Cooperative Agreement F15AC00800

The University of California, Riverside (UC Riverside) received a $107,610 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation (CFDA 15.657) program. The grant, which runs from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2025, will support research to improve the understanding of Santa Ana sucker (Catostomus santaanae) egg and larval mortality and development under the range of temperatures found in...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded a $200,000 Project Grant under the National Fish Habitat Partnership (CFDA 15.686) program to the Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) for the Wall Canyon Sucker Barrier Project. The overarching goal of this multi-year project is to permanently exclude non-native salmonid species, including brown and rainbow trout, from the upper reaches of Wall Creek in northern Washoe County, Nevada, in order to protect the population and occupied habitat of the...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will provide $3,257,851 to California Trout, Inc. under the Habitat Conservation federal grant program (CFDA 11.463) to remove a total barrier on the Santa Margarita River and replace it with a 575-foot bridge. The new bridge will accommodate a 500-year flood event and provide endangered southern California steelhead access to 12 miles of upstream habitat. It will also decrease roadway flooding and restore natural channel processes. The project...

This $750,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) will fund the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to replace twin perched culverts at the H-58 crossing on the Sucker River with an open bottom arch culvert. This will restore the natural connectivity of the Sucker River, enabling 20 miles of stream access for native fish communities including brook trout within the Lake Superior...

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 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...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $137,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife (CFDA 15.631) program to The Watershed Research and Training Center (WRTC) to improve fish passage in West Tule Creek. The project aims to remove a private agricultural diversion concrete dam, reduce diversion rates, and install an improved fish screen to prevent the entrainment of migratory fish. WRTC will remove the existing fish barrier, replace it with an engineered...

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...

Protectores De Cuencas Inc. was awarded a $1,664,909.78 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 to design and construct a customized fish passage at the Culebrinas River Dam in Puerto Rico. The project aims to address connectivity limitations and facilitate migration for native freshwater fish species in the river, which rely on a diadromous life cycle requiring migration between freshwater and marine environments. Through this two-year...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $202,518 Formula Grant under the State Wildlife Grants (CFDA 15.634) program to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD). The project will explore the use of tributaries by the blue sucker fish in the Colorado River downstream of Austin, Texas. Key activities include: Deploying passive integrated transponder (PIT) tag antenna arrays in five tributaries to assess adult blue sucker usage of these areas. Conducting...