Project Grant A18AP00135

The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded a $6,772,420.00 Project Grant to Fort Mojave Telecommunications Inc., a tribally owned for-profit organization, under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752). This grant, provided through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, will fund the deployment of broadband infrastructure in the rural Mohave Valley, AZ 86440 area over a 2-year period from June 8, 2023 to June 8, 2025. The goal of the Rural eConnectivity Pilot...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $292,760 Cooperative Agreement under the SECURE Water Act - Research Agreements (CFDA 15.560) program to the Desert Research Institute (DRI), a division of the Nevada System of Higher Education. The project aims to continue real-time data collection, sensor maintenance, and evaporation estimation for Lake Powell over the next three years, from June 2025 to June 2028. This effort will leverage existing infrastructure and expertise to support water operations,...

Through this $370,380 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Fish and Aquatic Conservation - Aquatic Invasive Species (CFDA 15.608) program, the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California will increase their engagement in setting priorities and participating in restoration efforts within the Lake Tahoe watershed. The project aims to advance the tribe's role in the environmental management of the watershed, building on existing agreements that provide...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management's Aquatic Resources Management program (CFDA 15.244) provides $879,053.98 to the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology to conduct a multi-year study of the hydrogeologic system along the Rio Grande in Taos County, New Mexico. The primary activities include compiling and synthesizing previous research, conducting field measurements of river gains/losses and spring flows, and performing geochemical analyses. The project...

The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $291,957.63 Cooperative Agreement under the SECURE Water Act - Research Agreements (CFDA 15.560) program to The Nature Conservancy (TNC) on April 28, 2025. The agreement supports the development of a comprehensive plan that addresses pre-fire risk mitigation, immediate fire response, and post-fire rehabilitation planning in the basins upstream of the San-Juan Chama (SJC) project area. As an intermediary, TNC will work...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Fish and Aquatic Conservation - Aquatic Invasive Species (CFDA 15.608) federal grant program will provide $370,380.00 to the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California to increase their engagement and participation in restoration efforts within the Lake Tahoe watershed. The project aims to advance the Washoe Tribe's role in the environmental management of the watershed, building on existing agreements like the Meeks...

This Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $100,000.00, was provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management under the Threatened and Endangered Species Program (CFDA 15.246). The award is for the "VIRGIN RIVER GORGE BARRIER MODIFICATION" project and has an ultimate completion date of August 17, 2029. The primary recipient of this award is the Washington County Water Conservancy District, operating as Water Conservatory, a local government entity in Utah....

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $350,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Aquatic Resources Management program (CFDA 15.244) to the Washington County Water Conservancy District (dba Water Conservatory) on August 15, 2024. The funding will support the Virgin River Resource Management and Recovery Program, a collaborative effort to enhance, protect, conserve, and recover native fish and bird species, including the Virgin River chub, woundfin, flannelmouth sucker, desert sucker, Virgin...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) awarded a $456,244 Cooperative Agreement to the Las Vegas Valley Water District (LVVWD) under the FWS Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657). The objective is to recreate a 100-meter desert spring refugium for the federally endangered Pahrump poolfish at the Springs Preserve in Las Vegas, Nevada. This project aims to establish an additional population of the Pahrump poolfish to increase the species' redundancy and...

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation awarded a Project Grant of $287,478 to the Aravaipa Watershed Conservation Alliance under the Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554). The funding will support the Alliance's efforts to complete group development, update their existing watershed restoration plan, and design projects that address critical watershed issues of erosion control, water conservation, and riparian area conservation in the Aravaipa Creek watershed in southeastern Arizona. The...