Grant SWCD has partnered with ODFW to preserve and protect Riparian Areas in Grant County.  This year there are 6 planned fencing projects that will help limit livestock access to streams and protect critical riparian habitat that the wildlife depend on.  These projects also help landowners comply with Federal and State regulations pertaining to Ag Water Quality.

In 2016 Grant SWCD obtained funding through an OWEB grant and partnered with ODFW to implement 5 riparian fencing projects that will help limit livestock access to the creeks and riparian areas helping to sustain them for wildlife use and to help limit Ag Water Quality issues that can arise when livestock have free access to entire stretches of streams and critical riparian areas.  Pryor Ten Mile…

Grant SWCD obtained funding through OWEB and partnered with ODFW on riparian restoration projects to enhance the critical habitat that has been degraded due to multiple reasons.  A combination of unrestricted livestock grazing and crop management practices over the past century have resulted in diminished riparian function.  Denuded streambanks contrubute to increased water temperatures and…

Grant SWCD obtained funding through OWEB and partnered with ODFW on riparian restoration projects to enhance the critical habitat that has been degraded due to multiple reasons.  A combination of unrestricted livestock grazing and crop management practices over the past century have resulted in diminished riparian function.  Denuded streambanks contrubute to increased water temperatures and…