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Grant Opportunity
Needed: Policy direction from the Board on whether to pursue a wetland grant that
funds a Local Wetland Inventory for South County
Key Points:
• An OWEB Technical Assistance grant of approximately $30,000.00 will leverage
the Deschutes River Mitigation & Enhancement Program's recent $80,000.00
contribution and the in-kind commitments of Deschutes County and Oregon
Department of State Lands (DSL) to establish a south county local wetland
inventory (LWI).
• Once DSL approves the LWI, it would then be adopted into our comprehensive
plan.
• The timeline for hiring a wetland consultant, conducting the inventory and vetting it
with the public and DSL, pushes the program out to 2010, with the Comprehensive
Plan (LWI) amendments occurring in 2011.
• A Local Wetland Inventory would build on the work ooff the 2007 USGS near-stream
environment study, which documented groundwater flow paths and their interface
with near stream environments. Intact riparian and wetland areas can help protect
surface waters from impacts from nitrate-rich groundwater discharges.
• Deschutes County would likely initiate a personnel services contract with the
Upper Deschutes Watershed Council. This agreement would enable them to be
the fiscal agent, while the County would initiate and complete the work plan.
• A preliminary application estimates a grant request of $30,000.00 with a
$10,000.00 County match of in-kind services.
February 18, 2009
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