June 16, 2005

Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Gordon Smith and Ron Wyden today announced that the Senate Appropriations Committee passed the FY2006 Energy and Water Development Appropriations bill. The bill contains over $60 million in funding for Oregon’s critical infrastructure and environmental projects. The legislation now awaits approval by the full Senate.

“Oregon’s future is dependent upon finding innovative opportunities for economic growth while taking a responsible approach to managing our natural resources. This bill accomplishes both,” said Smith.

“This legislation funds a number of important Oregon initiatives, from promoting nanotechnology to maintaining our longstanding marine trade,” said Wyden. “Oregon can leverage these federal dollars for energy and water projects into economic prosperity across the state.”

The bill includes $15 million in funding to continue the Columbia River Channel Deepening Project, and provides $17 million for jetty repairs at the mouth of the Columbia. $2.1 million is also included for emergency repairs to Fern Ridge Dam. The Klamath Project is slated to receive $22 million; and $2 million is included for the removal of Savage Rapids Dam.

Other projects approved for funding include:

-Crooked River Project -- $1.1 million
-Port of Gold Beach Dredging -- $394,000
-Umpqua River Dredging -- $679,000
-Coquille River Dredging -- $348,000
-Chetco River Dredging -- $348,000
-Port Orford Dredging -- $723,000
-Siuslaw River Dredging – $449,000
-Deschutes Project -- $448,000
-Eastern Oregon Projects -- $906,000
-Oregon Investigations Program -- $450,000
-Rogue River Basin Project, Talent Division -- $1.003 million
-Tualatin Project -- $622,000
-Tualitan Valley Water Supply Feasibility -- $300,000
-Amazon Creek – $264,000
-Lower Columbia River Ecosystem Restoration – $300,000
-Willamette River Basin Review -- $100,000
-Willamette River Environmental Dredging -- $325,000
-Willamette River Floodplain Restoration -- $436,000
-Bonneville Powerhouse Phase II -- $5 million.
-Columbia River Treaty Fishing Access Sites -- $4 million
-Elk Creek Lake -- $300,000
-Lower Columbia River Ecosystem Restorations -- $2 million
-Willamette River Temperature Control -- $1 million
-Stayton Riverfront Park Bank Stabilization -- $250,000
-Arrowhead Creek -- $250,000
-Camp Creek-Zumwalt Prairie -- $333,000
-Coffee Lake -- $250,000
-Applegate Late -- $595,000
-Blue River Lake -- $312,000
-Bonneville Lock and Dam -- $7.792 million
-Columbia and Willamette River Below Vancouver and Portland -- $18.25 million
-Columbia River at the Mouth -- $10.186 million
-Columbia River between Vancouver, WA and The Dalles, OR -- $254,000
-Coos Bay Dredging -- $4.594 million
-Cottage Grove Lake -- $780,000
-Cougar Lake -- $766,000
-Depoe Bay Landslide Stabilization Project $400,000
-Detroit Lake -- $729,000
-Dorena Lake -- $613,000
-Fall Creek Lake -- $555,000
-Green Peter- Foster Lakes – $1.186 million
-Hills Creek Lake -- $3.807 million
-Inspection of Completed Lakes -- $167,000
-John Day Lock and Dam -- $4.692 million
-Lookout Point Lake -- $1.272 million
-Lost Creek Lake -- $5.096 million
-McNary Lock and Dam -- $7.129 million
-Project Condition Surveys -- $177,000
-Scheduling Reservoir Operations -- $62,000
-Tillamook Bay and Bar Jetties -- $1.5 million
-Willamette River -- $72,000
-Willamette River Bank Protection -- $80,000
-Willow Creek Lake -- $538,000
-Newport Dredging -- $1.006 million
-The Dalles Lock and Dam -- $210,000
-Oregon Nanoscience and Microbiologies Institute -- $500,000
-Portland Center Stage Armory Theater -- $500,000
-PSU’s Solar Photovoltaic Test Facility -- $300,000
-Geoheat Center at OIT -- $500,000
-Survey of northern boundary waters -- $134,000
-Deschutes Ecosystem Restoration -- $2 million
-Umatilla Basin Phase III feasibility study -- $200,000
-Umatilla Project -- $3.93 million

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