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Mar-08-2007 15:38TweetFollow @OregonNews State Board Considers $10 Million in Requests for Watershed Projects in OregonSalem-News.comProjects remove culverts, vegetate stream banks and increase streamflows.
(SALEM, Ore.) - The Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board will consider proposals to award more than $10 million for stream, lake and wetland restoration projects to improve water and fish conditions and numerous related activities at meetings March 14th and 15th in Eugene. The meetings will be held at the Mallard Banquet Hall, 725 West 1st Avenue. Both meetings begin at 8:00 AM. For more information, visit the OWEB Web site at oregon.gov/OWEB. Click on "OWEB Board" on the left menu or call 503-986-0178. Restoration and land purchase project requests total $7.8 million. Major restoration projects to be considered for funding include: $320,000 to remove an undersized, eroded culvert and improve stream and streambank conditions on two miles of Wolfe Creek in Tillamook County, $219,000 to return 580 acres of farmland to a natural state in Linn County, $650,000, to increase floodwater storage capacity and fish habitat on Johnson Creek in Multnomah County, $500,000 to increase streamflow in the Deschutes River by replacing open canals with closed pipelines in Deschutes County, and $195,000 for 18 projects removing barriers to fish passage and increasing streamflow on salmon streams in Wheeler County. Board members will consider awarding nearly $19,000 for a 29-year water lease to improve streamflow and fish habitat in Evans Creek near Wimer in Jackson County. If approved, this will be the first long-term water right lease using OWEB funds. The board also will consider a $127,000 request to purchase 21 acres of woodland, wetland and marsh near Walterville on the McKenzie River. Project requests for a variety of watershed-related activities exceed $2.5 million. They include funding for technical assistance to develop future restoration projects, to monitor and assess projects funded in the past, and to conduct numerous education and outreach activities. While Lottery Funds will be the source for funding most of the projects, three projects totaling $238,510 will use salmon license plate funds. Daniel Heagerty, Portland, and Jane O'Keeffe, Adel, serve as co-chairs of the 17-member Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board. Members represent the public at large, tribes, state natural resource agency boards and commissions, the Oregon State University Extension Service, and federal natural resource agencies. The board is supported by a state agency of the same name that provides grants and services to citizen groups, organizations and agencies working to restore healthy streams, lakes and rivers in Oregon. OWEB actions support the Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds, created in 1997. Funding comes from the Oregon Lottery as a result of a citizen initiative in 1998, sales of salmon license plates, federal salmon funds and other sources. Articles for March 7, 2007 | Articles for March 8, 2007 | Articles for March 9, 2007 | Support Salem-News.com: googlec507860f6901db00.html | |
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