"The U.S. Bureau of Land Management will be spending $32 million from the federal economic stimulus program on projects in Oregon. The money is part of a total of $305 million going to BLM projects around the country, and $3 billion to the U.S."
Check out the full article here http://blog.oregonlive.com/terryrichard/2009/05/oregon_blm_details_stimulus_mo.html
Example Oregon Projects
ReplyDeleteChocktoot Delta Restoration
* Project Number: R8TA
* TAFS: 14-1610
* Bureau: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
* Congressional District: 2
* Type of Project: Habitat Restoration
* Project Status: Project on track to be completed with Recovery Act funds
* Project Status Updated: 02/17/10
Deschutes Ecosystem Restoration, projects to improve water quality, fish passage & provide habitat improvements in Deschutes Project.
* Project Number: 22.000
* TAFS: 14-0681
* Bureau: Bureau of Reclamation
* Congressional District: 02
* Type of Project: Environmental/Ecosystem Restoration
* Project Status: Project on track to be completed with Recovery Act funds
* Project Status Updated: 7/9/2010
Eugene District Fish passage improvments and Culvert Replacement
* Project Number: LDRBC0180000
* Bureau: Bureau of Land Management
* Congressional District: 4
* Type of Project: Roads and Bridges Maintenance
HR Five Creeks Rangeland Restoration
* Project Number: LXHAB0910000
* Bureau: Bureau of Land Management
* Congressional District: 2
* Type of Project: Habitat Restoration
HR Shrub Steppe/Sage-grouse Habitat Restoration
* Project Number: LXHAB0920000
* Bureau: Bureau of Land Management
* Congressional District: 4
* Type of Project: Habitat Restoration
HR Umpqua Basin Fish Passage Restoration - PHASE I
* Project Number: LXHAB0930000
* Bureau: Bureau of Land Management
* Congressional District: 4
* Type of Project: Habitat Restoration
Install Fish Passage and Screens at Two Diversions on Eagle Creek (Powder River) in Northeast Oregon
* Project Number: R1UA
* TAFS: 14-1610
* Bureau: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
* Congressional District: 2
* Type of Project: Habitat Restoration
* Project Status: Project on track to be completed with Recovery Act funds
* Project Status Updated: 02/17/10
Klamath River Sedimentation Sampling/Analysis for potential Dam Removal.
* Project Number: 17.000
* TAFS: 14-0681
* Bureau: Bureau of Reclamation
* Congressional District: 99
* Type of Project: Environmental/Ecosystem Restoration
* Project Status: Project on track to be completed with Recovery Act funds
* Project Status Updated: 7/9/2010
Lakeview Wind Energy Sage-grouse study
* Project Number: LXUAA0290000
* Bureau: Bureau of Land Management
* Congressional District: 2
* Type of Project: Renewable Energy - Facilitating Authorizations and Permits
Miami Wetlands Restoration Implementation in Tillamook Bay
* Project Number: R1FA
* TAFS: 14-1610
* Bureau: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
* Congressional District: 5
* Type of Project: Habitat Restoration
* Project Status: Project on track to be completed with Recovery Act funds
* Project Status Updated: 02/17/10
NFPP: Manastash Creek Anderson Dam Removal
* Project Number: R1TA
* TAFS: 14-1610
* Bureau: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
* Congressional District: 1
* Type of Project: Habitat Restoration
* Project Status: Project on track to be completed with Recovery Act funds
* Project Status Updated: 02/17/10
Replace dam at New Buckaroo site to comply with fish passage laws
* Project Number: R1BH
* TAFS: 14-1613
* Bureau: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
* Congressional District: 2
* Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance
* Project Status: Project on track to be completed with Recovery Act funds
* Project Status Updated: 02/17/10
Having seen the Miami Wetland Restoration Project personally, this stimulus money was put to good use. Way to go TEP (Tillamook Estuaries Partnership - they managed the project).