Willamette Valley Project (WVP) 2026 NRM Education and Training of Botanically Sophisticated Restoration Workers
Grant Opportunity Analysis
USACE Portland District is offering a cooperative agreement to support Willamette Valley Project 2026 natural resource management education and training for botanically sophisticated restoration workers. The work is intended to help restore and manage native landscapes and wildlife habitat while providing education, training, and community involvement opportunities for young professionals, veterans, displaced workers, college students, and local primary and secondary school students. Activities may take place anywhere in the Willamette Valley Project but will be concentrated at Fern Ridge, Fall Creek, Dexter, Lookout Point, Hills Creek, Cottage Grove, and Dorena, with only limited time expected at Cougar, Foster-Greenpeter, or Detroit-Big Cliff. Applications are due April 30, 2026, and the opportunity lists a $250,000 award ceiling, $175,000 in estimated total program funding, and a grantor contact of Melanie A. Barrett at melanie.a.barrett@usace.army.mil or 503-808-4623.