The Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board (OWEB) is a state agency led by a 17-member policy oversight board. The Board fosters the collaboration of citizens, agencies, and local interests.

OWEB programs support Oregon's efforts to restore salmon runs, improve water quality, and strengthen ecosystems that are critical to healthy watersheds and sustainable communities. OWEB administers a grant program funded from the Oregon Lottery, as a result of a citizen initiative in 1998, federal funds and salmon license plate dollars. The grant program supports voluntary efforts by Oregonians seeking to create and maintain healthy watersheds.

The staff reports for the Board meeting in May are now available.

This position leads OWEB's field activities for the agency's new Mid-Columbia region (Hood River, Wasco, Sherman, Gilliam, Morrow, Umatilla, Wheeler and Grant counties).

Chad Pregracke, founder of America's only "industrial strength" river clean-up organization, Living Lands & Waters, will speak at the 2008 OWEB Biennial Conference November 5-7 in Eugene.

In September 2007, the OWEB Board allocated $1 million for a joint effort with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife to fund projects that will benefit Oregon's symbolic species.