Crook County Soil & Water Cons

Crook County Soil & Water Cons is a U.S. local government entity based in Prineville, Oregon, registered in SAM.gov since May 5, 2005. The organization serves as a prime recipient of federal grant awards focused on environmental conservation, ecosystem restoration, and watershed management in central Oregon. Through its federal grant programs, Crook County Soil & Water Cons provides comprehensive natural resource management services that support both ecological resilience and the continuation of working agricultural lands in rural communities.

The organization has demonstrated expertise across multiple watershed and habitat restoration initiatives funded primarily through the U.S. Department of Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1. As a prime grantee, Crook County Soil & Water Cons has successfully managed cooperative agreements focused on fish passage improvement in the Upper Ochoco Watershed, including installation of fish screening and passage systems at multiple diversion sites on Ochoco and Marks Creeks to support redband trout recovery. The organization has also led large-scale sagebrush ecosystem restoration efforts, implementing practices such as juniper removal, invasive species management, wildlife-friendly fencing installation, beaver dam analog construction, and grazing management enhancement across thousands of acres in the Crooked River Watershed and surrounding areas. Additionally, Crook County Soil & Water Cons has served as a sub-grantee to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation on multiple habitat restoration projects, including efforts to restore high desert migration corridors in the Maury Mountains and enhance sagebrush understory conditions to benefit sage grouse, pronghorn, elk, and mule deer. The organization's collaborative partnerships include the Natural Resources Conservation Service, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Crooked River Watershed Council, Ochoco National Forest, and numerous private landowners, demonstrating its role as a coordinating entity for complex, multi-partner ecosystem restoration initiatives.