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DRAFT 2010-2013 STATEWIDE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM cludes voting members from the Western Federal Lands Highway Division of the Federal Highway Administration, the U.S. Forest Service Region Office, and ODOT, and non-voting advisors from the Associa- tion of Oregon Counties and the FHWA Oregon Division office. Applications for Forest Highways Program projects are solic- ited every two to four years and are evalu- ated based on criteria and a point system de- veloped by the Tri-Agency Committee. Public Lands Hi~ays Proms The Public Lands Highways Program is a discretionary program that provides federal funding to a state for transportation projects that are within, adjacent to, or provide ac- cess to areas served by a forest highway or public lands highway. Since 2002, Congress or the Secretary of Transportation has se- lected projects to receive available program funding without soliciting any formal re- quests for funding. Indian Reservation Roads Program The Indian Reservation Roads Program pro- vides federal funding for transportation pro- jects on Indian roads or public roads within or providing access to Indian reservations. Tribal governments in Oregon prepare a two-year Transportation Improvement Pro- gram (TIP) for selecting projects that go into the STIP. The Indian Reservation Roads TIP is updated annually. A federal formula establishes funding allocations by federal regions; Oregon is in a region that also in- cludes Alaska, Idaho, and Washington. The formula is based in part on the inventory of needs for each tribal area and tribal popula- tion. Tribal governments in Oregon are represented in ACTS. Projects are funded based on priorities estab- lished in long-range transportation plans that are developed for each tribal lands area or reservation. There is a table of these pro- jects beginning on page 198. Park Roads and Parkways Prom The Park Roads and Parkways Program pro- vides federal funding to the National Park Service for transportation projects that are on public roads that provide access to or are within national parks or other units of the National Park Service. Funds are allocated to each National Park Service region based on an administrative formula. Refine Road Program The Refuge Road Program provides funding to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for transportation projects within or adjacent to National Wildlife Refuges. Funds are allo- cated to projects based on a long range transportation improvement program devel- oped by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Fish Passage and Large Culvert Im- provement This joint program is used to fund two types of projects: replacement of culverts that pass beneath state highways and improving fish passage and habitat in locations where resi- dent and anadromous (migrating) fish need to pass under state highways. Both pro- grams are managed using data that identifies and sets project priorities in each region. The Fish Passage Program is intended to fund culvert restoration on streams where historically there were fish runs, but a high- way culvert has created a barrier to fish pas- sage. ODOT relies on the program to help implement The Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds, under which the department is legislatively required to provide adequate passage for.fish at culverts. Projects are se- lectedbased on the benefit to the species. The Large Culvert Improvement Program replaces large culverts (6 to 20 feet in di- ameter) that are in danger of failing and Page 16