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| Applying for a Grant |
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Application deadline: April 16, 2012, 5PM
To be accepted, all applications
- Must be in hard copy (no faxes or E-mail will be accepted)
- Must utilize the current application forms (there are updates to all forms)
- Must arrive before 5:00pm on April 16, 2012
If you have questions, please call Teresa Trump (503) 986-0058.
OUR MAILING ADDRESS IS:
Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board
State Lands Building, Third Floor
775 Summer Street NE, Ste 360
Salem OR 97301-1290
OWEB applications were updated for the April 2012 cycle.
All sections of applications must be completed using the April 2012 application form.
Applications submitted using previous forms will not be accepted.
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Restoration Application Materials
Restoration Application Checklist
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Instructions for Completing the Application
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Grant Application Sections I and II
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Grant Application Section III - Project Activity
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Grant Application Section IV - Budget
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Attachment A. Match Funding Form
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Attachment B. Land Use Information Form
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Attachment C. Public Record Certification
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Attachment D. Restoration Metrics Form
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Evaluation Worksheet with Plant Establishment
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Effectiveness Monitoring - Question R17
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Insert this question (R17) into the Restoration Application if
- You plan to conduct Effectiveness Monitoring beyond post-implementation status reporting and
- You are requesting more than $3,500 in OWEB funds to support Effectiveness Monitoring activities.
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Effectiveness Monitoring (EM) Checklist
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Instructions for Completing Monitoring Insert
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Question R17, Section I - EM Information
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Question R17, Section II - EM Activity Description
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Question R17, Section III - Budget
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Question R17, Evaluation Worksheet
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Plant Establishment (PE) - Question R18
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Insert this question (R18) into the Restoration Application if
- Your Restoration application includes riparian, upland or wetland planting activities, and
- You are requesting more than $3,500 in OWEB funds for planting activities and/or for post-planting activities that are necessary for long-term survival of the plantings. Please see the definition of "plant establishment activities" below.
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PE Application Information
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Instructions for Completing PE Insert
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Question R18, Section I - Activity Information
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Question R18, Section II - Budget
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| Ineligible Restoration Types |
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OWEB will not consider:
- A watershed improvement project that consists solely of construction of a water storage structure for an out-of-stream use not related to watershed restoration or protection;
- A fish screening project eligible for funding through the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's fish screening program;
- A watershed improvement project constructed solely to comply with a state or federal agency enforcement order, legal judgment or mitigation requirement;
- Routine project maintenance costs; or
- A water conservation project, unless there is a measurable instream flow benefit, groundwater benefit or water quality improvement.
If you have questions, please contact your Regional Program Representative.
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| Project Location Guidance |
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Guidance for creating a project location map, obtaining the 10-digit HUC and latitude/longitude coordinate required on grant applications (web page).
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| Restoration Priorities |
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The Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board has funded a process to identify restoration priorities at the basin scale. The final report is available as an approach to identifying regional priorities. ( more)
OWEB staff are working with watershed councils and other conservation entities to develop basin priorities. The priorities are intended to be used as guidance by OWEB in the review of grant applications and to help ensure a clear and strategic approach to prioritizing the funding of projects. Click here to see which basin priorities are complete.
Watershed Process and Function
Goal 1 of OWEB’s Strategic Plan is to “Restore and sustain resilient ecosystems through program and project investments that enhance watershed and ecosystem functions and processes and support community needs.”
OWEB’s Restoration grant applications have required applicants to address watershed process and function as part of answering questions, but we have not had an explicit question about process and function. Updated grant applications for the April 2010 grant cycle will include a new question focusing specifically on watershed processes and functions addressed by the proposed project. During the review process for Restoration applications submitted to OWEB in October 2009, reviewers were asked to comment on the process and function addressed by the application. This did not change the evaluation process, but was intended to more clearly articulate process and function during the course of the review. OWEB’s reviewers have always considered process and function in their evaluations.
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