The Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds
Biennial Report 2003-2005 Synopsis
The Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds
Biennial Report 2003-2005
Synopsis
The Oregon Plan Coastal Coho Assessment: Key Conclusions
The Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds
The State of Oregon, in partnership with the National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries),
initiated a collaborative project to address the conservation of coastal coho on the Oregon coast.
The primary objectives of the Coastal Coho Project are to:
1)
2)
3)
4)
The Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board (OWEB) reports biennially on the Oregon Plan. This synopsis
reports on the following key elements:
• funding for Oregon Plan-related actions;
Assess Oregon Plan efforts to conserve and rebuild coastal coho populations.
Use the assessment to inform NOAA Fisheries' status review listing determination.
Use the assessment as a basis to seek legal assurances for local participants.
Use the assessment as a foundation for developing a conservation and recovery plan for
coho.
• statewide restoration accomplishments; and
• conclusions from the recent Oregon Plan assessment focused on Oregon coastal coho salmon.
The State recently released its draft assessment report on coastal coho and the Oregon Plan. Key
conclusions of the draft report are:
OWEB Funding Sources
July 2003 - September 2004
The Source of OWEB Funds
OWEB is funded through several sources. In the 2003-2005 Biennium, the majority of OWEB’s funds were from the federal Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund
(55%) and Measure 66 State Lottery dollars (43%). Other sources accounting for
less than three percent of OWEB’s funding include federal US Fish and Wildlife
Service funds and State of Oregon Salmon License Plate funds. This funding can
be split into two major categories– grant funding and non-grant funding.
1) The coastal evolutionary significant unit (ESU) is biologically viable, that is, coho populations
generally demonstrate sufficient abundance, productivity, distribution, and diversity to avoid
becoming endangered in the foreseeable future.
2) Conservation efforts have addressed the primary harvest and hatchery-related threats to ESU
viability; ongoing conservation efforts will likely further reduce hatchery-related threats for
some coho populations.
3) Primary habitat-related threats to coho viability are being addressed through ongoing conservation efforts.
4) Opportunities to further strengthen the ESU’s current viability are identified and will be considered by a team of stakeholders as they work with state and federal partners to develop a
conservation and recovery plan for the ESU.
Other Funds
Federal Funds 1.1%
(USFWS)
<0.1%
Pacific
Coastal
Salmon
Recovery
Fund
54.9%
Salmon Plates
0.7%
Lottery Funds
43.3%
Allocation of Grant Funds
Basedon
on$56.5
$56.4 Million
million
Based
Within OWEB’s Grant Program, the majority of dollars were put toward on-theground watershed restoration (63%). Approximately 14% of grant funds were allocated to watershed council support. A recent study shows that each dollar granted
for watershed council support brings an additional $5 directly into the local community for watershed projects.1 Grant funds benefit local communities in all of the
major river basins in the state.
Allocation of OWEB Grant Funds
Coastal
Coho
ESU
Allocation of OWEB Funds
July 2003
- September
Distribution
by Type 2004
O R E G O N
Technical Assistance
2.9%
July 2003 - September 2004
$30.9 million
OWEB Investment in Restoration and Capacity
Distribution
by Basin
2003-2005
Acquisition/Appraisal
8.9%
Assessment
2.0%
Council
Support
14.2%
Restoration
63.2%
For more information, please contact
Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board
775 Summer Street NE,
Suite 360
Salem, Oregon 97301
(503) 986-0181
Klamath
Grand Ronde
$.8
$.9
Umpqua
$1.2
$1.2
Umatilla
Hood
$1.3
Lower Columbia
$1.3
$1.5
Powder
$1.6
Owyhee-Malheur
John Day
Education
3.5%
Monitoring
5.3%
$2.0
$2.2
South Coast
Deschutes
$2.5
Rogue
$2.5
North Coast
$2.9
Lakes
$2.9
Willamette
$0
$5.8
$1
$2
$3
$4
$5
Dollars in Millions
Based on $30.9 million
Please visit the Publications link at our Web site to view this synopsis- www.oregon.gov/OWEB
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Total Investment $30.4 million
Hibbard, M. and S. Lurie. 2005. Understanding the Community Economic and Social Impacts of Oregon’s Watershed Councils. Institute for Policy Research and Innovation (IPRI) Paper 05-001.
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The Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds
Biennial Report 2003-2005 Synopsis
The Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds
Biennial Report 2003-2005 Synopsis
Funds Requested and Available
1995-2003 Bienniums
Voluntary Watershed Restoration Actions in Oregon, 2002-2003*
$100
$80
$60
$40
projected
Dollars in millions
Since 1995, funding for watershed restoration increased as new
funding sources such as Measure 66 State Lottery and Pacific
Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund (PCSRF) dollars became available. Each biennium, the amount of funds requested exceeded
the amount of funds available for grants.
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Active Grants
Number of Projects
Total Awarded
Unspent Balance
STATEWIDE
Basin
14
$764,000
$592,000
UMPQUA
29
$1,234,000
$1,076,000
LOWER COLUMBIA
13
$1,272,000
$908,000
HOOD
14
$1,523,000
$874,000
UMATILLA
19
$1,555,000
$766,000
GRANDE RONDE
39
$1,648,000
$1,205,000
POWDER
18
$1,655,000
$1,447,000
OWYHEE - MALHEUR
21
$2,009,000
$982,000
JOHN DAY
46
$2,258,000
$1,592,000
DESCHUTES
40
$2,444,000
$1,864,000
KLAMATH
18
$2,566,000
$1,796,000
LAKES BASINS
21
$3,464,000
$3,287,000
NORTH COAST
63
$4,185,000
$1,936,000
SOUTH COAST
30
$4,530,000
$2,260,000
$4,743,000
WILLAMETTE
83
$6,707,000
ROGUE
51
$6,751,000
$5,113,000
TOTAL
519
$44,565,000
$30,441,000
$0
95-97
97-99
99-01
01-03
03-05
$40
$30
$20
Funds Available
SourcesofofFunding
Fundingfor
forCompleted
Complete and
Sources
and
ReportedRestoration,
Restoration,2002
2002 and
and 2003
2003
Reported
Local/City/County
9.1%
The table to the left shows the status of all
active (yet to be completed) grants, showing
that there is a significant amount of watershed investment work in progress. OWEB
tracks active grants, and works with grantees to help them complete grants in a timely
manner.
OWEB 11.5%
5.0%
ODF
ODOT 7.4%
ODFW 1.8%
3.3%
Other
Citizen Group
2.3%
Private
16.3%
State
29.0%
$0
Forest Land
Other
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Funding for Completed and Reported Restoration
by Activity Type, 2002 and 2003
13.2%
3.1%
Combined
Other
3.4%
$12.3
Wetland
$2.3
Upland
$10.1
Instream
Federal
39.9%
$8.0
$6.7
Riparian
$27.2
Fish Passage
$29.5
Road
$0
$5
$10
Based on $96.2 Million Reported
$15
$20
$25
Dollars in millions
Allocation of
Funds
Allocation Non-Grant
of Non-Grant
Funds
July 2003
- September
2004
July 2003
- September
2004
$25.5 million
Non-grant funds were passed to other entities to support Oregon Plan activities either through legislative appropriation or OWEB Board decisions.
More than 75% of the funds were appropriated by the Legislature to serve
Oregon Plan needs. Most of the non-grant funding went to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Forestry, and Agriculture.
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Watershed restoration under the Oregon Plan not only benefits
the physical environment, but also makes social and economic
investments in the local community. A recent study found that
85% of watershed restoration work contracted out by watershed councils goes to local contractors in the county in which
the work is being done.1
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n/a
Funds Requested
Allocation of Non-Grant Funds
Adjusted to 2003 Dollars
$60
Dollars in millions
Allocation of Grant Funds– cont.
Funding for Completed and Reported
Restoration by Year, 1995-2003
Voluntary restoration actions on privately owned lands are the
essence of the Oregon Plan. Sustained investment and assistance
from OWEB and other state and federal agencies is key to successful voluntary restoration.
PSU 0.3%
Other DEQ
5.6% 5.6%
U of O 0.3%
OSU 5.0%
OWEB
4.2%
ODFW
40.0%
OWRD
8.3%
ODA
12.3%
ODF
18.5%
Watershed Restoration Outcomes in Oregon*
Restoration Treatments
Riparian miles treated
1995
162
1996
157
1997
332
1998
333
1999
320
2000
359
2001
322
2002
350
2003
395
Total
Road: miles of road closures and
decommissionings
234
45
137
282
373
270
312
206
186
2045
miles of road improvements
322
305
564
770
802
762
595
1026
840
5986
51
85
177
325
291
250
301
229
162
1871
miles made accessible to fish
due to stream crossing improvements
25
52
187
507
439
325
332
368
323
2558
push-up dams retired
10
6
5
14
8
8
15
22
2
90
Fish Passage: stream crossings
improved
2730
by Entity
BasedDistribution
on $25.5 Million
*The information reported in this section includes data from OWRI, the Pacific Northwest Forest Plan’s Regional Ecosystem Office (REO), and from
the Grande Ronde Model Watershed Program (GRMWP). The Oregon Watershed Restoration Inventory (OWRI), a part of the OWEB Monitoring and
Reporting Program, was established in 1995 to track restoration work as it is completed. Except for projects funded by OWEB, all reporting is voluntary.
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