Cooperative Agreement F09AC00276

Under this U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) Cooperative Agreement award, Trout Unlimited, Inc. and its partner organizations are implementing a $170,000 project to eliminate the risk of bull trout and redband trout entrainment in Long Creek on the Sycan Marsh Preserve in Oregon. The project involves designing, fabricating, and installing a fish screen on an unscreened irrigation diversion that currently poses a threat to the last remaining bull...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) provides $509,838 to Trout Unlimited, Inc. to design and permit five fish screens on the Keno Reach of the Klamath River in Oregon. The project aims to address the many unscreened diversions in this reach between the Keno Dam and Link River Dam, in order to support native fish populations. As a subrecipient, Trout Unlimited, Inc. will partner with the Family Water...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) provides $1,309,500.25 to Trout Unlimited, Inc. to implement infrastructure improvements that enhance fish passage, install fish screens on irrigation ditches, and improve water delivery at six irrigation diversion sites in the Flint Rock watershed within the Upper Clark Fork River Basin in western Montana. The project aims to reconnect 36 miles of critical bull trout...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded a $137,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife (CFDA 15.631) program to the Watershed Research and Training Center (WRTC) to improve fish passage in West Tule Creek, California. The project aims to remove a private agricultural diversion concrete dam, reduce diversion rates, and install an improved fish screen to enhance habitat for all species and life stages of anadromous fish. Key activities include removing the...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $118,290 Project Grant under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (CFDA 15.517) to the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority (CRMWA) to support two projects aimed at preventing the spread of invasive zebra mussels in Lake Meredith, Texas. The first project will fund the purchase of two trailer-mounted, solar-powered CD3 waterless boat cleaning stations to be installed at the two most popular boat ramps on the lake. The second project will contract with...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $1,300,000 Cooperative Agreement under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to Trout Unlimited, Inc. to improve fish passage and restore aquatic habitat along the upper Clark Fork River in western Montana. The project aims to reconnect 27 miles of critical bull trout habitat by constructing fish passage improvements and installing fish screens at four remaining irrigation diversions that currently impede upstream passage and entrain...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $9,179,684 Cooperative Agreement to the North Unit Irrigation District (NUID) under the Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Program (CFDA 15.580). The grant will fund the replacement of the existing rotary drum fish screens at the Bend Headworks on the Deschutes River in Bend, Oregon with upgraded flat plate screens and a traveling screen cleaning system. This project aims to reduce fish entrainment and provide a safer path for aquatic species including brown and...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $1,250,000 Cooperative Agreement through the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to Trout Unlimited, Inc. to work with the Jones Shotwell Ditch Company in Wenatchee, WA. The project will replace an open earthen irrigation ditch with a pressurized pipe system and upgrade the associated pump station. This will improve water and energy use efficiency, enhance instream flows in 6.5 miles of the lower Wenatchee River by up to 15 cubic feet per...

Protectores De Cuencas Inc. was awarded a $1,664,909.78 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 to design and construct a customized fish passage at the Culebrinas River Dam in Puerto Rico. The project aims to address connectivity limitations and facilitate migration for native freshwater fish species in the river, which rely on a diadromous life cycle requiring migration between freshwater and marine environments. Through this two-year...

This $670,134 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631) will support Trout Unlimited, Inc. in installing a riparian buffer fence along the high-water marks of the J.C. Boyle Reservoir and Iron Gate Reservoir in Keno, Oregon. The fencing will exclude grazing and recreational use to protect the newly exposed sediment and riverbanks as dam removal activities commence in 2023-2024. This will facilitate the...