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NOPLE Salmon Recovery Newsletters
May 2005, Volume 2 Edition 5
NOPLE Salmon Recovery
Newsletter
Note: unless specified, all links are to other webpages.
Local Salmon Habitat Recovery Grants
- 6th Round 2005 SRFB grants: Due date for NOPLE preproposals is July 15, 2005.
- 2005 Community Salmon Fund: Due date for Full applications is October 11, 2005.
Federal & WA State Salmon Recovery News
- DNR's Forest Practices Habitat Conservation Plan would provide federal assurance of compliance under the ESA for fifty years. Written comments are accepted until May 12, 2005
- Shared Strategy Celebration planned! A formal transmittal ceremony, leadership recognitions and lunch celebration is planned for Thursday, July 7, 2005. The Governor, members of our Congressional Delegation and Billy Frank Jr. are planning to attend. The draft recovery plan is on track for completion by the end of June. The formal ceremony is scheduled for the following week. A picnic lunch is planned and there will be surprises and fun events. Location is yet to be announced. But hold the date!
- Passed this legislative session by the State:
Olympic Peninsula Salmon Recovery News
- Mike McHenry receives NOAA Environmental Heroes 2005 Award.
- State DNR invites comments on the Draft EIS on the Policy for Sustainable Forests, meeting on Wednesday, May 4, 2005 – Port Angeles, Peninsula College, Room J47, 1502 East Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles, WA 98362
- Elwha Exotic Plant Removal Volunteer Work Day: 10:00 am, May 14th, 2005, and continuing throughout the summer on the 3rd Saturday of every month.
More News
- WDFW Fishing and Shellfishing 2005-2006 Rules Pamphlet & Emergency Rueles , effective May 1, 2005
- 2005 Washington State Drought.
- Wildfire Season Officially Begun
- Download really good watershed restoration and forestry manuals FOR FREE (thanks to a grant they received) from the Center of Watershed Protection. Limited time only.
- While you are downloading, download the WDFW Aquatic Habitat Guidelines (AHG) including Stream Habitat Restoration Guidelines (SHRG) and Integrated Streambank Protection Guidelines (ISPG)
- Employees who deal with public records requests and public meetings are encouraged to attend a public forum on Public Records and Public Meetings Laws of Washington State, held at Peninsula College Little Theater from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on May 19th.
- US Corp of Engineers Puget Sound and Adjacent Water Restoration Program will be holding two workshops, with sign-in and posterviewing starting at 8:00 a.m. and the workshop being held from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. The day will be informative, casual, and an enjoyable experience. Wednesday, May 11, 2005 , at the Hood Canal/Theler Wetlands Community Center in Belfair Thursday, May 12, 2005, at the NOAA Fisheries Conference Facility at Sand Point in Seattle. Check out the link for directions etc.
Grants
- For quick access to many grant resources, bookmark Grant Resources.
- Another good grant resource page is PSAT's Funding Programs
- NOAA's Environmental Literacy Grants Program. Deadline May 12, 2005
- Acres
for America. The Acres for America program was established to
provide funding for projects that conserve important habitat for
fish, wildlife, and plants through acquisition of interest in real
property. The goal of the Acres for America program is to offset
the footprint of Wal-Mart’s domestic facilities on at least
an acre by acre basis through these acquisitions. Approximately $3.1
million will be available annually for 10 years for conservation
investments.
Annual pre-proposal deadlines are January 7, May 13, and September 17. - Forest Legacy Program. Deadline May 27, 2005
- The Family Forest Fish Passage Program provides 75%-100% of the cost of replacing, repairing or removing fish barriers such as culverts, weirs, dams, spillways and other artificial instream structures. To qualify, you must be a small forest landowner (harvest less than 2 million board feet of timber per year) and have a fish barrier that is on forestland. Application Deadline: June 30, 2005
- National Fish Passage Program is a voluntary program that reconnects fish species to historic habitats. Project funding is for fish passage restoration by removing or bypassing barriers to fish movement. Primary project types include dam removal, culvert renovation, designing and installing fishways, installing fish screens, and barrier inventories to identify additional fish passage impediments. Projects proposals requested between $1,000.00 and $50,000.00 are most attractive. There is no required match; however a 50% cost share is highly encouraged. Fish Passage projects are not eligible for funding if fish passage is a condition provided by existing Federal or State regulatory programs. For more info, click here or contact Ginger Phalen, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 510 Desmond Dr. SE, Suite 102, Lacey, WA 98503, (360)753-5819 (P), (360)753-9008 (F), ginger_phalen@fws.gov
- The National Coastal Wetlands Grants program just released the due date and application materials for Fiscal Year 2006 funding. The due date to Washington DC is June 13, however, in Region 1 of the FWS (which includes Washington State) they will set an earlier due date to the Regional Office in Portland (probably mid-end May), so that they have a chance to pre-review the proposals and provide feedback to the sponsors for suggested changes to make the proposals more competitive. If interested, contact Ginger Phalen, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 510 Desmond Dr. SE, Suite 102, Lacey, WA 98503, (360)753-5819 (P), (360)753-9008 (F), ginger_phalen@fws.gov
- 6th Round 2005 SRFB grants: Deadline NOPLE preproposals July 15, 2005.
- 2005 Community Salmon Fund: Deadline October 11, 2005.