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Strategic Implementation Area Grants

Background

Strategic Implementation Areas (SIAs) are agricultural areas in small watersheds strategically selected because of their connection with local water quality. SIA initiatives work with local landowners and managers on targeted projects to improve and exceed water quality requirements for fish, wildlife, and drinking water. These efforts are led by the Oregon Department of Agriculture’s (ODA), Agricultural Water Quality Management Program. OWEB and ODA staff collaborate to provide OWEB funding to SIAs through OWEB’s grant system.

SIA Technical Assistance Grants

Supports engagement, technical assistance, planning, design, and monitoring located within SIA locations. ODA generally identifies SIA locations ahead of each biennium and invites targeted local partners to apply. 

Offered every fall for new SIAs identified by ODA
Opens: TBD - Closes: TBD

Note: this is a non-competitive application process and the applicant must be invited through ODA.

  • ​​Soil and Water Conservation Districts associated with ODA-identified SIAs​

  • Technical Assistance
  • Planning
  • Design
  • Engagement.  
  • Monitoring funding is available by submitting a monitoring proposal after the TA grant is in place with OWEB. Monitoring proposals may be submitted throughout the year

Max Request: $100​,000 (as of 2025)

Match Requirement: ​5%​

  1. Obtain a login (username and password).
    If your organization already has an OGMS login, skip to step 2.
    2. An OGMS login is required to access the online grant application. Only one login per organization is allowed. If no login exists for an organization, please email ​​ ​Leilani Sullivan to request one. Include the following in your email:
    • Organization name and address
    • Grantee Contact Information: name, title, email address, and phone number for the person who will receive all communication from OWEB and sign any grant agreements.
    • Payee Contact Information: name, email address, and phone number of the person who keeps records and submits payment requests and documentation.
    • FEIN (Federal Employer Identification Number). OWEB may enter into agreements only with legally established entities. OWEB will review potential applicants prior to creating an OGMS login.
    • Per federal guidance, all OWEB grantees must be registered at the System for Award Management (SAM) before receiving a grant agreement. Entities will receive a non-proprietary identifier (called the Unique Entity Identifier (UEI).) This identifier is assigned by SAM (sam.gov​ is a free service) and entities must update their registration annually.
  2. Log in to the Online Application.​
    Select the "Strategic Implementation Area" Application.​ ​​​​An application Template may be found in the top navigation menu. Additional application guidance is provided through the "i" buttons in the application.​​​​

SIA Restoration Grants

Supports restoration within SIA geographies. Applications will be reviewed by an interagency team from OWEB, ODA, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), and Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW).

Offered annually
Opens: TBD

  • SIA Lead organizations who received an OWEB SIA TA grant from 2017 through the present. 
  • Other organizations can apply if the SIA Lead organizations email OWEB and ODA granting permission for the other entity to apply for the SIA restoration funds.  ​​

SIA Restoration projects must address ecological and agricultural water quality issues identified through the SIA assessment process.

Project Requirements

  • Project area (property) must have been evaluated in SIA assessment to be eligible.
  • Applications must demonstrate how the proposed project addresses ag water quality concerns identified in the SIA assessment.
  • Application must demonstrate how the project will implement specific conservation strategies identified in the local Agricultural Water Quality Management Area Plan.
  • Application must describe how the proposed project addresses any 303(d) listed streams or TMDLs in the watershed.
  • Each application must have a clear water quality benefit on its own, not contingent on other grant applications. Meaning, each application submitted for this grant application cycle must be eligible on its own merit and not linked to another application submitted within the same grant application cycle.
  • ​Multiple applications may be submitted for a single property/landowner but they must be distinct with their own clear watershed benefit and not dependent on another application submitted within the same cycle.

Max Request: $30,000

Match Requirement: 25%​​

  1. Obtain a login (username and password).
    If your organization already has an OGMS login, skip to step 2.
    2. An OGMS login is required to access the online grant application. Only one login per organization is allowed. If no login exists for an organization, please email ​​ ​Leilani Sullivan to request one. Include the following in your email:
    • Organization name and address
    • Grantee Contact Information: name, title, email address, and phone number for the person who will receive all communication from OWEB and sign any grant agreements.
    • Payee Contact Information: name, email address, and phone number of the person who keeps records and submits payment requests and documentation.
    • FEIN (Federal Employer Identification Number). OWEB may enter into agreements only with legally established entities. OWEB will review potential applicants prior to creating an OGMS login.
    • Per federal guidance, all OWEB grantees must be registered at the System for Award Management (SAM) before receiving a grant agreement. Entities will receive a non-proprietary identifier (called the Unique Entity Identifier (UEI).) This identifier is assigned by SAM (sam.gov​ is a free service) and entities must update their registration annually.
  2. Log in to the Online Application.​
    Select the "Restoration" Application.​ ​​​​An application Template may be found in the top navigation menu. Additional application guidance is provided through the "i" buttons in the application.​​​​

Contact

For questions about SIA-TA Grants, contact Audrey Hatch, Conservation Outcomes Coordinator, at 971-345-7002.
For questions about SIA-Restoration Grants, contact Heidi Hartman, Federal Programs Specialist, at 971-7074-0226.

Administrative Rules

SIA-TA Grants: TA Evaluation Criteria: OAR 695-030-0045 and Engagement Evaluation Criteria: OAR 695-015-0070
SIA-Restoration Grants: Restoration Evaluation Criteria: OAR 695-010-0060

Resources

GoBig (Guidance on Budgeting In Grants)
ODA SIA webpage
Statewide SIA Overview
SIA Interactive Map