All-Terrain Vehicle Grant Program

The ATV Grant Program provides funding statewide for off-highway vehicle (OHV) recreation. Grant funds come from ATV user permit sales and a percentage of gasoline tax money.

Program Overview

Eligibility

Eligible applicants include:

Public agencies that have a responsibility of providing OHV recreation, including federal (BLM, USFS, NPS), tribes, and state (OPRD, ODFW, ODF) agencies and local government (cities, town, counties).
Private land managers who provide and maintain public OHV recreation.
Registered non-profit OHV clubs.

Eligible projects include:

Operation and maintenance – Operating and maintaining OHV trails and facilities. Operating projects include employees, trail patrols, camp hosts or trail volunteers. Maintenance projects include services and projects for keeping up OHV trails and facilities.
Law Enforcement – Law enforcement projects include providing patrols and equipment in OHV riding areas.
Emergency Medical Services– Providing emergency medical attention to OHV users in riding areas, such as paying for medical equipment, services and supplies.
Planning – Planning for OHV recreation, including environmental studies, feasibility studies and appraisals.
Development – Developing public OHV recreation areas, including final design, engineering, site surveys, new trails and facilities and major rehabilitation of existing trails and facilities.
Acquisition – Acquiring land for public OHV recreation.

Match Criteria:

Project sponsors must have a minimum 20% match for the requested grant. Matches include local budget funds, federal revenue sharing funds, local agency labor or equipment, other grants, donations of land, labor, equipment, or any combination of the above.

Grant Cycle Schedule

Operations & Maintenance (O&M) and Law Enforcement (LE) Grants

This is the cycle to review ongoing 2 year O&M and LE grant program applications as well as new 1 year program applications. These grants will be for the time period of July 1, 2025-June 30, 2027.

September 3, 2024: Cycle opens.

October 7, 2024: Letter of Intent due

November 7, 2024: Application due

January 14-16, 2025: ATV Grant Subcommittee meeting

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All project types (O&M, LE, Emergency Medical Services, Planning, Development, Acquisition, Safety Education).

This is the cycle to review any O&M or LE applications that fall outside of normal ongoing programs, as well as applications for EMS, development, acquisition and safety education projects. These grants will also start July 1, 2025.

December 6, 2024: Cycle opens

January 6, 2025: Letter of Intent due

February 6, 2025: Applications due

March 20-21, 2025: ATV Grant Subcommittee meeting

For information about the ATV Grant Application Process, contact the Grants & Community Programs Representative in your region.

Dates subject to change.

Grant Program Guidance and Forms

The ATV Grant Manual includes program policies, eligibility requirements, information about the application process, current scoring criteria, and grant management policies.

ATV Grant Manual

No workshops are scheduled at this time. If you are interested in learning more about the grant program and the application process, please contact Ian Caldwell or Mike Law.

OPRD utilizes an online grants application system. The application can be accessed online when the grant cycle is open. Interested applicants must have an account on OPRD Grants to apply and if needed, can request an account at any time.

Application Materials

Online Application Instructions: This is not an ATV specific document, but all the information is applicable for ATV application information.

Application Attachment Checklist: A list of required attachments and forms that must be submitted with your application. Also refer to the current ATV Grant Manual for details.

General Application Forms:

Land Manager Certification Form
(For Law Enforcement projects only)
Land Manager Certification Form
(For all other project types)
Land Use Compatibility Statement Form (LUCS)

Environmental and State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) Forms for Non-Federal Land:

The following information is provided as a resource for land managers and ATV applicants.

All progress reports and reimbursement requests will be accepted through the Online Grants System at https://oprdgrants.org.

An Online Grant Reimbursement Reporting Instruction form has been created to help you through the process. These instructions apply to all OPRD grant programs. Additionally, below are two helpful tuturials:

OPRD Grants Online Instructional Videos:

We strongly encourage you to submit Reimbursement Requests and Quarterly Reports at least once each quarter. You must submit a progress report prior to submitting a Reimbursement Request.

Forms:

Grant Fund Expenditures Form
(Used to help summarize grant and match expenses that correspond to reimbursement request Project Expenses)
Donated Labor Log
(Required when documenting volunteer labor as match)
Mid-Term Report Form
(Due August 1, 2024 for all 2 year ATV grants)

For Law Enforcement Only – OPRD Law Enforcements Tracking System (LETS):
For those who have Law Enforcement grants covering ATV patrol hours, you will need utilize the LETS program which is the tool to use when tracking ATV patrol hours and administration.

Once you enter information into LETS, you can create a Quarterly Report Summary PDF and attach it to your reimbursement request, which is submitted through the Online Grants System. This report is proof of patrol hours.

Additionally, you need to complete and attach the LE Match Certification Form (for documenting non-salary match) and Grant Fund Expenditures Form with each reimbursement request. The Grant Fund Expenditure Form needs to list each officer's Title, first and last name, hourly wage, and ATV hours worked. Any non-salary match items and their costs need to be listed as well.

Grant Advisory Committee

The ATV Grant Subcommittee's purpose is to interact with the public and utilize resources to review and make recommendations to OPRD regarding the funding of ATV/OHV grants in the following categories; operation and maintenance, law enforcement, emergency medical services, land acquisition, planning, future development of ATV/OHV trail opportunities in Oregon’s OHV recreation areas.

Class I Representative: Dave Kimball
Class II Representative (Chair): Virgle Osborne
Class III Representative: Barrett Brown
Class IV Representative: Matt Miller
Member-at-large (Vice-Chair): Ron Price
Law Enforcement Representative: Matt Smith
ADA Representative: Ann Haak

Interested in joining the ATV Grant subcommittee? Fill out a Committee Interest Form and email it to the Safety Education Coordinator.

Past Meeting Minutes

2024
January
April

2023
February
May

2022
February

2021
February
April

2020
February

2019
February (business)
April (Business)
September (Field Trip and Business)

For previous meeting minutes, contact OPRD ATV staff.