Cooperative Agreement 00J09401

This $1,279,540 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202) provides funding to the Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust in Issaquah, WA to implement a creek restoration project on Issaquah Creek. The key activities include installing over 400 pieces of large woody material along 6,600 linear feet of the creek, reconnecting over 1,100 feet of side channels and oxbows, and planting native trees...

The South Puget Sound Salmon Enhancement Group was awarded a $8.4 million Cooperative Agreement by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Habitat Conservation federal grant program (CFDA 11.463). The funding will support planning, design, and implementation of delta and floodplain channel restoration, culvert and road removal, and installation of engineered log jams in the Puyallup River Basin. This work aims to recover threatened Puget Sound Chinook salmon,...

This $625,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202) provides funding to the City of Lake Stevens, Washington to implement the Lake Stevens Outlet Restoration Project. The key activities include executing preliminary design for a stormwater restoration project, such as developing 60% engineering plans, conducting hydrologic modeling, and performing environmental and cultural resource...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) through the Geographic Programs - Puget Sound Protection and Restoration: Tribal Implementation Assistance Program (CFDA 66.121), provides $600,000 in funding to the Puyallup Tribe of Indians to advance the Puget Sound Partnership Action Agenda recovery goals. The project will integrate salmon habitat condition studies with watershed actions, focusing on habitat protection and restoration project...

The Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage District will receive $315,000 from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 under the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR) federal grant program to restore riparian corridors along 16 miles of Ashwaubenon Creek and 10 miles of Dutchman Creek in Wisconsin. Over the next three years, the Sewerage District will address water quality, riparian and instream habitat fragmentation, and degraded aquatic habitat through...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $1,425,000 Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration (CFDA 15.614) project grant to the Washington Department of Ecology, with the Nisqually Land Trust as a sub-recipient. The grant funds will be used to restore coastal habitat and nearshore processes at the 93-acre Sound View Camp property in southern Puget Sound, Pierce County, Washington. Key project activities include removing creosote-treated pier infrastructure, a concrete...

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 awarded a $733,200 Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration (CFDA 15.614) project grant to the Washington Department of Ecology, in partnership with the Skagit Land Trust as a sub-recipient. The grant will fund the acquisition and permanent protection of 26 acres and 1,750 feet of riverine shoreline on the Samish River in Skagit County, Washington. The project aims to protect and restore nationally declining palustrine forested and scrub-shrub...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $1,423,000 Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Program (CFDA 15.614) grant to the Washington State Department of Ecology, in partnership with the Squaxin Island Tribe as a sub-grantee, to restore approximately 73 acres of coastal wetland habitat in Mason County, Washington. The project will restore 1.2 miles of Skookum Creek by re-aligning the channel to its historic alignment, restoring streamside channels, removing a...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $1,420,000 Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Program (CFDA 15.614) grant to the Washington State Department of Ecology to implement phase 1 of a wetland restoration project along the North Fork Stillaguamish River. The project, conducted in partnership with the Stillaguamish Tribe as a sub-recipient, will restore 7.5 acres of historic wetlands, control invasive species, plant 95 acres of native trees and shrubs, and improve...