OAR 695-005-0045: Climate-Related Evaluation Criteria

In addition to the evaluation criteria for Restoration Grants (OAR 695-010-0060), Stakeholder Engagement Grants (OAR 695-015-0070), Monitoring Grants (OAR 695-025-0140), Technical Assistance Grants (OAR 695-030-0045), Outcome-Based Watershed Council Operating Capacity Grants (OAR 695-040-0110), Land Acquisition Grants (OAR 695-045-0180), Water Acquisition Grants (OAR 695-046-0196), and Focused Investment Partnership (OAR 695-047-0060), grant applications shall also be evaluated, whenever possible, on: (1) How engagement with, and input from, local communities disproportionately impacted by climate change has informed or will inform the project. (2) How changing climate conditions are incorporated into the project and how the project will contribute to durable adaptation and resilience for ecosystems, including human communities. (3) How consideration of greenhouse gas emissions or long-term carbon sequestration or storage has informed the project.