Cascade Pacific Resource Conservation and Development
Topics: Willamette River Initiative
Content Area:
Conservation, Environment
Award Date:
Jul 1 2009
Grant Amount:
141000.00
Reason For Grant:
To create a model watershed plan
City:
Tangent
County:
Linn
State:
OR
Middle Fork Willamette Watershed Council
Topics: Willamette River Initiative
Content Area:
Conservation, Environment
Award Date:
Jul 1 2009
Grant Amount:
111000.00
Reason For Grant:
For the Willamette Initiative - Model Watershed Program
City:
Lowell
County:
Lane
State:
OR
Long Tom Watershed Council
Topics: Willamette River Initiative
Content Area:
Conservation, Environment
Award Date:
Jul 1 2009
Grant Amount:
143500.00
Reason For Grant:
For the Willamette Initiative - Model Watershed Program
City:
Eugene
County:
Lane
State:
OR
Lane Council of Governments
Topics: Willamette River Initiative
Content Area:
Conservation, Environment
Award Date:
Jul 1 2009
Grant Amount:
35870.00
Reason For Grant:
For the Rivers to Ridges Willamette River Visioning Process
City:
Eugene
County:
Lane
State:
OR
Oregon State University
Topics: Willamette River Initiative
Content Area:
Conservation, Environment
Award Date:
Jul 1 2009
Grant Amount:
56555.00
Reason For Grant:
For the development of a river restoration evaluation tool specific to the mainstem Willamette
City:
Corvallis
County:
Benton
State:
OR
McKenzie River Trust
Topics: Willamette River Initiative
Content Area:
Conservation, Environment
Award Date:
May 1 2009
Grant Amount:
50000.00
Reason For Grant:
For land acquisition planning and outreach
City:
Eugene
County:
Lane
State:
OR
Nature Conservancy
Topics: Willamette River Initiative
Content Area:
Conservation, Environment
Award Date:
Apr 1 2009
Grant Amount:
86100.00
Reason For Grant:
For the Middle and Coast Fork Willamette Floodplain Restoration Project
City:
Portland
County:
Multnomah
State:
OR
Cascade Pacific Resource Conservation and Development
Topics: Willamette River Initiative
Content Area:
Conservation, Environment
Award Date:
Mar 1 2009
Grant Amount:
35398.00
Reason For Grant:
For the Lukiamute Watershed Council-Luckiamute Natural Area Restoration.
City:
Tangent
County:
Linn
State:
OR
Tides, Inc.
Topics: Willamette River Initiative
Content Area:
Conservation, Environment
Award Date:
Apr 1 2009
Grant Amount:
75000.00
Reason For Grant:
For the Willamette River Initiative
City:
San Francisco
State:
Other
Tides, Inc.
Topics: Willamette River Initiative
Content Area:
Conservation, Environment
Award Date:
Apr 1 2009
Grant Amount:
30000.00
Reason For Grant:
For in-kind support for the Willamette River Initiative
City:
San Francisco
State:
Other
Cascade Pacific Resource Conservation and Development
Topics: Willamette River Initiative
Content Area:
Conservation, Environment
Award Date:
Feb 1 2009
Grant Amount:
10000.00
Reason For Grant:
To create a model watershed plan.
City:
Tangent
County:
Linn
State:
OR
Middle Fork Willamette Watershed Council
Topics: Willamette River Initiative
Content Area:
Conservation, Environment
Award Date:
Feb 1 2009
Grant Amount:
5000.00
Reason For Grant:
To develop a comprehensive watershed restoration plan.
City:
Lowell
County:
Lane
State:
OR
Long Tom Watershed Council
Topics: Willamette River Initiative
Content Area:
Conservation, Environment
Award Date:
Feb 1 2009
Grant Amount:
5000.00
Reason For Grant:
To develop a comprehensive watershed restoration plan.
City:
Eugene
County:
Lane
State:
OR
Bonneville Environmental Foundation
Topics: Willamette River Initiative
Content Area:
Conservation, Environment
Award Date:
Dec 1 2008
Grant Amount:
187670.00
Reason For Grant:
For program management for the Willamette Model Watershed Program.
City:
Portland
County:
Multnomah
State:
OR
Willamette Riverkeeper
Topics: Willamette River Initiative
Content Area:
Conservation, Environment
Award Date:
Nov 1 2008
Grant Amount:
196258.00
Reason For Grant:
To improve fish habitat and restore natural ecologic conditions to the Willamette River near Willamette Mission State Park.
City:
Portland
County:
Multnomah
State:
OR
Friends of Buford Park and Mt. Pisgah
Topics: Willamette River Initiative
Content Area:
Conservation, Environment
Award Date:
Nov 1 2008
Grant Amount:
69500.00
Reason For Grant:
To monitor river restoration activities at Lane County's Buford Park.
City:
Eugene
County:
Lane
State:
OR
Network of Oregon Watershed Councils
Topics: Willamette River Initiative
Content Area:
Conservation, Environment
Award Date:
Mar 1 2008
Grant Amount:
25000.00
Reason For Grant:
For a study related to tributary restoration.
City:
Eugene
County:
Lane
State:
OR
Springing Ahead: Forecast for 2010
You may notice we have a new look for spring. Welcome to our new website. We hope you feel at home here. Spring is a universal metaphor for the start of better times. And this year, opportunities for growth seem especially appealing.
Willamette River Initiative
Topics: Willamette River Initiative
Though an aerial view looks pastoral and serene, the Willamette River has been identified as one of the country's ten most endangered rivers. The river is one of Oregon's defining features and the Willamette Valley is the state's primary economic center and home to 70% of Oregonians. Meyer Memorial Trust's Willamette River Initiative looks to achieve meaningful measureable improvements in the health of the river and tributaries by 2015. Photo Credit: Willamette Riverkeeper (copyright held by Willamette Riverkeeper and not included in MMT's Creative Commons license of website content)
Contact for More Information
Topics: Willamette River Initiative
For more information, please email Pam Wiley.
When
Topics: Willamette River Initiative
MMT's trustees have authorized a program of investments in the Willamette that began in 2008 and will continue through 2014.
Who
Topics: Willamette River Initiative
MMT is lucky to be working with many partners in the Willamette. Our grantees to date include:
How
Topics: Willamette River Initiative
Strategy I: Mainstem Willamette
The first strategy, an innovative partnership with the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board (OWEB), will leverage MMT funds with state lottery proceeds to support projects aimed at restoring channel complexity and floodplain connectivity along the mainstem Willamette and the lower reaches of its larger tributaries. These ecological objectives have been widely recognized as key to improving the health and resiliency of the river.
Why
Topics: Willamette River Initiative
MMT identified the Willamette River as a key focus area for many reasons. The Willamette Basin, the large watershed drained by the river, is home to over two-thirds of Oregon's population and the source of 75% of its economic output. The river itself, by volume the 13th largest in the nation, is one of the defining features of the state's geography and, in western Oregon, an important contributor to our sense of place. The Willamette and its tributaries are located entirely within Oregon's boundaries, so its destiny is largely in the hands of Oregonians.
