Cooperative Agreement 99T55501

This $165,113.41 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey under the Cooperative Research Units (CFDA 15.812) program supports Oregon State University (OSU) in developing and refining restoration strategies for anadromous fish in California's Central Valley. Key activities and deliverables include: Integrating coarse and fine resolution decision support tools into an adaptive management framework to identify anadromous fish restoration priorities for the Central Valley...

The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $7,359,000 Cooperative Agreement to Reclamation District 108 (RD108) under the Central Valley Improvement Act, Title XXXIV (CFDA 15.512) program. The award supports RD108's efforts to develop and evaluate options to create fish and wildlife benefits on historic floodplains in the Sacramento River Basin. Key activities include providing technical assistance, conducting 112 acres of riparian habitat restoration, and developing a...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $9,998,830 Cooperative Agreement under the Habitat Conservation Federal Grant Program (CFDA 11.463) to California Trout, Inc. The purpose of this award is to implement landscape-scale floodplain habitat restoration projects in the Sacramento River watershed. These projects will benefit endangered Sacramento River winter-run Chinook salmon, which hold cultural significance for local tribes. By creating floodplain habitat and...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CFDA 15.512) provides $4,771,991 to the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) to maintain a genetically managed Delta smelt refuge population, expand Delta smelt production capacity, support Delta smelt supplementation, and conduct research on Delta smelt hatchery operations and biology. The project aims to prevent the extinction of the...

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $250,000 Cooperative Agreement under the California Water Security and Environmental Enhancement program (CFDA 15.533) to the Water Education Foundation. This funding supports the Foundation's public outreach efforts to educate various audiences on the importance of California's water resources, including the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Key deliverables include educational tours, layperson's guidebooks, maps, website updates, and...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $4,750,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CFDA 15.512) to Reclamation District 108 (RD108) in California. The grant, with a performance period of September 2024 to September 2029, will support the Floodplain Forward program. This initiative aims to advance a landscape-scale vision of early implementation projects that will improve habitat conditions and aid in the recovery of fish, birds, and other wildlife in the...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the Central Valley Improvement Act, Title XXXIV (CFDA 15.512) provides $581,433 to the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) from July 18, 2023 to August 31, 2026. The purpose is to benefit the public through the conservation and recovery of the federally-listed steelhead trout species in the Sacramento and San Joaquin River watersheds. The project will leverage UC Davis' research expertise in...

This $4,142,968 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 under the Geographic Programs - San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund (CFDA 66.126) supports a collaborative effort led by the Fairfield-Suisun Sewer District (FSSD) and the San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) to accelerate the implementation of nature-based shoreline adaptation solutions in the San Francisco Bay. The key activities funded through this grant include: 1) Developing a...

The University of California, Davis will analyze 281 otoliths collected from Battle Creek from 2001 to 2020 under a $119,628 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8. The analysis will determine habitat use and migratory patterns of Battle Creek spring-run Chinook salmon to leverage similar datasets from other Central Valley tributaries. This will synthesize how ESA-listed spring-run Chinook salmon populations in the Central Valley use...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $117,500 Cooperative Agreement under the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CFDA 15.648) to the CAL Poly Humboldt Sponsored Programs Foundation (HSU Foundation) to conduct the "The Detection of Non-Natal Rearing of Chinook Salmon in the Sacramento River Using Environmental DNA" project. This project aims to improve understanding of juvenile Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) rearing patterns in the Sacramento River system by...