Federal grants to Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board
Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board in Salem, Oregon received $116 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 17 awards. Its largest program was Pacific Salmon Treaty Program, with $94.9 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $23.8 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$116 million
- Awards17
- Awarded in FY 2025$23.8 million
- Largest award$22.3 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 6 | $16.5 million |
| FY 2022 | 6 | $21.8 million |
| FY 2023 | 4 | $28.2 million |
| FY 2024 | 2 | $26.2 million |
| FY 2025 | 6 | $23.8 million |
Programs that fund Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Pacific Salmon Treaty Program | 5 | $94.9 million |
| Good Neighbor Authority | 2 | $16.4 million |
| Aquatics Resources Management | 4 | $1.8 million |
| Environmental Quality Incentives Program | 1 | $1.5 million |
| Soil and Water Conservation | 2 | $750,000 |
| Conservation Reserve Program | 2 | $600,000 |
| Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration | 1 | $452,097 |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Commerce | 5 | $94.9 million |
| Department of the Interior | 7 | $18.6 million |
| Department of Agriculture | 5 | $2.9 million |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purpose: oweb pcsrf 2024 abstract this project will focus on three key objectives. I) invest in and support high-priority actions that address key limiting factors to salmon and steelhead production and habitat. Focus on riparian restoration and other projects that provide lasting improvements to ec | Pacific Salmon Treaty Program | September 11, 2024 | $22.3 million |
| I) invest in and support high-priority actions that address key limiting factors to salmon and steelhead production and habitat. Focus on riparian restoration and other projects that provide lasting improvements to ecological function and process. II) invest in and manage grants for large-scale rest | Pacific Salmon Treaty Program | August 15, 2023 | $20.2 million |
| This award will provide funding to the state of Oregon for programs that support projects necessary to maintain and protect healthy salmon populations, monitor commercial and sport fisheries, investigate and take action on the threats to pacific salmon. The purpose of this financial award is to inve | Pacific Salmon Treaty Program | September 10, 2025 | $19.0 million |
| Efforts focus on the implementation of recovery plans through investment in and support of high-priority actions addressing key limiting factors to salmon and steelhead production and habitat, with an emphasis on riparian restoration and projects that result in lasting improvements to ecological fun | Pacific Salmon Treaty Program | July 26, 2022 | $18.7 million |
| The primary objective of this partnership would be to work together to better facilitate aquatic management projects with partners, in areas of mutual interest. The focus of the work would be varied, and would include design and implementation of instream restoration projects that increase habitat c | Good Neighbor Authority | April 27, 2022 | $15.2 million |
| Salmon recovery and watershed restoration and protection FFY2021 | Pacific Salmon Treaty Program | July 26, 2021 | $14.8 million |
| To support the local delivery of conservation programs that are a part of the farm bill throughout Oregon. | Environmental Quality Incentives Program | September 25, 2023 | $1.5 million |
| This project helps maintain the sustainability of forest resources through reforestation, young-stand maintenance, and restoration by incorporating the control of competing vegetation, conducting intermediate stand treatments, hazardous fuel reduction, biomass removal, non-native and noxious weed ma | Good Neighbor Authority | September 25, 2025 | $1.2 million |
| Orwa north umpqua aquatic habitat restoration | Aquatics Resources Management | April 23, 2021 | $620,000 |
| Orwa northwest Oregon aquatic restoration | Aquatics Resources Management | February 12, 2021 | $588,990 |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board get?
$116 million in 17 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board the most?
The Department of Commerce, with $94.9 million in 5 awards. The Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture follow.
What is Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board's largest federal grant?
$22.3 million under Pacific Salmon Treaty Program, with its first action in the period on September 11, 2024. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board?
Its largest are Pacific Salmon Treaty Program, Good Neighbor Authority and Aquatics Resources Management.
Other grant recipients in Salem
- Oregon Health Authority-Public Health
- Oregon Department of Education
- Oregon Department of Transportation
- Oregon Military Department
- Oregon Department of Human Services
- Oregon Department of Human Services
- Oha Office of Financial Services Dmap
- Oregon Business Development Department
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