Cooperative Agreement 50181RJ007

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 reconnect riverine habitat in the Boquet River Watershed in New York. The project will replace an existing dual culvert crossing with a 120-foot bridge, removing an aquatic passage barrier and restoring connectivity for aquatic and terrestrial species like native brook trout,...

This $1,800,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) supports the Crystal River Fish Passage and Restoration Project in Michigan. The project entails replacing an undersized stream crossing consisting of three 48-inch corrugated metal pipes with a three-span timber bridge that spans the full 80-foot channel width. This will restore aquatic organism passage and access to over 2 miles of upstream habitat in the Crystal...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) will provide $3,779,000 to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to replace 6 improperly sized, failing road-stream crossings on DNR state forest lands in the upper Manistee River watershed. The project aims to increase connectivity and habitat quality by about 25 miles, prevent 8 tons of annual sediment erosion, and install more climate-adapted and...

This $499,025 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage program (CFDA 15.685) will enable American Rivers, a non-profit organization, to remove the Washburn Mill Dam on the Mohawk River in Colebrook, New Hampshire. The dam removal project will restore 39.3 miles of river connectivity and 10 acres of cold-water brook trout habitat. This will improve public safety, habitat connectivity, fisheries population resilience,...

The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 awarded a $200,000 Cooperative Agreement to the County of Lake, acting through its Lake County Soil & Water Conservation District, under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685). The project aims to restore full fish passage through the Lax Lake Road culvert on Lindstrom Creek, a high-quality cold water tributary to the Baptism River in Minnesota. This will benefit native brook trout populations that rely...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $143,385 Cooperative Agreement under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to the Chautauqua County Soil and Water Conservation District. The project will rehabilitate a 550-foot stretch of Canadaway Creek, a tributary of Lake Erie, in the Village of Fredonia to enhance aquatic habitat, install public access points, and reduce sediment migration into the lake. The project will use natural channel design approaches to restore the stream...

This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) provides $2,687,948 to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to improve aquatic organism passage in the Conasauga River Basin in Georgia. The project aims to replace two undersized and poorly designed culverts with aquatic organism passage structures, which will reconnect fragmented stream habitat, increase gene flow in fish and mussel populations, and enhance local...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685), awarded a $2,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Wallowa Lake Irrigation District in Oregon. The funding will be used to replace an existing diversion structure on the Wallowa River with a new adjustable diversion and fish ladder system. The project will also upgrade the intake structure for the Consolidated Ditch to include a vertical plate system with a fish bypass facility. This will improve water...

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...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through its National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685), awarded a $200,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Conservation Resource Alliance (CRA) to restore a road-stream crossing on Deer Creek. The project will replace a 7-foot diameter culvert with a 33-foot span timber bridge, reconnecting 5 miles of upstream channel to over 4 miles downstream. This will halt the annual input of up to 15 tons of sediment from road runoff entering Deer Creek, improving stream...