Category Overview
The State Lands Restoration and Enhancement category provides funding to two state agencies to help repair damaged plant and animal habitat. These grants focus on resource preservation and protection of public lands. Projects in this category help bring important natural areas and resources back to their original functions by improving the self sustaining and ecological functionality of sites.
Project Highlights
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) will use this grant to restore a .26 mile portion of the West Little Walla Walla River including about 40 acres of wetland, riparian area, and uplands on the Swegle Unit of the W.T. Wooten Wildlife Area, located in Walla Walla County. WDFW will install wood structures, remove invasive species, and establish native plants. The primary habitat to be restored for pollinators and other wildlife species is the Columbia Basin Foothill Riparian Woodland and Shrubland habitat.