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ODFW News Release
For Immediate Release
December 16, 2002
Grant process nearing an end for wildlife habitat rehabilitation on private lands damaged by wildfire
PORTLAND —The Access and Habitat Board will meet via teleconference one last time Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2002, at 7 p.m. to review two emergency seeding grant applications. The teleconference call is open to the public.
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Access and Habitat Program earmarked $200,000 in emergency funds for projects to reseed areas burned by this summer’s extensive wildfires. To date, 12 seeding projects totaling more than $116,000 and affecting more than 6,500 acres of private land have been funded. Approved projects are providing wildlife forage, stabilizing soils and protecting water quality, and inhibiting the establishment of noxious weeds.
The two projects up for review Dec. 18 by the Access and Habitat Board would reseed an additional 1,880 acres of private land. One project is located in the Summer Lake area and the other in the lower Owyhee watershed.
Approved seeding projects are located entirely on private land containing critical wildlife habitat that was burned during this year’s fire season. In addition, the proposed seed mixture must be approved by local ODFW biologists and all equipment needed to complete the project must be readily available.
Normally, the application process takes about six months. However, because burned areas must be reseeded during the fall and winter planting seasons, special provisions to streamline the review and approval process were adopted by the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission at its Aug. 9, 2002, meeting.
Created by the Oregon Legislature in 1993, the Access and Habitat Program is funded by a $2 surcharge on hunting licenses. Funds raised by the program are distributed through grants to individual and corporate landowners, conservation organizations and others for cooperative wildlife habitat improvement and hunter access projects throughout the state.
For more information on the Access and Habitat Program, contact program coordinator Susan Barnes at 503-872-5260, Ext. 5349.
For Immediate Release
December 16, 2002
Grant process nearing an end for wildlife habitat rehabilitation on private lands damaged by wildfire
PORTLAND —The Access and Habitat Board will meet via teleconference one last time Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2002, at 7 p.m. to review two emergency seeding grant applications. The teleconference call is open to the public.
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Access and Habitat Program earmarked $200,000 in emergency funds for projects to reseed areas burned by this summer’s extensive wildfires. To date, 12 seeding projects totaling more than $116,000 and affecting more than 6,500 acres of private land have been funded. Approved projects are providing wildlife forage, stabilizing soils and protecting water quality, and inhibiting the establishment of noxious weeds.
The two projects up for review Dec. 18 by the Access and Habitat Board would reseed an additional 1,880 acres of private land. One project is located in the Summer Lake area and the other in the lower Owyhee watershed.
Approved seeding projects are located entirely on private land containing critical wildlife habitat that was burned during this year’s fire season. In addition, the proposed seed mixture must be approved by local ODFW biologists and all equipment needed to complete the project must be readily available.
Normally, the application process takes about six months. However, because burned areas must be reseeded during the fall and winter planting seasons, special provisions to streamline the review and approval process were adopted by the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission at its Aug. 9, 2002, meeting.
Created by the Oregon Legislature in 1993, the Access and Habitat Program is funded by a $2 surcharge on hunting licenses. Funds raised by the program are distributed through grants to individual and corporate landowners, conservation organizations and others for cooperative wildlife habitat improvement and hunter access projects throughout the state.
For more information on the Access and Habitat Program, contact program coordinator Susan Barnes at 503-872-5260, Ext. 5349.
