Cooperative Agreement F15AC00929

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5 awarded a $302,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR) Program (CFDA 15.658) to the Housatonic Valley Association, Inc. to develop preliminary designs for replacing two barrier culverts on Pond Mountain Brook in Kent, Connecticut. The project aims to reconnect over 3 miles of high-quality cold-water habitat for Eastern Brook Trout within the Macedonia Brook watershed. The culvert replacements...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to the Essex County Department of Public Works (Essex County DPW) to restore and reconnect riverine habitat within the Boquet River Watershed in Essex County, New York. The project will replace an existing dual culvert crossing over the North Branch of the Boquet River with a 120-foot bridge, which will remove an aquatic passage barrier and open 49 upstream...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded a $320,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife (CFDA 15.631) program to Watersheds United Vermont Inc. (WUV) to restore upland, wetland, and riparian habitats in priority Vermont watersheds. The project aims to improve habitat for priority fish and wildlife species, including Brook Trout and migratory birds. Through collaboration with USFWS's Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program, WUV will implement habitat...

The Otter Creek Watershed Habitat Restoration Project will receive $200,000 through a cooperative agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5 under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife federal grant program (CFDA 15.631). The Otter Creek Conservation District, in partnership with the Otter Creek Natural Resources Conservation District, will deliver habitat restoration services in the Otter Creek watershed in Vermont from April 2021 through December...

This $499,025 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage program (CFDA 15.685) will enable American Rivers, a non-profit organization, to remove the Washburn Mill Dam on the Mohawk River in Colebrook, New Hampshire. The dam removal project will restore 39.3 miles of river connectivity and 10 acres of cold-water brook trout habitat. This will improve public safety, habitat connectivity, fisheries population resilience,...

The Connecticut River Watershed Council, Inc. was awarded a $100,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5 under the Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance federal grant program (CFDA 15.608). The grant will support the removal of an old earthen dam and pump house on Kimball Brook in North Stratford, New Hampshire. This project aims to reconnect four miles of pristine brook trout habitat in Kimball Brook, a direct tributary to the Upper...

The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department (VFWD), in collaboration with the Vermont Natural Heritage Inventory (VNHI), was awarded a $160,000 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Regional Wetland Program Development Grants (CFDA 66.461) program. This 3-year project will advance the protection of Vermont's wetlands by mapping rare, threatened, and endangered (RTE) wetland plants and significant natural communities across the state. The project will share new...

The Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife has been awarded a $850,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) program. The grant will fund the acquisition and conservation of approximately 200 acres of forested habitat in Bridport, Addison County, Vermont. This land will create a habitat corridor connecting the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife's Lemon Fair Wildlife Management Area and...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) provides $100,000.00 to the Rhode Islands Chapter of Trout Unlimited to support the removal of the Capwell Mill Pond Dam on the Carr River in West Greenwich, Rhode Island. The dam removal project aims to restore 8 miles and 24 acres of aquatic habitat for native brook trout and other species by reconnecting fragmented stream ecosystems within the Big River...

This $201,140 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Regional Wetland Program Development Grants (CFDA 66.461) program will support the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (VT DEC) in enhancing wetland restoration efforts across the state. The key activities under this two-year project include: 1) Coordinating wetland restoration partners to develop training for project designers and expand technical knowledge sharing; 2) Monitoring...