Block Grant F20AB11657

This $260,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program (CFDA 15.631) will fund the removal and replacement of an undersized culvert on Little Grass Valley Creek in Weaverville, California. The new 13x10 elliptical culvert will provide full, unimpeded fish passage for anadromous species like coho salmon, steelhead, and Pacific lamprey to access five miles of cold water spawning and rearing...

This Project Grant award of $244,000 from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Habitat Partnership program (CFDA 15.686) will fund a comprehensive effort to improve water quality and fish habitat in the Lake Wawasee watershed in Indiana. The grant recipient, the Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation, Inc., will use the funding to restore two small sediment basins, construct a 0.5-acre wetland, plant 150-foot buffer strips and tile buffers in the...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded a $103,400 Cooperative Agreement to the Land Trust for Louisiana under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife (CFDA 15.631) program. The grant supports a 5-year project to restore and enhance terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems on privately-owned lands in Louisiana. Key activities include: forest management, stream restoration, tree planting, and grassland rehabilitation to benefit listed and at-risk species, improve...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement under the National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements program (CFDA 15.654) to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) for the Lower Chippewa and Black River Confluences Floodplain and Bluffland Habitat Restoration Project. This 4-year project, effective July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2028, will maintain and enhance at least seven different habitat types, including floodplain forest and sedge meadow,...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 awarded a $324,500 Cooperative Agreement to the Ozark Regional Land Trust Inc. (OLT) on June 3, 2023 through the National Fish Habitat Partnership (CFDA 15.686) program. The goal of the "Huzzah Shoal Creeks Woodlands for Wildlife" project is to work with landowners to implement best management practices (BMPs) that balance the biological, habitat, and socio-economic needs of the community. Key BMPs include...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $1,420,000 National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant to the Washington State Parks & Recreation Commission, in partnership with the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe and Makah Tribe. The 3-year project (January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2027) will restore 175.4 acres of critical coastal wetlands and 20 acres of buffers along 2.5 miles of the Little Hoko River in Clallam County, Washington. Key restoration activities include installing 62 engineered...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through the National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements program (CFDA 15.654), awarded a $1,382,170 cooperative agreement to Protectores De Cuencas Inc. (PDC), a minority-owned non-profit organization, to rehabilitate and maintain specific areas within the Laguna Cartagena National Wildlife Refuge in Puerto Rico that were damaged by Hurricane Fiona. Under this 3-year project, PDC will clear vegetative debris from the west drainage canal, evaluate and...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631), awarded a $100,000 Cooperative Agreement to enhance riparian and instream habitat along one mile of the Wood River in Oregon. The project aims to add approximately 50 large woody debris structures to the river to increase habitat complexity and benefit species like bull trout, Lost River and shortnose suckers, and redband trout. Additional benefits are expected for riparian-dependent birds,...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded a $137,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife (CFDA 15.631) program to the Watershed Research and Training Center (WRTC) to improve fish passage in West Tule Creek, California. The project aims to remove a private agricultural diversion concrete dam, reduce diversion rates, and install an improved fish screen to enhance habitat for all species and life stages of anadromous fish. Key activities include removing the...

The Fall River Resource Conservation District will receive $100,000 through a Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8. The funding supports projects under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program to address habitat restoration needs across 4,500 acres in Shasta County, California. Key work will include installing grade control structures to address head cuts and gullies causing water loss across 300 acres of wet meadows on the...