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Aquatic Lands Enhancement Account Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Department of Ecology Environmental Quality Incentives Program Family Forest Fish Passage Program Landowner Incentive Program Private Stewardship Grants Program Riparian Open Space Program Salmon Recovery Funding Board There are a variety of funding sources for projects related to salmon recovery and clean water. Some are only available to government agencies, while others are open to proposals from nonprofits and, in some cases, individual citizens. Aquatic Lands Enhancement Account Through its Aquatic Lands Enhancement Account (ALEA) grant program, Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) invests in projects that enhance and protect wildlife and fish habitat and provide places for people to enjoy Washington's salt and fresh water shorelands and tidelands. To be eligible for ALEA grant funding, the properties and projects must be on or associated with navigable waters. Who's eligible: Cities, counties, ports, state agencies, tribes, and special purpose districts Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program The Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) is a voluntary program for agricultural landowners. Unique state and federal partnerships allow you to receive incentive payments for installing specific conservation practices. Through the CREP, farmers can receive annual rental payments and cost-share assistance to establish long-term, resource-conserving covers on eligible land. For information about CREP in Whatcom County, contact the Whatcom Conservation District. Who's eligible: Agricultural landowners Department of Ecology The Washington Department of Ecology administers two grant programs that could be used to fund salmon recovery projects: · Centennial Clean Water Fund (Centennial), which provides low-interest loans and grants for wastewater treatment facilities and fund-related activities to reduce nonpoint sources of water pollution. · The Section 319 Nonpoint Source Grants Program (Section 319), which provides grants to reduce nonpoint sources of water pollution. Who's eligible: Cities, counties, ports, tribes, special purpose districts such as sewer, health, and conservation districts, and not-for-profit groups (limited funding) Environmental Quality Incentives Program The Natural Resources Conservation Service's Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) offers financial and technical help to assist eligible participants install or implement structural and management practices on eligible agricultural land. For information about EQIP in Whatcom County, contact the Whatcom Conservation District. Who's eligible: Agricultural landowners Family Forest Fish Passage Program The state Department of Natural Resources has a cost-share program to assist small forest landowners with replacing culverts and removing fish barriers on their forestlands. The Family Forest Fish Passage Program provides 75-100% of the cost of replacing a fish barrier and is available to landowners statewide. Application deadlines are twice a year, in January and August. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife's Landowner Incentive Program (LIP) is a competitive grant process that provides financial assistance to private landowners for the protection, enhancement or restoration of habitat to benefit "species at risk" on privately owned lands. Species at risk is defined for LIP as any fish or wildlife species that is federally or state listed as threatened or endangered, is proposed or is a candidate for listing as threatened or endangered, as well as any other animal species determined to be at risk by WDFW. Approximately $760,000 will available for projects. The focus for the 2004/2005 grant cycle will be: small forest landowners for fish passage, nearshore marine birds, and local watersheds with an emphasis on the Skagit watershed. Eighty projects totaling approximately $1.5 million were awarded in the 2003/2004 grant cycle. The 2004/2005 application period is open until December 31, 2004.
Riparian Open Space Program The Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has established a Riparian Open Space Program. The program compensates participating landowners for not logging on forested lands along rivers or streams that tend to "avulse," or abruptly change channels. Landowners can apply to donate or sell either the land or a permanent conservation easement to DNR. Who's eligible: Forest landowners Salmon Recovery Funding Board (SRF Board) Created by RCW 77.85, the Salmon Recovery Act, the state Salmon Recovery Funding Board funds projects that have been prioritized through local processes. The agency that coordinates the local process for its basin is called the Lead Entity--in Water Resource Inventory Area No. 1 (the Nooksack basin), the Lead Entity is Whatcom County. For more information about the SRF Board process in Whatcom County, contact the Whatcom County Water Resources Division. Who's eligible: Any individual or organization in WRIA 1 The Sonoran Institute The Sonoran Institute keeps a database of grants, cost sharing programs, and technical assistance for natural resource projects in the West. |
ITEMS OF INTEREST SRFB 8th Round Grant Schedule_2007_May10 (pdf) 8th Round SRFB_Request for Projects_2007_May10 (pdf) WRIA 1 3-Year Project Matrix_2007 Update_April 24 (pdf) WRIA 1 3-Year Project Description_2007 Update_April 24 (pdf) |
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