As a local sponsor for OWEB Small Grant Program, the Union SWCD can assist landowners with the implementation of on-the-ground restoration projects that improve water quality, water quantity, and fish and wildlife habitat on private lands in Union County.  Grant awards up to $20,000  and require a match contribution of 25% value from the landowner that can be in the form of either cash, in-kind services or materials. Applications are accepted year-round until April 2027.

This program enables landowners to contribute to the larger strategic planning efforts happening statewide as outlined in the Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds and the Oregon Conservation Strategy. Learn more on the OWEB site.

Eligible project types include:

• Fish Passage
• Urban Impact Reduction
• Riparian Process and Function
• Wetland Process and Function
• Instream Process and Function
• Private Road Impact Reduction
• Upland Process and Function
• Water Quantity/Irrigation Efficiency

Currently the district is working on a spring development and a forest thinning grant.