ODFW Fish Screening Cost-Share Program Grant

The ODFW Fish Screening Cost-Share Program provides funding and tax credits for water users to install fish screening devices, by-pass devices, and fish ways. Eligible applicants include individual users, irrigation districts, and municipal suppliers. The program prioritizes projects that enhance fish passage while excluding certain ineligible project types, such as hydropower generation projects. For assistance, applicants can contact their regional field coordinator or refer to the Statewide Fish Passage Priority List.

Water users may apply for cost share funding and/or a tax credit to assist with the installation of fish screening devices, by-pass devices, and fish ways.
Water users interested in more information on the cost-share program or to apply for cost share assistance are encouraged to contact the screens coordinator for their area.
To request assistance with a fish passage project, please contact your regional field coordinator.

Eligibility

Water users may include: individual users, irrigation districts, state agencies, municipal suppliers, commercial industries, watershed councils, Soil and Water Conservation Districts and others.

Ineligibility

There are a few project types that are ineligible for this program and they include: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) projects operated solely for hydropower generation, projects associated with a water right issued since January 1. 1996, and projects with a Federal agency listed as the applicant.