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Subcommittee approves series of retroactive federal grant applications for natural‑resources work
Summary
The Interim Joint Committee on Ways and Means Natural Resources Subcommittee on Sept. 30 approved retroactive authorization to apply for multiple federal grants — covering coastal wetlands, trade promotion, forest health, conservation staffing, fish passage and transit projects — and will carry recommendations to the full committee.
The Interim Joint Committee on Ways and Means Natural Resources Subcommittee on Tuesday approved a package of retroactive federal grant applications from state agencies and recommended those approvals to the full committee.
Members voted or voiced no objection to authorizations for the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board (a $1,000,000 application to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for coastal wetlands restoration on behalf of the Coquille Watershed Association), the Oregon Business Development Department’s participation in the SBA State Trade Expansion Program (federal ask $500,000, state match $167,000), Oregon Department of Agriculture forest‑health capacity funding ($136,500 from the U.S. Forest Service), two Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW)…
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