Cooperative Agreement F11AC00118

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...

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 Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 awarded a $197,800 cooperative agreement to Trout Unlimited, Inc. from August 1, 2021 through July 31, 2026 under the Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance program (CFDA 15.608). The award will support Upper Sprague Bull Trout Passage Design in Oregon. Under the agreement, Trout Unlimited will work to design fish passage improvements on the Upper Sprague River to benefit bull trout, consistent with the objectives of the Fish and...

This $163,588 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) supports continued implementation of the Oregon Bull Trout Strategy. The project aims to: Develop a centralized website to disseminate data, reports, and other products from the Oregon Bull Trout Strategy, which links management actions to research and monitoring to facilitate bull trout recovery. Inventory the...

Under a $250,000.00 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1, the Cascade Columbia Fisheries Enhancement Group (CCFEG), doing business as Cascade Fisheries, will correct one (1) fish passage barrier to improve access to 1.45 miles of cold-water habitat for endangered fish species, including bull trout. Additionally, CCFEG will place locally sourced wood in up to 1 mile of Pole Creek to enhance instream complexity. This work is funded...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 awarded a $133,000 Cooperative Agreement to Trout Unlimited, Inc. under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife federal grant program (CFDA 15.631). The award will support restoration of 2.7 river miles of Meryl Creek located on Sunrise Mountain Ranch in Beatty, Oregon from June 1, 2023 through May 31, 2028. Key products and services include reversing channel incision, reconnecting approximately 100 acres of historic floodplain...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 awarded a $162,876 Project Grant to the Washington State Department of Fish & Wildlife (WDFW) under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation Program (CFDA 15.657). The funding will support continued efforts to rescue and monitor bull trout populations in streams that are slated for habitat restoration in 2023 and 2025. The goal is to determine the efficacy of the planned habitat improvements in reducing bull trout...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage program (CFDA 15.685) provides $600,000 in funding to the Big Blackfoot Chapter of Trout Unlimited (BBCTU) and its partners to restore habitat for sensitive fish species in Montana's Blackfoot River watershed. Key project activities include removing one aging agricultural dam, replacing two culverts with aquatic organism passage structures, and eliminating fish...

Cooperative Agreement Summary Trout Unlimited, Inc. received a $102,581 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program (CFDA 15.631), awarded October 1, 2025, with completion targeted for September 30, 2028. The primary deliverable is the restoration and replacement of fencing damaged by the 2024 Copperfield Fire on private property in the Sprague River sub-watershed near Chiloquin, Oregon, a significant tributary of Upper...

This $600,000 cooperative agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 on July 7, 2022 will provide passage for migratory and anadromous fish in Johnson Creek. Trout Unlimited, Inc. will correct passage impediments at two creek crossings—State Route 97 and Greenacres—restoring access to approximately nine stream miles of habitat. Replacing outdated infrastructure at these sites will remedy the final three barriers within the lower 12 miles of the...