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The board is authorized to distribute up to $500,000 for on-the-ground watershed improvement efforts in the 1987-89 biennium. Project examples include planting along streambanks, streamside fencing, in-stream habitat improvement and development of wildlife and grazing management plans, according to Lorraine Stahr of the Oregon Water Resources ...
The Chewaucan watershed drains 651 square miles (1,690 km 2). The Chewaucan watershed drains 651 square miles (1,690 km 2) of forest, marsh and rural ranch land. [5] The upper drainage, from its headwaters until it flows out of the mountains just west of Paisley, is forest country dominated with ponderosa pine, lodgepole pine, and white fir with aspen groves near springs and meadows.
The Oregon Environmental Council (OEC) is an environmental advocacy group based in Portland, Oregon, United States. It was founded in 1968. It was founded in 1968. [ 1 ]
BID formation varies on a state-by-state level, and are also referred to as neighborhood improvement districts, special improvement districts, [7] or local improvement districts. [ 8 ] [ 2 ] Depending on state statute, business improvement districts can be funded a variety of ways, including through a tax assessment or mill levy or Tax ...
In the United States an irrigation district is a cooperative, self-governing public corporation set up as a subdivision of the State government, with definite geographic boundaries, organized, and having taxing power to obtain and distribute water for irrigation of lands within the district; created under the authority of a State legislature with the consent of a designated fraction of the ...
In 2002, the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board (OWEB) pledged $3,000,000 toward the dam removal, the largest single grant OWEB had made until that time. [4] This grant became a catalyst for federal legislation authorizing the Bureau of Reclamation to remove the dam, which passed the U.S. Congress in December 2003.
The board barely registered his $1 million offer before he was outbid by a person bidding by phone, a Barrett-Jackson spokesperson said. Within seconds, the bid changed to $1.5 million, then it ...
The Walla Walla Basin Watershed Council (WWBWC) is a non-profit grassroots organization in the U.S. states of Washington and Oregon that fosters education and cooperation among all parties with interests in the Walla Walla River Watershed. Such cooperation and education leads to efforts that improve and maintain a healthy watershed for fish ...