Cooperative Agreement F10AC00911

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $2,309,989.30 Project Grant to the Marin Municipal Water District on August 28, 2023 through the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507). The grant will fund the restoration of stream habitat supporting endangered and threatened salmonids in two sections of Lagunitas Creek in Marin County, California. Key project activities include the installation of 15-20 large woody debris...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $212,346.20 Cooperative Agreement grant under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631) to the Scott River Watershed Council, a non-profit organization in Etna, California. The project aims to restore up to 2 miles of coho salmon habitat within the Scott River watershed by using techniques such as installing beaver dam analogs and wood structures to re-establish natural stream processes and create slow water rearing habitat. The grant...

This $260,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program (CFDA 15.631) will fund the removal and replacement of an undersized culvert on Little Grass Valley Creek in Weaverville, California. The new 13x10 elliptical culvert will provide full, unimpeded fish passage for anadromous species like coho salmon, steelhead, and Pacific lamprey to access five miles of cold water spawning and rearing...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through the Partners for Fish and Wildlife (CFDA 15.631) program, awarded a $101,458.50 Cooperative Agreement to the Scott River Watershed Council to restore spawning and rearing habitat for coho salmon in a degraded reach of French Creek in Etna, California. The project will construct three engineered log jams and add 55 cubic yards of spawning gravel to enhance spawning and create rearing habitat for the endangered species. Native willows will also be...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program (CFDA 15.631), awarded $172,101 to the Scott River Watershed Council effective October 1, 2025, with completion targeted for January 31, 2029. The Scott River Watershed Council will implement habitat restoration activities in Wildcat Creek, a tributary to the Scott River in the Klamath Basin ecoregion, to restore spawning and rearing habitats for coho salmon. The project...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Coastal Program (CFDA 15.630) provides $100,000 to support the analysis, design, and implementation of projects to restore fish and wildlife habitat in Salmon Creek, Sonoma Creek, and Stockhoff Creek in Sonoma County, California. The project will complete initial planning and design for the lower Salmon Creek estuary and the addition of large wood to Stockhoff Creek. These restoration efforts will directly benefit...

This $100,000 cooperative agreement, awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA #15.631), will fund habitat restoration activities in Tomales Bay, Marin County, California. The key deliverables include: 1) developing a conceptual design plan to increase connectivity between Marks Marsh and Tomales Bay, and 2) invasive plant control on 1 acre of salt marsh habitat adjacent to the Walker Creek Delta and Cypress Grove Preserve. These actions...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded Smith River Alliance Inc. a $348,199 cooperative agreement under the National Fish Passage program to replace an undersized culvert barrier with a fish-passable structure on a tributary to Morrison Creek in northern California. The culvert replacement will improve access to 1.1 miles of habitat and support the National Fish Passage program's goal of reconnecting habitat fragmented by barriers. Specifically, Smith River Alliance...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 awarded a $2,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the National Fish Passage program (CFDA 15.685) to the Resighini Rancheria, a federally recognized Native American tribe in California. The goal of the Lower Waukell and Junior Creeks Restoration Project is to replace two existing large culverts, elevate the roadway, and restore native vegetation to improve wetland habitat for at-risk fisheries and other tribal trust species,...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 awarded a $908,289 Project Grant under the National Fish Habitat Partnership (CFDA 15.686) program to the Curry County Soil And Water Conservation District, doing business as South Coast Watershed Council, to restore 2,500 feet of the Morton Creek stream channel and establish 19 acres of native riparian forest. Key project activities include reconstructing the stream channel, creating an off-channel aquatic habitat, installing log...