Wallowa County

Wallowa County, doing business as County Of Wallowa, is a U.S. local government entity based in Enterprise, Oregon, that receives federal funding as a sub-recipient under grant programs and as a minor prime contractor under forest-service and land-use purchase orders. The county acts as a sub-recipient on 67% of its recent awards and holds prime status on 33%, with a combined potential value across all awards of sixteen thousand dollars but combined obligations of $1.8 million, indicating that actual invoiced performance significantly exceeds stated contract ceilings.

The county's federal footprint is concentrated in emergency management, victims services, and natural resource management. The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime program anchors the portfolio with seven sub-grant awards supporting direct services for victims of crime, accounting for the largest share of award count. The county also receives sub-grant funding from the Oregon Department of Justice (as prime grantee) for additional victims-of-crime direct services. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) program constitutes recurring sub-grant work; Wallowa County received EMPG sub-awards in fiscal years 2023, 2024, and 2025 to supplement day-to-day operational costs for emergency management and core capability development under the National Preparedness Strategy. The U.S. Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region (USDA Forest Service R6) placed two small purchase orders for land and facility use totaling five thousand dollars combined potential value—one for facility use at Double Creek (completed September 2022) and one for land rental at Burnt Creek (awarded and completed July 2026). The National Park Service Pacific West Region issued two awards (three thousand dollars combined potential value) for natural resource-related services. The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service and the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women each issued one award.

Activity has been episodic across the past five years: two awards in 2022, four in 2023, two in 2024, three in 2025, and two in 2026. Most sub-grant work flows through the Oregon Department of Justice as the prime state grantee. The county's role is fundamentally that of a local emergency-management and victims-services administrator receiving federal pass-through funds and small-dollar facility-use compensation from federal land-management agencies, rather than a vendor pursuing competitive federal procurement.