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Marion Soil & Water Conservation District

Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board
Small Grant

The Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board (OWEB) provides grants to help Oregonians improve rivers, lakes, streams, wetlands and fish and wildlife habitat. Local citizens propose what needs to be done in their communities and work with OWEB for funding and support. These projects contribute to the Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds and the Oregon Conservation Strategy by protecting, restoring and improving clean water and fish and wildlife habitat. OWEB's Small Grant Program responds to a need for local decision-making about watershed restoration opportunities on a shorter time frame than is available under OWEB's regular grant program. The Small Grant Program enables landowners across the state to contribute to the Oregon Plan for Salmon, Watersheds, and Conservation Strategy by implementing conservation practices from planting native plants along stream sides to reducing sedimentation and erosion from upland farms and ranches -citizens everywhere can make a difference

Program Details

  • The Small Grant Program is an competitive grant program that awards funds of up to $9,000 for on-the-ground restoration projects.
  • A Small Grant applicant must be a tribe, watershed council, or soil and water conservation district. These entities act on behalf of private landowners, not-for-profit institutions, schools, community colleges, state institutions of higher education, independent not-for-profit institutions of higher education, and local, state, or federal agencies
  • The project must be an on-the-ground restoration project in Oregon. Monitoring, education, and outreach projects are not eligible. The project must demonstrate benefits to aquatic species, wildlife, or watershed health.
  • Evidence of at least 25 percent secured match funding, based on the total OWEB award, must be shown prior to disbursement of grant funds.