by Christa Bale | Jun 7, 2021
The Community Forests Program gives communities a way to preserve their working forest heritage. The grant program balances the many benefits forests provide – from providing money from use of the land, to safeguarding against climate and other environmental changes,...
by Mara Zimmerman | Jun 7, 2021
The Family Forest Fish Passage Program (FFFPP) assists private forestland owners in removing culverts and other stream crossing structures that keep trout, salmon, and other fish from reaching upstream habitat. Road culverts and other structures that are aging, too...
by Christa Bale | May 25, 2021
Coastal communities have worked for decades with limited, inconsistent funding to improve the health of the land and water. These same communities have some of the highest unemployment rates in the state. Given the urgency of needs, the Legislature created the...
by Christa Bale | May 25, 2021
Salmon recovery grants are used to restore degraded salmon habitat and protect existing, high-quality habitat. Projects may include the actual habitat used by salmon and the land and water that support processes important to salmon. Applicants must demonstrate how...