Eligibility
Eligible applicants include:
- Public agencies that have a responsibility of providing OHV recreation, including federal (BLM, USFS, NPS), tribes, and state (OPRD, ODFW, ODF) agencies and local government (cities, town, counties).
- Private land managers who provide and maintain public OHV recreation.
- Registered non-profit OHV clubs.
Eligible projects include:
- Operation and maintenance – Operating and maintaining OHV trails and facilities. Operating projects include employees, trail patrols, camp hosts or trail volunteers. Maintenance projects include services and projects for keeping up OHV trails and facilities.
- Law Enforcement – Law enforcement projects include providing patrols and equipment in OHV riding areas.
- Emergency Medical Services– Providing emergency medical attention to OHV users in riding areas, such as paying for medical equipment, services and supplies.
- Planning – Planning for OHV recreation, including environmental studies, feasibility studies and appraisals.
- Development – Developing public OHV recreation areas, including final design, engineering, site surveys, new trails and facilities and major rehabilitation of existing trails and facilities.
- Acquisition – Acquiring land for public OHV recreation.
Match Criteria:
Project sponsors must have a minimum 20% match for the requested grant. Matches include local budget funds, federal revenue sharing funds, local agency labor or equipment, other grants, donations of land, labor, equipment, or any combination of the above.