Oregon Conservation and Wildlife Meeting Highlights May 6th, 2025
Explore the key agenda items, motions, and presentations from the Oregon Conservation and Recreation Fund Advisory Committee Meeting held on May 6th, 2025. Topics cover wildlife crossing projects and the approval of meeting minutes.
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May 6th, 2025 1:00pm 4:00pm Oregon Conservation and Recreation Fund Advisory Committee Meeting Virtual Meeting Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Agenda Item 1: Review and Approve Meeting Minutes (April 1st 2025) Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Draft Motion Templates re: Minutes Draft Motion Templates re: Minutes I move to approve the April 1st, 2025 meeting minutes with the continued authority to correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation. I move to approve the April 1st, 2025 meeting minutes with the addition/correction/ deletion of ____ on page ___, line ____, and continued authority to correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Agenda Item 2: Wildlife Crossing Introduction Rachel Wheat, Wildlife Connectivity Coordinator, ODFW Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Agenda Item 3: Wildlife Crossing Project Presentation Adaptive Plan to Improve Wildlife Passage Under Interstate-5 Tim Greseth, Oregon Wildlife Foundation 5 Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Agenda Item 4: OCRF Project Presentation Cackler Marsh Aquatic Passage Restoration project, Graham Evans- Peters, US Fish and Wildlife Service 6 Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Agenda Item 5: Wildlife Crossing Staff Review Rachel Wheat, Wildlife Connectivity Coordinator, ODFW Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Agenda Item 6: Committee Consideration: Wildlife Crossing Projects Chair Wenner Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Draft Motion: Wildlife Connectivity Draft Motion: Wildlife Connectivity Project Recommendation Project Recommendation I move to approve the Oregon Wildlife Foundation Adaptive Plan to Improve Wildlife Passage Under Interstate-5 project, totaling $274,500 in expenditure from the Oregon Conservation and Recreation Fund s Wildlife Crossing Lottery Bonds. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Draft Motion: Wildlife Connectivity Draft Motion: Wildlife Connectivity Project Recommendation Project Recommendation I move to approve the US Fish and Wildlife Service Cackler Marsh Aquatic Passage Restoration project, totaling $300,000 in expenditure from the Oregon Conservation and Recreation Fund s Wildlife Crossing Lottery Revenue Bonds. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Agenda Item 7: Public Comment 11 Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Agenda Item 8: Break (Please be back in 5 min) 12 Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Agenda Item 9: OCRF Strategic Communications Planning Update Hailey Paquette, Quinn Thomas 13 Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Agenda Item 10: Meeting Wrap Up and Next Steps 14 Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
OCRF Spring 2025 RFP - Timeline Request for Proposals (RFP) Open March 20th, 2025 Official RFP Guidance made public (open for 50 days) Request for Proposals (RFP) Close May 9th, 2025 (THIS FRIDAY) Technical Review Period May 16th - June 16th, 2025 OCRF Advisory Committee Review Period June 17th - July 15th, 2025 (Release early more lead time) OCRF Advisory Member follow-ups w/ tech reviewers July 9th 11th Opportunity for OCRF Advisory Members to have Q/A with the ODFW technical reviews on an as needed basis OCRF Advisory Committee Recommendations July 29th, 2025 meeting ODFW Commission Voting September 12, 2025 Release of funds following contracting process November 2025
Wildlife Crossing Request for Interest Phase 2 Tentative timeline: Announce RFI next week Open for 60 days Close on July 10 Please spread the word!
Upcoming Meetings Next Meeting: June 3rd - Defenders of Wildlife (Tim Greseth, Colin Reynolds) - Audible Bats Project (Sara Rose, OSU) In-Person Meeting: July 28th - 29th (Location: Sisters, OR) July 28: Site Visit, 6pm committee dinner July 29: Committee Meeting, 9:30 AM 12:30 PM 17 Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
