Cooperative Agreement F14AC00346

The San Diego County Water Authority received a $10.31 million Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) on December 12, 2025. The grant funds restoration and enhancement of approximately 42.5 acres of riparian, wetland, and upland habitat within the San Luis Rey Habitat Management Area in San Diego County, California. The project deliverables include removal...

The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) received a $4.08 million Project Grant from the Bureau of Reclamation under the Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Program (CFDA 15.580), awarded August 25, 2025, with completion targeted for June 30, 2028. Under this award, DWR will conduct comprehensive study and design services for a floodplain habitat restoration project in northern Yolo County, California, focused on reconnecting the historic Colusa Basin Drain with the Sacramento River...

This $715,326.42 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Aquatic Resources Management program (CFDA 15.244) is focused on restoring instream and riparian habitats across 25 miles of streams in the Quinn River Management Unit in Nevada. The project aims to increase resilience of the Lahontan cutthroat trout, an endangered species, to climate change, mining, and other stressors. Key activities include implementing low-tech, process-based restoration...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Aquatic Resources Management program (CFDA 15.244) provides $364,985.90 to support a 5-year project focused on assessing the impacts of the Three Creeks Grazing Consolidation Plan on riparian conditions and ecosystem services across a 57,000 hectare landscape in Utah. The project aims to determine how implementation of this new grazing management approach, which uses grazing duration and timing as tools,...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Bureau of Reclamation awarded Riverrestoration.org, LLC a cooperative agreement valued at $296,726 on February 5, 2026, under the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins Endangered Fish Recovery program (CFDA 15.529). The award funds the advancement of the Bluff Wetland Project from a 30% conceptual design phase (completed in March 2025) to a 60% design level, with an ultimate completion date of April 1, 2027. Riverrestoration will deliver 60% level...

Federal Grant Award Summary The Bureau of Reclamation awarded the Central Utah Water Conservancy District $959,925.80 under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act program (CFDA 15.517) to support the June Sucker Recovery Implementation Program (JSRIP) from July 1, 2025, through September 30, 2029. The project delivers comprehensive fish and wildlife habitat improvement services focused on endangered species recovery in Utah Lake and associated waterways. Primary deliverables include research,...

The University of California, Santa Barbara will receive $100,000 through a cooperative agreement with the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 under the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration program (CFDA 15.658) to implement restoration of a degraded riparian wetland system along the Santa Clara River in Fillmore, California from July 7, 2022 to June 30, 2027. As part of a broader Santa Clara River restoration program involving multiple partners, the...

Trout Unlimited, Inc. will receive $2,488,948 under a Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation's WaterSMART program to improve river resilience and habitat in northern Utah's Weber River Basin. Working with sub-awardee Weber Basin Water Conservation District, Trout Unlimited will implement 17 beaver dam analog projects along nine miles of degraded streams, modernize a diversion headgate, and conduct side-channel restoration and floodplain reconnection in...

The Bureau of Reclamation, through its WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) grant program (CFDA 15.507), has awarded $2,894,000 to the Cache Water District to restore approximately 11,000 feet of the Logan River banks near Logan, Utah. This project will improve channel-floodplain interaction, enhance in-stream habitat, limit bed scour, and provide over 1,225 acre-feet of annual water savings for the Logan River Blacksmith Fork Irrigation Company. The restoration...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded a $289,400 Cooperative Agreement to the State of Utah, Division of Wildlife Resources on July 9, 2024 under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) Restoration/Revegetation program (CFDA 10.717). The project, titled "SOUTH SLOPE FUELS REDUCTION HERITAGE PROJECT PHASE 2", will be carried out over a performance period ending on July 31, 2029. The funding supports a range of natural resource management and...