Grant Programs

Please visit individual grant type pages below to see description, eligibility, program documents, and deadlines.

Acronyms on This Page

TA = Technical Assistance
WC = Watershed Council
SWCD = Soil & Water Conservation District

Open Solicitation Grants

Monitoring Eligible types are Status and Trend, Project Effectiveness, Landscape Effectiveness, and Rapid Bio-Assessment. Apply online in the fall.

Restoration Priorities include altered watershed function affecting water quality, water flow, and the production capacity for fish. Apply online in the spring or fall.

Stakeholder Engagement Eligible projects support a heightened awareness and understanding of watersheds necessary to implement specific restoration, monitoring, and conservation activities. Apply online in the spring or fall.

Technical Assistance Eligible types are Technical Design (TA-1) and Technical Planning (TA-2). Apply online in the spring or fall.

Acquisition Grants

Land Eligible projects involve the purchase of interests in land from willing sellers for the purpose of maintaining or restoring watersheds and habitat for native fish or wildlife. Apply in the fall.

Land TA Eligible projects assess the feasibility of restoring natural estuarine function and tidal inundation to a site that applicant intends to purchase with OWEB acquisition funds and restore to tidal wetlands. Apply in the spring or fall.

Water Eligible projects involve the purchase of an interest in water from a willing seller for the purpose of increasing instream flow for habitat and species conservation benefits and to improve water quality. Apply in the fall.

Other Grants

Coastal Wetlands Eligible project include the acquisition, restoration, or enhancement of coastal wetlands for the purpose of long-term conservation and restoration of coastal wetland ecosystems. Apply in the fall.

CREP TA Grants support staffing, travel, training, outreach, and planning associated with implementing the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) in Oregon. Offered every other year.

Focused Investment Partnerships Development FIP funding supports enhancing partnership capacity and developing a strategic action plan. Implementation FIP funding supports high-performing partnerships in pursuing conservation initiatives guided by existing strategic action plans.

Forest Collaborative TA These projects increase the pace, scale, and quality of forest restoration for local collaboratives, including engaging stakeholders monitoring projects.

Operating Capacity Supports the operations of WCs and SWCDs.

Oregon Agricultural Heritage Program The goal is to provide voluntary incentives to farmers and ranchers to support agriculture and conservation practices. OAHP is under development and is not currently offering grants.

Organization Collaboration These grants support WCs, SWCDs, and Land Trusts to develop strategic collaborations in order to build resilient, sustainable, local organizations that achieve ecological outcomes and engage local communities.

Small Grants Less complex, on-the-ground restoration projects of up to $15,000. Application deadlines set by each Small Grant Team.