Cooperative Agreement F11AC00097

Cooperative Agreement Summary The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Region 8 awarded $260,000 through the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program (CFDA 15.631) to Trout Unlimited, Inc. under a Cooperative Agreement effective October 1, 2025, with completion targeted for May 19, 2031. The project, located in Fort Klamath, Oregon, involves the restoration and reconnection of a historic side-channel of Annie Creek to improve hydrological function and habitat conditions on a private ranch...

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...

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...

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. Fish and Wildlife Service, under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631), awarded a $100,000 Cooperative Agreement to enhance riparian and instream habitat along one mile of the Wood River in Oregon. The project aims to add approximately 50 large woody debris structures to the river to increase habitat complexity and benefit species like bull trout, Lost River and shortnose suckers, and redband trout. Additional benefits are expected for riparian-dependent birds,...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), through the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631), awarded a $490,000 Cooperative Agreement to Trout Unlimited, Inc. to support habitat restoration activities on the Sunrise Mountain Ranch in Klamath County, Oregon. The 5-year project, running from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2028, will focus on restoring aquatic, riparian, and floodplain habitats along the Sprague River and its tributaries on the 15,000-acre ranch. Key restoration...

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,...

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 under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) provides $3,000,000 to the Chickaloon Native Village in Alaska to restore natural hydrologic and ecological function in the Moose Creek watershed. The key objectives of this 5-year project are to: 1) design salmon habitat restoration for up to 5 miles of the upper Moose Creek watershed, 2) implement Phase 1 of salmon habitat restoration by reducing velocity barriers,...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631) provides $200,000 to the Klamath Watershed Partnership to analyze and restore the Fishhole and Pole Creek watersheds in Oregon. The initial Phase I effort will assess priority areas for restoration and watershed function, including analyzing grazing and cattle management impacts. Planned restoration activities may include...