Funding for Salmon Conservation in WRIA 8

Funding for Salmon Conservation
Lake Washington/Cedar/Sammamish Watershed
Water Resource Inventory Area (WRIA) 8

Approximately $730,000 were made available in 2005 to support habitat protection and restoration projects, stewardship projects and programs, and studies in the Lake Washington/Cedar/Sammamish Watershed. The money comes from a county-wide $5 per parcel assessment that funds the activities of the King Conservation District as well as projects through other watershed forums in King County. The WRIA 8 Forum reviews grant applications from the watershed and recommends applications fot eh King Conservation District Board for funding. Only local governments and non-profits organizations in the King County portion of the Lake Washington/Cedar/Sammamsih Watershed are eleigible to apply.

The Salmon Recovery Funding Board
Since 1999, the Lake Washington/Cedar/Sammamish Steering Committee, a multi-stakeholder, interjurisdictional body, has annually solicited, reviewed and ranked applications salmon habitat protection and restoration in our watershed for state and federal funding administered through the state's Salmon Recovery Funding Board. To date, over $4.8 million dollars have been awarded to 17 projects in the WRIA 8 watershed through the SRFB programNext opportunity for these grants will be in Spring of 2006. For more information, contact Mary Jorgensen, WRIA 8 Lead Entity Grant Manager, mary.jorgensen@kingcounty.gov, (206) 296-8067.

For additional information and questions about the WRIA 8 SRFB grant process, please contact Mary Jorgensen, WRIA 8 Lead Entity Grant Manager, mary.jorgensen@kingcounty.gov, (206) 296-8067.

Map of Salmon Habitat Projects Funded Through the WRIA 8 Collaborative Process

The map below shows all salmon habitat and acquisition projects in the watershed that have been funded since 1999 by the Salmon Recovery Funding Board, the King Conservation District, and the Waterworks Forum Initiative. Clicking on a project will take you the project table, providing a brief summary of the project in question.

This Project Table shows details about the projects on the map below, as well as other projects that are not mapped (studies, stewardship projects, etc.).

The Grant Exchange funds projects related to watershed protection, habitat restoration, reforestation, salmon conservation, natural resource stewardship, and all related educational efforts. The Grant Exchange a clearinghouse of grant and technical assistance programs offered by the King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks with the goals of protecting and enhancing the environment, increasing community stewardship, and providing expertise and consultation to projects.

There are 5 internal grant programs offered through King County Grant Exchange and one external one through the National Fish & Wildlife Foundation.

Ken Pritchard , Grant Exchange Coordinator
206- 296-8265
800-325-6165 ext. 68265
ken.pritchard@kingcounty.gov

Private landowners can receive up to $50,000 in federal grant funding to restore habitat on their property for “species at risk” through a program coordinated by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW).

More information about LIP is available at http://wdfw.wa.gov/lands/lip on the Internet, or by contacting LIP Coordinator Ginna Correa at (360) 902-2478

The NOAA Marine Debris Program (MDP) provides funding to catalyze the implementation of locally driven, community-based marine debris prevention and removal projects that will benefit coastal habitat, waterways, and NOAA trust resources including anadromous fish. Projects funded through the MDP have strong on-the-ground habitat components involving the removal of marine debris and derelict fishing gear that will provide educational and social benefits for people and their communities in addition to long-term ecological habitat improvements for NOAA trust resources. The role of NOAA in the MDP is to help identify potential marine debris prevention and removal projects, strengthen the development and implementation of habitat restoration through the removal of marine debris within communities, and foster awareness of the effects of marine debris through the funding of outreach and education proposals to further the conservation of living marine resource habitats across a wide geographic area. Proposals selected for funding through this solicitation will be implemented through a cooperative agreement. Funding of up to $2,000,000 is expected to be available for Community-based Marine Debris Prevention and Removal Project Grants in FY 2006. The NOAA MDP anticipates that typical awards will range from $15,000 to $100,000.
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/restoration/projects_programs/crp/partners_funding/callforprojects2.html

The NOAA Community-based Restoration Program (CRP) provides funding to catalyze the implementation of locally-driven, grass-roots habitat restoration projects that will benefit living marine resources, including anadromous fish. Projects funded through the CRP have strong on-the-ground habitat restoration components that provide educational and social benefits for people and their communities in addition to long-term ecological habitat improvements for NOAA trust resources. The role of NOAA in the CRP is to help identify potential restoration projects, strengthen the development and implementation of sound restoration projects and science-based monitoring of such projects within communities, and develop long-term, ongoing national and regional partnerships to support community-based restoration of living marine resource habitats across a wide geographic area. Proposals selected for funding through this solicitation will be implemented through a cooperative agreement. Funding of up to $3,000,000 is expected to be available for Community-based Habitat Restoration Project Grants in FY 2006. The NOAA Restoration Center (RC) anticipates that typical awards will range from $50,000 to $200,000.