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| Background |
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In 1999, the Legislature enacted ORS 541.378 establishing a “Restoration and Protection Research Fund” from all interest earned from Ballot Measure 66 Lottery Funds. The research funds are subject to the 35 percent non-capital and 65 percent capital distribution as are all Measure 66 dedicated lottery funds.
In January 2001, the Board adopted a Research Investment Strategy to guide OWEB funding of research supporting implementation of the Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds. The strategy identified four principles: (1) Identify critical information needs; (2) Fund research projects that address priority needs first; (3) Communicate research results to users; and (4) Evaluate what is learned and determine new priority needs.
In March 2001, the Independent Multidisciplinary Science Team (IMST) reviewed the strategy and identified 12 priority Oregon Plan research needs and ranked them in relative order of importance. After review by stakeholders, the research priorities were adjusted and adopted by the Board in March 2002. While the Legislature directly appropriated research funds for several projects between 2002 and 2006 OWEB did not entertain a research grant solicitation during this time.
Beginning in 2007 the Legislature gave OWEB the expenditure authority for the Board to allocate funds from the Restoration and Protection Research Fund.
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| May 2006 Research Proposal Solicitation |
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At the May 2006 meeting, the Board approved the first open solicitation for research proposals in anticipation of the 2007-2009 biennium. The research priorities, adopted by the Board in 2002, were revised to incorporate the draft research priorities developed for the Coastal Coho Conservation Plan. This collection of research priorities in 2005 was used to inform applicants about the targets to be used for the grant offering. OWEB used both the Sea Grant Program at Oregon State University (OSU) and the Oregon Plan Monitoring Team (OPMT) to assist in the administration of the research proposal solicitation and review process. Thirty-three research pre-proposals were submitted to Sea Grant in September of 2006. Following review by the OPMT and OWEB staff, 14 applicants were asked to submit full proposals for an extensive independent scientific evaluation. Of the 10 proposals ultimately submitted to OWEB nine were funded at the September 2007 OWEB Board Meeting.
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| Future Research Solicitations |
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Presently OWEB is developing plans for a future research grant solicitations. The OWEB Board approved the development of new research priorities and the solicitation at its May 2008 Board Meeting in Ontario, Oregon.
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| OWEB Research Priorities |
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| Research Grants |
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Landscape Modeling
| 208-8006 | Linking Coldwater Refuges into a Framework for River and Floodplain
Restoration |
| 208-8007 | Mapping Current Conditions and Modeling the Dynamic Responses of Riparian
Vegetation and Salmon Habitat in Oregon |
| 208-8009 | Integrated Dynamic Landscape and Coho Salmon Model |
Ecosystem Services
| 209-912 | OWEB Ecosystem Services Model |
Effectiveness Monitoring
| 201-739 | Hinkle Creek Research Project |
| 208-8001 | Effects of Contemporary Forest Harvest on Aquatic Ecosystems in Trask, Hinkle
and Alsea Watersheds |
Fish Passage and Barriers
| 99-626 | Interagency (ODOT Fish Passage Culverts) |
Technology and Innovation
| 201-726 | OSU-Willamette River Toxin Study |
| 208-8002 | Fiber-optic Observation of Stream Function and Condition: Demonstration
and Application |
| 208-8005 | Long-lived Pearlshell Mussels |
| 208-8008 | Development of Physiological Health Criteria to Assess Habitat Quality
in Degraded and Recovering/Restored Stream Systems |
Hatchery/Wild Fish Interaction
| 99-458 | Juvenile Salmonid Survival in Specific Areas of the Nehalem Watershed |
| 201-551 | ODFW Experimental Brood Stock Research 2001 |
| 203-902 | ODFW Nonpareil Dam Conservation Hatchery Research Project 2002 |
| 204-910 | ODFW Nonpareil Dam Conservation Hatchery Research Project Contd. 2003 |
| 204-924 | OSU Nonpareil Dam Research Project 2003 |
207-907
| OSU Nonpariel Dam/Umpqua Coho Pedigree 6th Year Research Project 2007
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| 209-904 | Non-Pariel Dam Coho Pedigree funding 2009-2011 |
| 206-835 | ODFW Umpqua Coho Pedigree Study 7/2006-6/2007 |
| 206-836 | OSU Umpqua Coho Pedigree Study 7/2006-6/2007 |
| 206-837 | Oregon Hatchery Research Center Equipment |
| 208-8003 | Recovery of Wild Coho Salmon in Salmon River Basin |
Ocean Fisheries
| 206-828 | Salmon Disaster Response-Ocean Research Equipment |
| 206-832 | At-Sea DNA Research Pilot Project |
| 207-904 | CROOS 2007 Ocean Salmon Research |
Tidegates
| 208-8004 | Effects of Tide Gates on Juvenile Coho Movement and Residence Time in
Estuarine Habitats |
Please check back here often. We will post research grant progress and final reports as we receive them, as well as links to papers and web sites.
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