WRIA 10/12 is Seeking Pre-proposals for the 2013 Salmon Recovery Funding Board Grant Round ! Salmon habitat restoration projects in the Puyallup River or Chambers-Clover Watersheds (WRIA's 10 and 12) may be eligible for funding under the Salmon Recovery Funding Board (SRFB) program. If you have a potential project that you would like to have considered for funding in one of these watersheds for the 2013 grant round, your project must be entered into Habitat Work Schedule database no later than April 24, 2013 to ensure it is included in the Puget Sound Partnership 3 - year list (more details on this step below). As you are aware the state budget has not been finalized. At this point our best estimate is that the SRFB funding amount for our combined watersheds will be approximately $562,000, which is the funding level we have had the last two years. To find out more about the Salmon Recovery in Washington State, visit the following link: http://www.rco.wa.gov/salmon_recovery/efforts.shtml To determine if your project is eligible, and if you are an eligible sponsor (applicant), see Manual 18, which will be your guidebook throughout the application process (and beyond): http://www.rco.wa.gov/documents/manuals&forms/Manual_18.pdf Funding is limited, to learn more about the types of projects that are high-priority in WRIA's 10 and 12, see the document Salmon Habitat Protection and Restoration Strategy, WRIA 10/12, March 2008: http://www.piercecountywa.org/archives/120/WRIA10_12_Strategy_2012.pdf If you would like to discuss a potential project, verify that your project is on the 3-year list (workplan) or find out how to have your potential project placed on the 3-year list, please contact me at 253-798-6158 or lspurri@co.pierce.wa.us Important Dates to Remember: Wednesday, April 24-Project sponsors enter project information into Habitat Work Schedule. After the project has been entered, please notify me at lspurri@co.pierce.wa.us<mailto:lspurri@co.pierce.wa.us> . If you have not entered a project into the database before, please contact me right away so that I can arrange for you to have rights to do so. This is done by a third-party, so please allow a week for this step. Monday, May 20 - Project proposals due in PRISM database by 5:00 PM. At this stage, application s should be complete enough for the SRFB Technical Review Panel to review in advance of the site visits- this will help resolve any technical issues early in the process, which can greatly help with the success of your project. Monday and Tuesday, June 10 & 11- Site visits: Sponsors give on-site project presentations to SRFB tech review panel and WRIA 10/12 Citizen and Technical committees. Friday, July 5 -By this date, project sponsors should respond to SRFB technical review panel comments generated from site visits in as much detail as possible for the local Citizen and Technical committee scoring. Friday, August 16 -Complete Applications due in PRISM -all comments from SRFB Technical Review Panel to-date need to be addressed and all attachments need to be included. Thursday, October 17-Final Response to SRFB comments due in PRISM (SRFB will have had another opportunity to comment after the August 16th deadline). Monday October 28 through Thursday October 31 -Some project sponsors will be asked to present their project at the SRFB meeting. Best Regards, Lisa Spurrier Watershed Coordinator Pierce County Public Works and Utilities Surface Water Management Division 2702 South 42nd Street, Room 201 Tacoma, WA 98409 253-798-6158 lspurri@co.pierce.wa.us<mailto:lspurri@co.pierce.wa.us>