3rd Annual

Reddstart: Healthy Watersheds MiniGrant

Purpose
The purpose of Trees Foundation’s Reddstart: Healthy Watersheds MiniGrant is to aid a Coho Confab participant in
the implementation of a restoration project that will benefit native salmon or steelhead in their home watershed. The
grant will award a maximum of $500 and must be spent before September 30, 2007.
Who Can Apply
Any 2006 Coho Confab participant.
What Is Eligible For Funding
The Reddstart MiniGrant is intended to fund all or a discreet portion of the implementation (not design or monitoring)
of a watershed restoration project. Examples of fundable expenses include, but are not limited to: materials, permit
fees, equipment rental, or contract labor.
How To Apply
Complete this application form explaining the need, the plan, and the expected outcome of your proposed watershed
restoration project. This is meant to be an easy process.
Emphases
Salmon bearing streams or streams with historical salmon occurrence, personal involvement, utilizes skills learned
at the Coho Confab, community involvement in project, new project, clear design and implementation plan,
manageable grassroots project.
Applicant
Include applicant name, phone, mailing address, email address, and location of proposed project.
Deadline
November 1, 2006. A decision will be reached by January 31, 2007. All applicants will be notified by mail.
Send Application To: Applicant contact information here:
Trees Foundation ______________________________________
P.O. Box 2202, Redway CA 95560 name
______________________________________
Attention: Reddstart MiniGrant phone
OR ______________________________________
address
Email: community@treesfoundation.org
______________________________________
Questions:
Trees Foundation: Francine Allen ______________________________________
email
Phone: 707-923-4377
Email: francine@treesfoundation.org ______________________________________
location

Additional Application Forms Are Available At: www.treesfoundation.org/cohoconfab

1. Do salmon inhabit the sub-watershed or stretch of stream closest to your project site?

Yes___ No___ Which species: Coho___ Chinook___ Steelhead__?

2. Is this your first hands-on restoration project? Yes___ No ___

3. Will you be utilizing skills learned at the Coho Confab? Yes___ No ___

If so which skills?

4. Will this work be performed on private property belonging to you? Yes___ No ___

If not, please explain.

5. Why do you think this restoration project is required (e.g. sedimentation, degraded stream structure, denuded
streambank, etc)?

6. How do you think your project will improve stream health and benefit salmon and other aquatic wildlife?

7. How will you complete the work described (who will help, what materials are needed, when will you do it, how
long will it take)

8. How do you anticipate spending the Reddstart MiniGrant funds?