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2017 Land Acquisition Monitoring

Program Context, History & Accomplishments

• Oregon Constitution: OWEB may fund projects that

secure long-term protection for land that provides significant habitats for native fish and wildlife

• Late 1990s: OWEB began making land acquisition grants
• 2004: the Board adopted priorities and principles for

land acquisition

• To date: $49 million awarded for the protection of

79,000 acres of land

Project Types & Portfolio

• Fee simple purchase
• Conservation easement purchase
• OWEB has interests in more than 100 properties

Importance of Monitoring

• Assesses easement compliance
• Evaluates progress toward ecological objectives
• Identifies matters for follow-up
• Can assist in relationship building
• Can lead to better project outcomes

2017 Monitoring

• 63 properties
• Contractors monitored each property for conservation

easement compliance and assessed whether ecological

• bjectives are being met

Monitoring Process

• Document review; Q&A with OWEB staff
• Grantee interview
• Site visit
• Standardized monitoring form
• Property scores
• 2017 data compared to 2012 data
• Summary report

Monitoring Results

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Achieving Ecological Goals Score of 9 or More Easement Compliance 2012 2017

Monitoring Follow-up

• Contractors noted specific needs that require follow-up
• Examples: invasive species, outdated management

plans, incomplete restoration work

• Grantees were notified of the needs
• OWEB project managers are following up

Considerations for the future

• Each property should be monitored at a minimum of

every 5 years

• The size of OWEB’s portfolio is continuously growing. It

may be necessary to split the monitoring work between years or biennia.