Cooperative Agreement F12AC00975

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...

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...

This $702,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service (CFDA 15.685 - National Fish Passage Program) will fund a project to replace a culvert that is obstructing fish passage on Cherry Creek in the La Plata River watershed in Colorado. The project will replace the existing culvert with a bottomless concrete box structure to restore fish passage and open up 15-20 miles of native fish habitat, including habitat for bluehead sucker, flannelmouth...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) awarded a $2,250,000 Project Grant under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission (AGFC) to mitigate five low water crossings in the Robinson Creek watershed. The project aims to restore Robinson Creek as a free-flowing stream for approximately 150 miles by removing or replacing the crossings with box culverts or span bridges. This will improve sediment transport, water quality, and aquatic habitat...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $480,000 Project Grant under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to improve a road stream crossing and provide reliable transportation to a community. The project aims to benefit the threatened Devils River Minnow by upgrading the 2804 Pinto Creek Crossing, which is located within 9 miles of critical habitat for this species. The existing crossing has a high gradient and inadequately...

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,...

This $420,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) will fund the replacement of a culvert on the South Fork of Running Creek in Idaho. The project aims to restore fish passage, improve riparian function, and increase climate resilience for endangered Snake River steelhead and bull trout. Removing the passage barrier will open up 3.84 miles of designated critical habitat with high intrinsic potential, nearly all of which...

This U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Region 6 Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $100,000 and effective from July 2024 to July 2029, will support Trout Unlimited, Inc. in removing and replacing a road stream crossing structure on Middle Placer Creek in Colorado. This project aims to improve aquatic organism passage and provide access to 10 miles of high-quality stream habitat for native Rio Grande fishes, including Rio Grande cutthroat trout and Rio Grande...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through its National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685), awarded a $342,000 project grant to the Eagle Valley Soil And Water Conservation District in Oregon. The grant supports the removal of fish passage barriers and implementation of habitat restoration projects within the East Pine Creek watershed, which is designated critical habitat for threatened bull trout. The project aims to restore aquatic connectivity and improve migratory corridors for bull trout...

This $120,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, under the National Fish Habitat Partnership (CFDA 15.686) program, will fund a project to improve fish passage on Coal Creek, a tributary to the Little Susitna River in Alaska. The project will restore unimpeded access to 4.4 miles of upstream habitat by replacing a problematic culvert crossing at Sushana Drive, which has been identified as a barrier by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game....