Nested under OWEB’s Strategic Plan, the purpose of the Long-Term Investment Strategy for Conservation is to identify how the OWEB Board intends to structure its grant portfolio and policy direction to achieve its mission, priorities and ecological outcomes. One goal is to increase transparency around OWEB’s investment priorities and decision processes so that grant applicants and the public can better understand OWEB’s programs and objectives and align their work with them when needed.

To that end, in the spring of 2012, OWEB initiated a series of statewide Listening Sessions to kick off the development of the Long-Term Investment Strategy.

Roadmap to the Long-Term Investment Strategy

Stakeholders, including partners, grantees, and other local citizens provided useful ideas to OWEB's board from which they developed a framework for grant investments and a proposed Direction for a Long-Term Investment Strategy for Conservation.

The Board sought feedback on these ideas through a second set of Listening Sessions in early 2013.

Listening Session Agenda (PDF)
2013 Listening Session Report (PDF)

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At the June 2013 Board meeting in Pendleton, staff will request:

• Board adoption of the Framework for Grant Investments and Proposed Direction for its Long-Term Investment Strategy
• Board adoption of the 2013-15 Spending Plan
• Board discussion of staff priority work for the next two years

Staff reports for the June Board meeting on the above 3 topics

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OWEB invites public feedback and discussion on the proposed direction for its Long-Term Investment Strategy for Conservation, and will consider public input prior to making a final decision on the direction of the Long-Term Investment Strategy, currently planned for the June 2013 Board meeting.

We've completed our second round of Listening Sessions, held around the state.
Watch our Salem meeting (this is a recording of the live webinar).

 
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