19_Tamarisk

• Board Meeting Date: 7/22/2008
• Description: WSP Section - Tamarisk Grant Program Proposed Guidlines
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

Proposed Program Criteria and Procedures
Partners:
Tamarisk Coalition and Colorado Dept. of Agriculture.
Provide technical and policy advice. Assure compliance with State weed laws.
Develop initial program criteria, approve control plans, serve on evaluation panel, not eligible to
apply for grants.
Interested parties:
Colorado State Forest Service, CSU State Weed Lab, TNC, Colorado Youth Corps, DOW, State
Parks, CRWCD, other?
Review and provide input on draft program criteria, provide members to application evaluation
panel, assist with development of future program modifications
Grant Eligible Entities:
Local governments and quasi-governmental agencies (counties, cities, districts, etc.)
Indian Tribes
Established watershed groups, non-governmental organizations, and 501 C entities
Specifically excludes state and federal agencies, but work can be done on state and federal land.
Private parties and corporations cannot receive grant funds, but funds can be used on private land.
Fund Allocation
Initial $1 Million will be distributed in 2 rounds, Oct 2008 and Feb. 2009.
$100,000 reserved for administration, education, scientific and monitoring purposes
Round I: $450,000 to be awarded, maximum grant size of $100,000, minimum grant size of
$10,000. $100,000 reserved for grants in the $10,000 - 25,000 range.
Round II: $450,000 to be awarded, max and min grant limits as in Round I, size of small project
set aside to be determined. Recipients of Round I grants ineligible for Round II.
Mandatory Project Requirements
Minimum 50% non-state cost sharing provided by applicant, half of which must be hard dollars
Project must be consistent with a "state approved" watershed based tamarisk and/or Russian olive
("TRO") control plan.
All grant funded work must be located within Colorado, but cooperative efforts across statelines
encouraged.
Project must include components addressing: control through integrated pest management
("IPM") techniques, revegetation, monitoring, and maintenance
Implementation of control and revegetation must be completed within 2 years of grant award
Additional factors to be considered and scored
Promotion of CWCB values related to:
preservation and restoration of channel conveyance capacity, reduction of transit losses
flood mitigation
riparian health and restoration, enhanced recreation access
quantifiable reduction in non-beneficial consumptive use of water
Furthers purposes of state weed rules related to high priority locations/counties for maintenance
and/or elimination
Geographic diversity
Education and demonstration value
Biomass utilization
Use of Colorado Youth Corps and other similar labor services
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