In accordance with ORS 541.956(4), the Board will only consider grant applications that:

1. (1) Describe current watershed conditions by gathering and analyzing data, and making monitoring results publicly available;
2. (2) Establish trends about watershed conditions by gathering and analyzing data, and making monitoring results publicly available; or

3. (3) Evaluate the specific effects of a restoration or acquisition project or program by comparing similar watershed components before and after implementation of a restoration or acquistion project or program, and making monitoring results publicly available.

   Projects that will not inform the development of restoration or acquisition projects or programs and have the sole purpose of theory testing, evaluation of experimental designs, or the production of generalizable knowledge, are ineligible.

Statutory/Other Authority

ORS 541.906

Statutes/Other Implemented

ORS 541.890-541.969

History

OWEB 1-2020, adopt filed 04/22/2020, effective 05/01/2020