Cooperative Agreement F15AC01053

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 awarded a $333,278.00 Cooperative Agreement to the University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) under the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CFDA 15.648) program. The project will conduct genetic monitoring of returning adult and emigrating juvenile spring-run Chinook salmon in Clear and Battle Creeks in California's Central Valley. The key goals are to assess the colonization and population dynamics of this threatened salmon...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) provides $122,108 to Miami University to investigate how river fragmentation impacts the genetic diversity and gene flow of brook trout populations in the Upper Black River watershed in Michigan. The project will compare genetic variation in brook trout populations between stream segments with and without restored connectivity due to previous culvert replacement efforts....

The University of California, Davis will analyze 281 otoliths collected from Battle Creek from 2001 to 2020 under a $119,628 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8. The analysis will determine habitat use and migratory patterns of Battle Creek spring-run Chinook salmon to leverage similar datasets from other Central Valley tributaries. This will synthesize how ESA-listed spring-run Chinook salmon populations in the Central Valley use...

This $299,124 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Fish and Aquatic Conservation - Aquatic Invasive Species program (CFDA 15.608) will support a monitoring project focused on the ecological restoration of the Klamath River in California. The primary objectives are to assess the reestablishment of salmon and steelhead populations as they return to their historical spawning grounds in the upper Klamath River basin following the removal of four dams. The...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $453,646 Project Grant to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) program. The grant's purpose is to continue efforts to remove non-native rainbow trout and their hybrids from the native habitat of the threatened Paiute cutthroat trout (PCT) in Silver King Creek, California. Key activities include using environmental DNA (eDNA) to detect rainbow trout presence and...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $246,632 Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) grant to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW). The grant supports a 3-year project (3/1/2024 - 2/28/2027) to conduct a comprehensive genetic health assessment of the federally endangered Santa Cruz long-toed salamander across its limited range in southern Santa Cruz and northern Monterey Counties, California. The project will generate genomic data and population...

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...

The University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) was awarded a $549,995.50 Cooperative Agreement by the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the San Joaquin River Restoration Program (CFDA 15.555). This award will provide genetic analysis of Chinook salmon populations being reintroduced into the San Joaquin River to enhance the overall abundance and diversity of the species and contribute to their recovery. The project will deliver a comprehensive genetic identification and...

The Cooperative Agreement award F25AC00301, titled "THE DETECTION OF NON-NATAL REARING OF CHINOOK SALMON IN THE SACRAMENTO RIVER USING ENVIRONMENTAL DNA," is funded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 8, under the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CFDA 15.648) program. This $117,500 award to the CAL Poly Humboldt Sponsored Programs Foundation (the HSU Foundation) aims to utilize environmental DNA (eDNA) techniques to improve understanding of...

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...