Cooperative Agreement 00J63901

This $619,990 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes program (CFDA 15.805) seeks to develop a comprehensive hydrologic modeling framework to enhance flood resilience and water resource management within the Willamette River Basin in Oregon. The project aims to leverage advanced technologies like artificial intelligence and machine learning to integrate streamflow observations from the USGS Next...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation has awarded a $816,723 Project Grant under the Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Program (CFDA 15.580) to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) and the Hood River Watershed Group (HRWG). The funding will be used to complete the study and design of five stream restoration projects across the East Fork Hood River, Neal Creek, and Baldwin Creek sub-watersheds in north-central Oregon. The projects aim to remove two fish passage...

The City of Oregon, Ohio will receive $1.344 million under a Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5's Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) program. The funding will support a stream restoration project at the Oregon Recreational Complex Area of Concern in the Maumee River watershed from July 2021 through December 2024. Specifically, the City will stabilize 5,300 linear feet of eroding stream banks and install riparian buffers...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Oregon State University received a $116,505 project grant from the Bureau of Reclamation under the SECURE Water Act – Research Agreements program (CFDA 15.560), awarded August 1, 2025, with completion targeted for September 30, 2026. The project examines the influence of whole valley-floor restoration on late summer baseflows in Meadow Creek, Oregon, utilizing two complementary methodologies. The first approach employs integrated surface and groundwater flow...

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,...

This Project Grant award, funded by the U.S. Geological Survey under the Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes program (CFDA 15.805), provides $619,292 to Oregon State University to investigate the sources, environmental pathways, and potential health risks of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in fish from the Columbia Slough and Columbia River in Oregon. The key activities include: developing chemical fingerprints to identify PFAS sources, advancing analytical methods...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) provides $1,200,000 to Waterwatch of Oregon to undertake a comprehensive river restoration project. The key products and services to be delivered include: removing the Pomeroy Dam and associated structures; relocating and upgrading 2 miles of irrigation water diversion to 2 new fish-friendly pumps; decommissioning 2 miles of...

Cooperative Agreement Award Summary Oregon State University received a $447,546 Cooperative Agreement (G25AC00373) from the U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808), effective August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2030, to construct and operate an eddy covariance tower in the upper Klamath Basin for direct measurement of evapotranspiration (ET) and water flux data. The project will deliver core eddy covariance datasets along with associated meteorological and...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the Cooperative Research Units (CFDA 15.812) program will provide $186,488.68 to Cal Poly Humboldt Sponsored Programs Foundation (HSU Foundation) to conduct a 2-year study on the Klamath River estuary. The objectives are to document pre- and post-dam removal effects on fish communities, compare traditional fish sampling methods with eDNA metabarcoding, and establish an early detection network for aquatic invasive...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey's Cooperative Research Units (CFDA 15.812) program provides $299,994 to Oregon State University from September 2024 to August 2027. The award will fund the development of an R Shiny application to help natural resource managers assess how removing stream barriers could increase cold-water fish growth potential under current and future climate conditions. Additionally, the project will create a population dynamics simulation...