Walama Restoration Project | W9127N 25 2 0001

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The Walama Restoration Project is a discretionary cooperative agreement offered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Portland District, focused on hands-on ecological restoration and habitat stewardship across USACE-managed lands in Oregon's Willamette Valley Project. The core purpose is to help USACE meet its environmental stewardship responsibilities by restoring and managing native landscapes and wildlife habitat at federal water resources projects, while also building practical workforce skills through education, training, and field implementation. In addition to on-the-ground restoration outcomes, the project is designed to create structured learning opportunities in botanically informed restoration design, project implementation, and community engagement.

A major emphasis of the opportunity is workforce development and community involvement. The recipient is expected to provide education and training for participants such as young professionals, veterans, displaced workers, college students, and other community members, with a focus on developing real project planning and implementation experience. The project also includes a youth education component: local primary and secondary school students are intended to participate by producing and installing native plant materials at restoration sites. This approach combines ecological outcomes with public education, giving students a direct role in stewarding local habitats and helping them develop familiarity with native species and environmental management on USACE lands.

Work can occur at any Willamette Valley Project site, but activities are expected to be concentrated around the southern lakes, specifically Fern Ridge, Fall Creek, Dexter, Lookout Point, Hills Creek, Cottage Grove, and Dorena. USACE also anticipates limited work, no more than about a week during the period of performance, at Cougar, Foster-Greenpeter, or Detroit-Big Cliff. This indicates that proposals should primarily plan around the southern lake sites while remaining flexible enough to support short-duration tasks at additional project locations if needed.

The types of activities described are broad and reflect a full-spectrum restoration and stewardship program. Expected work includes land stewardship and restoration tasks, wildlife habitat improvement, riparian enhancement, wetland restoration and enhancement, native grassland restoration and management, and plant propagation and greenhouse operations. It also covers fisheries habitat management, improvements to park and recreation sites, and outreach activities that support public education and interpretive services. Taken together, the opportunity supports both ecological restoration deliverables and the practical training infrastructure needed to execute restoration work at multiple sites over time.

In terms of funding and administrative details, this opportunity is listed under Funding Opportunity Number W9127N 25 2 0001 and will be issued as a cooperative agreement, which typically means USACE expects to have substantial involvement in coordinating or guiding the work rather than simply issuing a pass-through grant. The activity category is Natural Resources under CFDA 12.010. Eligible applicants are limited to government entities and certain public education bodies, specifically state governments, county governments, city or township governments, and independent school districts. The application closing date is 2025-08-19. The award ceiling is $20,000, and USACE expects to make one award, suggesting a single recipient will run the program activities described within the available budget.

• The USACE Portland District in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Walama Restoration Project" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 12.010.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2025-08-05.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-08-19. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $20,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Independent school districts.

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