Connect with your Joint Venture Coordinator

• Helps you understand priorities

• Connects you with partners

• Advises on grant application

• Can serve as a project advocate

Match with your mission

• Don’t just follow the money – remember your mission

• Take advantage of studies/priorities established by others

• Consider building Joint Venture priorities in to your own

Columbia Land Trust Priorities

Small NAWCA grants are a good first step

• Can be a straight-forward project with lower matching requirements

• Grant application less complicated

• Grant administration is simpler

• Smaller federal grant does not require most intense audits

• Can be a great stepping stone to large NAWCA grants

Small NAWCA

Small NAWCA

Small NAWCA Budget Example

Expense Category NAWCA CLT CREST NCLC Total Acquisition – 32 acres at $1,500

per acre $48,000 $45,000

Acquisition – Transaction Costs $2,000 $3,000 $5,000 Restoration – Equipment (including

tidegates) $19,500 $2,000 $21,500

Restoration – Contractor services $25,700 $500 (In-kind)

$500 (In-kind)

$26,700

Restoration – Supplies (including plant materials)

$3,000 2,000 $3,000

Project Total $50,000 $51,200 $500 $2,500 $104,200

Standard NAWCA grants are a commitment

• Challenging to build the project

• Organization must comply with more federal rules, often including A-133 audit

• Administering the grant takes a lot of effort

Standard NAWCA

• FUNDING, PROPOSAL COSTS, AND ACRES ( ) = duplicated acres:• GRANT FUNDS (Recipient: Columbia Land Trust) $999,014 • PARTNER FUNDS $6,119,574• Columbia Land Trust - $27,065• U.S. Dept. of Ag., Natural Resources Conservation Service - $2,000,000• Washington Department of Natural Resources - $511,000• Clark County, Washington - $672,000• Metropolitan Service District of Oregon - $475,025• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - $382,750• Ducks Unlimited, Inc. - $217,080• Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife - $1,697,544• Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife - $101,000• Private Landowners - $19,125• Coastal St. Helens Chemical - $15,985• Oregon Trout - $1,000• TOTAL FUNDS $7,118,588

• GRANT PARTNER TOTAL TOTAL• ACRES ACRES ACRES COST • ACQUISITION 1,963 $5,448,544 • Fee 1,012 951 1,963 $3,623,544

($1,846/acre)• Easement (900) (900) $1,800,000

($2,000/acre)• Other Acquisition Costs $25,000• RESTORATION 217(364) 275(586) 492(950) $813,487 ($564/acre)• ENHANCEMENT 2,024 2,181 4,205 $828,492 ($197/acre)• OTHER $28,065• TOTAL ACRES AND COST 3,253 (364) 3,407 (1,486) 6,660 (1,850) $7,118,588

Standard NAWCA Budget Example

Technical Assessment Question #4, Willapa Bay, Phase I NAWCA Year 1 Accomplishments

DECREASING WETLAND TYPES INCREASING WETLAND STABLE WETLAND UPLANDS

Activity

Palustrine emergent Proposed in Grant

Accomplished in first year

Palustrine Forested Proposed in Grant

Accomplished in first year

Estuarine Intertidal Emergent Proposed in Grant

Accomplished in first year

Estuarine Intertidal Forested Shrub as proposed in Grant

Accomplished in first year

Estuarine Intertidal proposed in grant

Accomplished in first year

Uplands proposed in grant

Accomplished in first year TOTALS

Fee 298 175 54 45 610 470 30 15 95 95 3,007 1,492

Proposed in Grant: 4,094 Accomplished 1st year:2,292

Fee Donated 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 P:6 A:6

Easement 33 (120) 0 (155) 74 (44) 0 (45) 1 (500) 0 (370) 0 (15) 0 (15) 0 (95) 0 (95) 37 (180) 0 (184)P:145 (954) A:(864)

ACQUISITION TOTAL 333 (120) 177 (155) 128 (44) 45 (45) 612 (500) 471 (370) 30 (15) 15 (15) 95 (95) 95 (95) 3,047 (180) 1,495 (184)

P:4,245 (954) A:2,298 (864)

RESTORATION 12 (170) 12 (60) 0 0 (15) 25 (600) 0 (20) 0 (30) 0 (15) 0 (70) 0 0 (58) 0P:37 (928 A:12 (110)

ENHANCEMENT 300 300 (40) 0 0 (30) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (64)P:300 A:300 (134)

TYPE TOTALS 645 (290) 489 (255) 128 (44) 45 (90) 637 (1,100) 471 (390) 30 (45) 15 (30) 95 (165) 95 (95) 3,047 (238) 1,495 (248)

P:4,582 (1,882) A:2,610 (1,108)

STATUS TOTALS Proposed in grant (P):1,410 (1,434) Accomplished (A): 1,005 (735) P:30 (45) A:15 (30) P:95 (165) A:95 (95) P:3,047 (238) A:1,495 (248)

P:4,582 (1,882) A:2,610 (1,108)

GRAND TOTALS Proposed in Grant:1,535 (1,644) Accomplished in first year:1,115 (860) P:3,047 (238) A:1,495 (248)

P:4,582 (1,882) A:2,610 (1,108)

Note: The Tarlatt Slough Project is also called the Sheier Project in portions of the grant proposal

How does the project relate to the national status and trends of wetland types? Compare acres in the proposal to actual.

Technical Assessment Question #5, Willapa Bay, Phase I NAWCA Year 1 AccomplishmentsHow does the proposal contribute to the long-term conservation of wetlands and associated habitats? ACRES BY TENURE (years) OF BENEFITS CATEGORY TOTAL TOTAL *Includes water control structures made of material other than wood. ACRES ACRES

ACTIVITY **Includes wood water control structures and pumps. GRANT ACTUALPERPETUITY - GRANT

PERPETUITY - ACTUAL *26-99 - GRANT *26-99 - ACTUAL

Fee 4,094 2,292 4,094 2,292Fee Donated 6 6 6 6Easement 145 (954) 0 (864) 145 (954) 0 (864)ACQUISITION TOTAL 4,245 (954) 2,298 (864) 4,245 (954) 2,298 (864)RESTORATION 25 (868) 0 (110) 12 (60) 12 37 (928) 12 (110)ENHANCEMENT 0 (134) 300 300 300 300 (134)TOTAL 4,270 (1,822) 2298 (1,108) 312 (60) 312 4,582 (1,882) 2,610 (1,108)

Explain any differences between actual accomplishments and the objectives for the period including the acres projected in each category in Technical Assessment Questions 4 and 5

The majority of the of the acquisition, restoration and enhancement for the match and non-match projects included in the Willapa Bay – Phase I grant have been completed or are nearing completion. However, most work supported by grant funds is yet to be completed.

Columbia Land Trust is making progress in the acquisition of four properties funded by the grant. Engineering work is in progress on the Willapa River project. Restoration and enhancement work on the Davis and Ellsworth Creek properties is pending until acquisition of those properties is complete.

How does the project contribute to long-term conservation of wetlands and associated habitats? Compare acres in the proposal to actual.

The art of building a project

• Start with priority areas or priority habitat types

• Elements to consider:

– Science (habitat benefits, topo surveys, restoration planning, NEPA, NHPA)

– Partners (match availability, satisfying partner goals, NAWCA restrictions)

– Acres and Dollars (acquisition and restoration; federal and non-federal)

– Landowner contacts

• Seek input of Joint Venture Coordinator