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size=3>Private Forests News <SPAN class=363140617-08052009>list
</SPAN>members:</FONT></P>
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size=3>May 8, 2009</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Thanks to the many private landowners who participated in the
short-turnaround grant opportunity through NOAA Fisheries that occurred in
March. I’d like to provide a brief update on the progress of this
funding.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">In March 2009, ODF learned of an opportunity to apply for
stream restoration grants under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
(ARRA). This funding package offered through the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration’s Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries) was allocated up
to $170 million available for projects nationwide.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In coordination with OWEB, ODF drafted
project proposals in two grant categories: fish passage and fish habitat.
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">ODF’s Private Forests Program worked with private
landowners to develop project proposals for privately owned forestlands across
the state, and the State Forests Program prepared proposals for <?xml:namespace
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w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Oregon</st1:State></st1:place><st1:PersonName
w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>s state-owned forests. Almost 250 project
submissions were received from private landowners in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">Oregon</st1:State></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>ODF evaluated all of the applications
received and submitted a refined list to OWEB, which <SPAN
class=363140617-08052009>then</SPAN> forwarded selected projects to NOAA
Fisheries for funding consideration.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Of the Oregon-requested stream restoration project
proposals submitted to NOAA Fisheries, ODF Private Forests requested $4.5
million in fish passage projects and $6.2 million in fish habitat projects. On
State Forests Program lands, $1.6 million in fish passage projects were
developed and $1.7 million dollars of support was requested for fish habitat
projects.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>NOAA Fisheries expects to publish a list of the grant award recipients
during May. When we are advised of which ODF/OWEB projects were funded, details
will be posted on the ODF Recovery web site --
www.oregon.gov/ODF/recovery/index.shtml </FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Kevin
Weeks</FONT></FONT></P>
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size=3>ODF Agency Affairs</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman">(503) 945-7427<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
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