Cooperative Agreement F12AC01067

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 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $1,541,128 Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration (CFDA 15.614) Project Grant to the State Coastal Conservancy to implement the Lower College of Marin Corte Madera Creek Habitat Restoration Project. This project will restore approximately 1.5 acres of aquatic, tidal, transition zone, and riparian upland habitat in the San Francisco Bay Estuary through the partial removal of a concrete channel and the restoration of native habitats....

This $860,000 Cooperative Agreement, awarded on May 1, 2024 by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Coastal Program (CFDA 15.630), will fund the restoration of a degraded portion of Kingsbury Creek, a trout stream in Proctor, Minnesota. The project aims to reshape the stream channel, plant native vegetation, and construct a floodplain to enhance the ecological value and community benefits of the waterway. Key outcomes include improved habitat for native fish species, increased recreational...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 awarded a $2,605,548.67 Project Grant to the City of Oakdale under the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CFDA 15.648) program. The project will enhance approximately 22 acres of riparian and upland habitats along the lower Stanislaus River in California. Key activities include excavating 54,800 cubic yards of material to expand emergent wetlands, create side channels, and install alcoves and large wood structures to...

This $1,000,000 Project Grant award from the Bureau of Reclamation under the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CFDA 15.512) will implement the Clear Creek Adaptive Restoration Program (CCARP) over a 5-year period from September 2024 to December 2028. The key activities to be performed include: Anadromous fish habitat restoration and management through annual spawning gravel augmentation in Clear Creek. Restoration of ecosystem processes and expansion of fish habitat in the Clear Creek...

The State Coastal Conservancy was awarded a $1.5 million Project Grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Program to complete Phase I of the Castroville to the Coast Project. Phase I involves acquiring 24 acres of agricultural land along the Salinas Reclamation Ditch and Tembladero Slough floodplain for future restoration. The project aims to provide flood attenuation, sea level rise resilience, water quality improvement,...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 provides $106,900 to develop preliminary designs for the removal of Chambers Creek Dam and replacement of two barrier culverts on spring creek tributaries to Chambers Bay downstream of the dam on Chambers Creek Road in Steilacoom, Washington. The funding will also support technical investigations and reporting for regulatory compliance and project permitting under the official federal grant...

The State Coastal Conservancy will receive $1.421 million through March 1, 2023 from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program to implement Phase 3B of the Prairie Creek Floodplain Restoration Project. The project will restore 0.9 miles of instream habitat, provide access to nearly 23 acres of floodplain and backwater habitat, and restore or conserve up to 19 acres of emergent wetland and nearly 24 acres of riparian vegetation in Humboldt County,...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $1,188,663 Project Grant under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 15.507) to Chelan County, Washington to complete the study and design of a comprehensive restoration project for Peshastin Creek. The project will relocate and reconnect the creek channel with its historic floodplain and construct two highway bridges across the rerouted waterway. Key project...

This $2.7 million project grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration program (CFDA 15.614) will support restoration and enhancement of 159 acres of coastal wetlands and riparian habitats at Coyote Hills Regional Park in Fremont, California. The California Coastal Conservancy and East Bay Regional Park District will directly restore and enhance over 14.5 acres of wetlands and 144.5 acres of grasslands,...