Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 635 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE › Division 97 - PRIVATE FOREST ACCORD MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM › Section 635-097-0070 - Private Forest Accord Mitigation Fund Project Eligibility and Authorized Use of Grant Funds

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Eligible
			 Applicants are any local, State of Oregon, or federal agency, Tribe, political
			 subdivision of this state, college or university, non-profit or private
			 corporation, or limited liability corporation. Individuals may partner with an
			 eligible entity.
(2) An applicant
			 may be deemed ineligible by the Department if they have had a previous project
			 revoked for reasons listed in OAR
			 635-097-0100.
(3) A Grantee may only expend monies granted
			 from the PFA Mitigation Fund as authorized by a signed agreement with the
			 Department for a purpose(s) authorized by these rules.
(4) Funding from the PFA Mitigation Fund
			 shall not be used for any prior or current compensatory mitigation obligations.
			 Habitat projects funded by the PFA Mitigation Fund cannot be used for the
			 purpose of generating compensatory mitigation credits to offset other
			 compensatory mitigation obligations.
(5) Eligible projects include, but are not
			 limited to:
(a) Removing structures that block
			 the passage of aquatic organisms or repairing the structures to promote the
			 passage of aquatic organisms,
(b)
			 Placing logs or other wood-based material in streams to promote natural stream
			 functions,
(c) Conserving,
			 recruiting, restoring, or reintroducing beavers and their habitats for the
			 benefit of HCP-covered species,
(d)
			 Developing or sustaining healthy watersheds including riparian corridors, wet
			 meadow complexes and forested uplands thereby reducing burn intensity during
			 fires and protecting streams from excess sediment discharge after a
			 wildfire,
(e) Applying restoration
			 treatments to stands of trees to enhance or restore historic species diversity
			 that benefits riparian function,
(f) Supporting acquisition of land, and
			 interests in land including conservation easements, to protect, enhance, or
			 restore riparian areas or other critical habitat functions for HCP-covered
			 species,
(g) Acquisitions which
			 result in legally protected instream flow to maintain or restore streamflows
			 for the benefit of habitat for HCP-covered species,
(h) Installing fencing or otherwise excluding
			 grazing in riparian areas or around seeps or springs for HCP-covered
			 species,
(i) Installing off-stream
			 stockwater systems or hardened watering gaps to reduce the effects of grazing
			 on aquatic organisms,
(j)
			 Undertaking other measures that effectively conserve or restore habitat for
			 species covered by the HCP that is consistent with the Private Forest Accord
			 Report dated February 2, 2022, and published by the State Forestry Department
			 on February 7, 2022, and
(k)
			 Projects may include funding requests for monitoring, maintenance, and permit
			 administrative costs. Applicants may request reimbursement of pre-project costs
			 if directly associated with the proposed activities in the grant.