Cooperative Agreement F14AC00845

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 awarded $400,000 under the Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance program (CFDA 15.608) to the Genesee County Metropolitan Planning Commission for the Flint River Restoration project in Flint, Michigan. The two-year project will restore nearly 25 stream miles to improve fish habitat and passage for species of conservation concern in the Flint River watershed. Key activities include removing dams and installing constructed riffles...

The University of Michigan - Flint received a $125,944 Cooperative Agreement grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Habitat Partnership (CFDA 15.686) program. The grant funds will support near-term implementation monitoring and evaluation to ensure the successful removal of the Hamilton Dam on the Flint River in Michigan and the construction of six new riffles to improve fish passage and habitat connectivity. Key activities include: Collecting pre- and...

This $100,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR) Program (CFDA 15.658) will fund the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (MDEGLE) to collect sediment core samples and conduct probing transects upstream of the Allegan City Dam along the Kalamazoo River. The data collected will characterize the sediments down to pre-dam historic riverbed levels, which...

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (MDEGLE) was awarded a $5,500,000 Project Grant under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) to replace four undersized culverts with new, channel-spanning concrete bridges at the Twin Bridge Road crossing at the North Branch Au Sable River in Crawford County, Michigan. The project activities include construction of the new bridges, completing and...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685), awarded a $1,822,000 Cooperative Agreement to Duplain Township on October 1, 2024 to remove the failing Elsie Dam on the Maple River in Clinton County, Michigan. The primary objectives are to eliminate the public safety hazard posed by the dam failure, restore the river channel through natural channel design, re-establish ecosystem function, and improve passage for aquatic organisms. Key deliverables...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $2,117,897.30 Project Grant on October 1, 2024 under the Fish and Aquatic Conservation - Aquatic Invasive Species program (CFDA 15.608) to the County of Genesee in Flint, Michigan. The Flint River Restoration project aims to open nearly 25 miles of streams to fish passage, improve in-channel habitat, and support spawning runs of lake sturgeon and walleye. Key objectives include providing fish passage, naturalizing the project reach, stabilizing stream...

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) will provide $3,779,000 to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to replace 6 improperly sized failing road-stream crossings on DNR state forest lands in the Upper Manistee River watershed. The project aims to restore connectivity and improve approximately 25 miles of stream habitat, which is critical for the reintroduction of...

The City of Ypsilanti received a $4,465,000 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to finalize the removal design and fully remove the Peninsular Paper Dam from the Huron River. The project will restore aquatic organism passage and connectivity by deconstructing this 21-foot concrete gravity dam. Key activities include engineering design, sediment management, habitat protection, and...

This $618,176.83 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3, under the Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance program (CFDA 15.608), will fund habitat restoration activities along 17 miles of Beavertail Creek in Chippewa County, Michigan. The awardee, Huron Pines Resource Conservation and Development Council Inc. (dba Huron Pines), will replace two impaired road stream crossings on South Prentiss Bay Road to restore natural river processes,...

This $1,800,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) supports the Crystal River Fish Passage and Restoration Project in Michigan. The project entails replacing an undersized stream crossing consisting of three 48-inch corrugated metal pipes with a three-span timber bridge that spans the full 80-foot channel width. This will restore aquatic organism passage and access to over 2 miles of upstream habitat in the Crystal...