southern lakes: Fern Ridge, Fall Creek, Dexter, Lookout Point, Hills Creek, Cottage Grove and Dorena. USACE expects no more than a week at Cougar, Foster-Greenpeter, or Detroit-Big Cliff during the period of performance.
Work projects will consist of education and task assignments in land stewardship and restoration, wildlife habitat improvement, riparian enhancement, wetlands restoration and enhancement, native grassland restoration and management, plant propagation and greenhouse operations, fisheries habitat management, park and recreation site improvement, and outreach activities for public education and interpretive services.
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