Cooperative Agreement F14AC00258

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the Alaska Subsistence Management Program (CFDA 15.636), will fund the Native Village of Eyak to conduct long-term monitoring of adult Chinook salmon abundance in the Copper River, Alaska. The objective is to annually estimate the inriver abundance of Copper River Chinook salmon with a precision of within 25% of the true abundance 95% of the time. The $215,000 award will...

This $512,630 federal Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Pacific Salmon Treaty Program (CFDA 11.438) will support the Alaska Department of Fish & Game (ADF&G) in conducting scientific research and conservation efforts for the Chilkat River stock of Chinook salmon. The funding will be used to estimate smolt abundance, adult escapement, and harvest of this salmon population, allowing for the...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $1.19 million project grant to the Alaska Department of Fish & Game through the Pacific Salmon Treaty Program (CFDA #11.438) to support assessment and data collection activities for Chinook salmon stocks in Alaska from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023. Specifically, the grant will fund projects to estimate abundance, age/sex composition, outmigration numbers of smolt, and future marine harvest of Chinook salmon in the Chilkat River...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior (CFDA 15.636 - Alaska Subsistence Management) provides $149,699 to the Alaska Department of Fish & Game (ADF&G) to continue operations of a weir on the George River to index Chinook, Chum, and Coho salmon escapement to the middle portion of the Kuskokwim River drainage. The project will also conduct a high school internship program as part of long-term efforts to build local capacity. The award will fund daily...

This $151,816 federal Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Sport Fish Restoration program (CFDA 15.605) will support the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) in monitoring and estimating the escapement of California Coastal (CC) Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) in the Eel and Van Duzen Rivers during the fall and winter of 2024-2025. The project will utilize Adaptive Resolution Imaging Sonar (ARIS) cameras to...

This $176,327 Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Pacific Salmon Treaty Program (CFDA 11.438) supports the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) in verifying and recalibrating the estimated escapement of fall Chinook salmon within the Grays Harbor indicator stock. The key objectives are to compare the current approach with three alternative methods: redd counts across the entire spawning...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through its Tribal Wildlife Grants program (CFDA 15.639), awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to the Native Village of Eyak (doing business as Ilanka Clinic) located in Cordova, Alaska. The grant funding will support two years of operational activities for the tribe's fisheries program, including: Estimating the 2024 and 2025 in-river abundance of Copper River Chinook salmon within 25% of the true value 95% of the time. Enumerating the daily passage of sockeye...

This federal Project Grant award under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Pacific Salmon Treaty Program (CFDA 11.438) is intended to gather baseline data to inform the feasibility of salmon reintroduction upstream of Chief Joseph and Grand Coulee Dams. The $700,000 award, made on September 1, 2024, will support the Coeur D'Alene Tribe in conducting several key research objectives, including: Estimating survival and travel time of juvenile...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) provides $4,000,000 to restore fish passage to up to 14 miles of high-quality habitat in Southeast Alaska. The project will address barriers at 11 culverts on Native-owned and non-federal lands to improve passage for salmonid species, which are regional priorities. The Southeast Alaska Watershed Coalition, a non-profit organization based in...

This $788,489 Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Pacific Salmon Treaty Program (CFDA 11.438) supports the South Fork Stillaguamish Fall Chinook Conservation Program implemented by the Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians. The key objectives are to: 1) seine up to 900 wild juvenile Chinook fry from the South Fork Stillaguamish River and its tributaries, 2) obtain tissue samples to identify fall-run Chinook, 3) rear...