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Small Forestland Investment in Stream Habitat Program (SFISH)
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Program level:
State
Provider:
Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF), and Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW)
Benefits provided:
Financial, Free technical assistance
Land use:
Forest
Water-focused program:
Yes
Up to 100% of costs covered for small forest landowners for projects that result in healthier habitat for fish bearing streams.
Overview
Description:
The Small Forestland Investment in Stream Habitat Program (SFISH) is a grant program established by the Legislature in 2022 to help small forestland owners (SFO) implement projects that result in environmental benefits to fish bearing streams and mitigate risks to natural resources arising from the construction, operation or maintenance of forest roads or related activities. The program provides up to 100 percent of the cost for eligible projects. The program also provides technical assistance to landowners.
Project types include:
- Replacement of culverts or fords that are no longer functioning or do not meet the Oregon Forest Practices Administrative Rules design standards.
- Abandoned road repairs that prevent sediment delivery to waters of the state or improve fish passage.
- Remediation of roads with a perched fill that present a significant hazard to fish-bearing streams.
Eligibility:
Projects must benefit fish species covered under the Private Forest Accord Aquatic Habitat Conservation Plan and include:
Rainbow trout/steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
Columbia redband trout (Gairdneri)
Great basin redband trout (Newberrii)
Cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii)
Coastal cutthroat trout, can be sea run or resident (Clarkii)
Alvord cutthroat, likely extinct (Alvordensis)
Lahontan cutthroat trout (Henshawi)
Westslope cutthroat trout (Lewisi)
Pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha)
Chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)
Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch)
Sockeye salmon, kokanee (Oncorhynchus nerka)
Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)
Bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus)
Mountain whitefish (Prosopium williamsoni)
Pacific eulachon/smelt (Thaleichthys pacificus)
Green sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris)
Financial benefit:
Financial benefit varies per project, but up to 100% of the project cost may be covered.
Contact information
Information last updated on July 15, 2025.
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