Cooperative Agreement 16CA11092000016

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5 awarded a $302,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR) Program (CFDA 15.658) to the Housatonic Valley Association, Inc. to develop preliminary designs for replacing two barrier culverts on Pond Mountain Brook in Kent, Connecticut. The project aims to reconnect over 3 miles of high-quality cold-water habitat for Eastern Brook Trout within the Macedonia Brook watershed. The culvert replacements...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to the Essex County Department of Public Works (Essex County DPW) to restore and enhance riverine habitat within the Boquet River Watershed in Essex County, New York. The project will replace an existing dual culvert crossing over the North Branch of the Boquet River with a 120-foot bridge, removing an aquatic passage barrier and reconnecting 49 upstream miles...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will provide $1,000,000 through a Cooperative Agreement to the Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust to restore and enhance brook trout habitat in the Upper Kennebago River watershed in Maine from September 2022 to September 2025. As part of the Coastal Program, the project aims to apply habitat assessments to design restoration treatments incorporating large woody material installations. Treatments will recreate natural stream channels and accelerate recovery from a...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) provides $100,000.00 to the Rhode Islands Chapter of Trout Unlimited to support the removal of the Capwell Mill Pond Dam on the Carr River in West Greenwich, Rhode Island. The dam removal project aims to restore 8 miles and 24 acres of aquatic habitat for native brook trout and other species by reconnecting fragmented stream ecosystems within the Big River...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program (CFDA 15.631), provides $200,000 in funding to the Essex County Department of Public Works (ECDPW) to restore, enhance, and reconnect brook trout habitat within the Lake Champlain Basin in New York. ECDPW will work cooperatively with partners and landowners throughout the watershed to achieve restoration outcomes developed through a watershed management plan and other shared...

The County of Brown in Wisconsin will receive $430,000 through August 31, 2026 from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 under the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR) program (CFDA 15.658). The Northern Pike Restoration Project will improve northern pike spawning and wetland habitat along Duck Creek, the Suamico and East Rivers, and their tributaries. The project seeks to restore natural resources and their services that have been...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service under the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Program (CFDA 10.904) provides $2,125,000 to the Town of Truro, Massachusetts to design and implement the Mill Lane Restriction to Mill Pond Saltmarsh Restoration Project. The project aims to protect, develop, and utilize land and water resources in the watershed to prevent flooding. This agreement is part of the Town of Truro's broader...

The Connecticut River Watershed Council, Inc. was awarded a $100,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5 under the Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance federal grant program (CFDA 15.608). The grant will support the removal of an old earthen dam and pump house on Kimball Brook in North Stratford, New Hampshire. This project aims to reconnect four miles of pristine brook trout habitat in Kimball Brook, a direct tributary to the Upper...

This U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service cooperative agreement award of $400,000, under the National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements program (CFDA 15.654), aims to improve water quality in the Portage River watershed and restore wetland habitat in northern Ohio. The key activities funded include: Restoring at least 7 acres of wetland on a former 9-hole golf course and a 51-acre agricultural property owned by The Nature Conservancy. Restoration work will involve decommissioning drainage tile,...

Protectores De Cuencas Inc. (PDC) was awarded a $143,251 cooperative agreement by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 to complete planning activities for the restoration of Palmas Pond Wetlands in southeast Puerto Rico. Under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife federal grant program (CFDA 15.631), PDC will coordinate with five private landowners, conduct hydrologic studies, assess invasive species, and develop preliminary designs and permitting for the wetland...