Cooperative Agreement F14AC00412

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Bureau of Reclamation awarded North Unit Irrigation District (NUID) a $9.18 million Cooperative Agreement under the Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Program (CFDA 15.580) on June 2, 2025, with an anticipated completion date of March 31, 2027. The primary deliverable is the replacement of aging rotary drum fish screens with upgraded flat plate screens and a traveling screen cleaning system at the Bend Headworks facility on the Deschutes River mainstem in...

This $620,300 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) supports a project to remove a pair of culverts in Chimacum Creek, Washington. The project aims to re-establish access to 2.59 miles of significant upstream habitat for coho, fall chum, steelhead trout, and other anadromous fish species. The existing culverts have a Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife passability rating of only 33%, limiting access to the upper...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $1,250,000 Cooperative Agreement through the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to Trout Unlimited, Inc. to work with the Jones Shotwell Ditch Company in Wenatchee, WA. The project will replace an open earthen irrigation ditch with a pressurized pipe system and upgrade the associated pump station. This will improve water and energy use efficiency, enhance instream flows in 6.5 miles of the lower Wenatchee River by up to 15 cubic feet per...

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...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $6,750,000.00 from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Program (CFDA 15.580) will enable the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) to study, design, and construct fish screens at unscreened diversion points along the Klamath River in Oregon. The project aims to install fish screens to prevent juvenile and adult fish, including endangered salmon and suckers, from entering the canals and...

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. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded a $1,615,400 Cooperative Agreement to the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation (CTBYN) to restore fish passage and wetland hydrology on Toppenish Creek and its tributaries in Washington. Under this National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) award, the project aims to open up 22 miles of downstream and over 100 miles of upstream habitat by removing two diversion dams, replacing a failing fish screen, and...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) provides $509,838 to Trout Unlimited, Inc. to design and permit five fish screens on the Keno Reach of the Klamath River in Oregon. The project aims to address the many unscreened diversions in this reach between the Keno Dam and Link River Dam, in order to support native fish populations. As a subrecipient, Trout Unlimited, Inc. will partner with the Family Water...

This federal Project Grant award of $115,400.00 from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Fish and Aquatic Conservation - Aquatic Invasive Species (CFDA 15.608) program supports two main components: Designing and permitting the removal of a train trestle in the Chehalis River at the confluence of Garrard Creek. This will address the buildup of large woody debris behind the trestle that is blocking the free movement of salmonids. Continuing maintenance of existing plantings, including...

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...