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In late 2006, Oregon Trout began development of a web-based software tool to simplify and accelerate the process of funding, permitting and implementing stream restoration projects. The tool seeks to accelerate the restoration of freshwater ecosystems, enabling landowners, restoration professionals, agencies and private funders to take effective action on a meaningful scale within a meaningful timeframe. It advances ecologically needed restoration projects in a way that benefits the rural workforce and empowers local landowners and communities to better control their future.
The impetus for the tool comes from the current situation where, despite growing threats to already compromised freshwater resources and rural communities, a system of long planning, funding and permitting cycles can discourage landowners from undertaking projects. By using technology to address systemic barriers to restoration, Oregon can send a strong signal that it remains committed to environmental innovation.
In alignment with the project, the Department of State Lands is
also streamlining its authorization process for restoration projects.
- Project Request Letter to Governor Kulongoski
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- Streambank Project Designation Letter [pdf]
- Streambank Pilot Project RFP, 2008 Final [pdf]
- Oregon Solutions project team meeting February 22, 2008 [pdf]
- Oregon Solutions project team meeting April 4, 2008 [pdf]
- StreamBank Implementation Plan [pdf]
- Pilot Project Objectives [pdf]
- Map of Pilot Projects [pdf]
- Measuring StreamBank with EcoMetrix [pdf]
- Streambank Powerpoint Presentation 9-30-08 [pdf]
- Department of State Lands E-Permit Strategy [pdf]
- Link to Oregon Trout: StreamBank Restoration Made Easy by Mitch Lies, Capital Press [link]
- Link to Oregon Trout Press Release Web-based Streambank® first in the nation to help landowners cut through
permitting and funding red tape [link]
- Project Convener: Ken Bailey
- Project Manager: Pete Dalke
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