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OWEB Restoration Grants (organizations)
Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board: Set per project. Applications due February 1, 2027.
Verified Oct 14, 2026 against oregon.gov · Report a change
What it pays
See below
Set per project.
You pay first
N/A
Not applicable to individual farms.
Buy before approval?
No
No reimbursement of expenses before the award date.
Drones
Named as eligible
Confirmed for grantee organizations' surveying and monitoring; equipment must stay with the grantee; aerial application by drone is not addressed.
Who can apply
SWCDs, watershed councils, Tribes and nonprofits; not individual farms. Listed because drones are named: a route for a drone-service contractor, not a farmer purchase.
What it covers
Restoration projects; drone flights and image analysis by contractors who furnish their own aircraft and fly under Part 107. · not confirmed
Drones: named as eligible
Confirmed for grantee organizations' surveying and monitoring; equipment must stay with the grantee; aerial application by drone is not addressed.
Money and timing
Set per project. Not applicable to individual farms.
| Item | What the record says |
|---|---|
| Opens | Open. |
| Deadline | February 1, 2027. |
| When money arrives | Reimbursement to the grantee. |
| Repayment | Not a loan. |
| Equipment origin rules | Not addressed. · not confirmed |
Applications due February 1, 2027.
Paperwork
OWEB online application. · not confirmed
Where this comes from
Every quoted line below was copied from the official page the research harness captured, and checked again against that capture when this site was built. Lines marked "not confirmed" elsewhere on this page have no quote yet.
| Fact | Official wording | Source | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| Program name | Restoration | oregon.gov · capture 111 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| Agency | Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board | oregon.gov · capture 111 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| Kind of help | Restoration | oregon.gov · capture 111 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| Who can apply | Any Tribe, watershed council, soil and water conservation district, not-for-profit corporation, school, Oregon institution of higher education | oregon.gov · capture 111 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| Who can apply | OWEB funds are eligible for drone - related expenses | oregon.gov · capture 105 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| Status | OPEN Applications DUE by 5 pm on February 1, 2027. | oregon.gov · capture 111 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| Opens | Open: October 13, 2026 - Close: 5 pm (PT), February 1, 2027 | oregon.gov · capture 111 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| Deadline | Close: 5 pm (PT), February 1, 2027 | oregon.gov · capture 111 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| What it pays | Funding Max Request: none | oregon.gov · capture 111 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| You pay first | Any Tribe, watershed council, soil and water conservation district, not-for-profit corporation, school, Oregon institution of higher education | oregon.gov · capture 111 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| Repayment | Restoration grants support projects that provide a public benefit | oregon.gov · capture 111 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| Drones | OWEB funds are eligible for drone - related expenses | oregon.gov · capture 105 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| Buy before approval? | OWEB will not reimburse grant expenses incurred prior to the award date | oregon.gov · capture 105 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| When money arrives | OWEB will not reimburse grant expenses incurred prior to the award date | oregon.gov · capture 105 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| When money arrives | OWEB will also not reimburse expense s incurred after the grant completion date. | oregon.gov · capture 105 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| Official page | Restoration | oregon.gov · capture 111 | Oct 14, 2026 |
Record oweb-restoration-grants v2, approved; automatic checks run Oct 15, 2026.
Ask about this program
Answers come only from the verified program records on this site. Every answer shows the agency's own words and the date we checked them. When the records don't say, it tells you to ask Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board.
Not live yet: the assistant is being built. Until then, use the program pages and the contact on each one.