Cooperative Agreement F14AC00634

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...

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 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) provides $268,500 to Trout Unlimited, Inc. to finalize engineering designs and implementation plans to replace an undersized concrete box culvert on Strawberry Creek in McKinleyville, CA. The existing structure is a complete barrier to upstream fish passage for ESA-listed coho salmon and steelhead trout, as well as coastal cutthroat trout and...

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 $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...

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 Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded Smith River Alliance Inc. a $348,199 cooperative agreement under the National Fish Passage program to replace an undersized culvert barrier with a fish-passable structure on a tributary to Morrison Creek in northern California. The culvert replacement will improve access to 1.1 miles of habitat and support the National Fish Passage program's goal of reconnecting habitat fragmented by barriers. Specifically, Smith River Alliance...

This $600,000 cooperative agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 on July 7, 2022 will provide passage for migratory and anadromous fish in Johnson Creek. Trout Unlimited, Inc. will correct passage impediments at two creek crossings—State Route 97 and Greenacres—restoring access to approximately nine stream miles of habitat. Replacing outdated infrastructure at these sites will remedy the final three barriers within the lower 12 miles of the...

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,...

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...