Cooperative Agreement F15AC01189

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), under the Research Facilities Act Program (CFDA 10.246), provides $300,000 to Mississippi State University's Center for Aquatic Innovation and Technology (CATI) for renovations and modernization of a key aquaculture research facility. The funding will support critical infrastructure upgrades including repairs to the recirculating aquaculture experimental room, safety and...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $2,419,619 Cooperative Agreement under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to Fort Wayne City Utilities to improve aquatic habitat connectivity and restore populations of imperiled fish and mussel species. Key project activities include: Replacing two culverts on the Pierson Drain, removing the Spy Run Dam on Spy Run Creek, and completing a feasibility study to remove the Hosey Dam on the Maumee River. These actions...

This Project Grant award, totaling $599,701, was provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (DOI), under the Fish and Aquatic Conservation - Aquatic Invasive Species program (CFDA 15.608). The funding will support data collection, hydraulic and sediment transport modeling, a geomorphic assessment, and related analyses to identify options and make recommendations for the upgrade or replacement of the Coleman National Fish Hatchery's (CNFH) water intake #2 on Battle Creek, a tributary of the...

The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to the State of California Department of Water Resources (DWR) under the Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Program (CFDA 15.580). The grant will fund DWR's assessment of the existing water supply system to the Salmon Conservation and Research Facility (SCARF) in order to identify capacity constraints, including a field investigation to assess the capacity of the 44-inch pipeline. The project also requires DWR...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $4,884,753 Project Grant under the Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Program (CFDA 15.580) to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW). The grant will fund the restoration of fish passage in the North Fork Klaskanine River by providing a fish passage structure at the Ogee Dam. This project builds on previous efforts to remove one dam and install a fish passage structure at another upstream dam. Once installed, the new...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant under the Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects (CFDA 11.469) program to the San Diego Unified Port District, doing business as the Port of San Diego. This grant will fund a planning study to design aquaculture facilities capable of providing seawater intake and discharge systems, including filtration and recirculating technology to support upstream hatcheries, nurseries, grow-out, and...

This Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Multistate Conservation Grant Program (CFDA 15.628), will fund the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (SEAFWA) to upgrade and expand the geographic scope of the North Atlantic Aquatic Connectivity Collaborative (NAACC) database. The $153,570 award, effective January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2026, will enable SEAFWA to work with the NAACC central coordinators at...

This $2.5 million project grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4, under the Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance federal grant program (CFDA 15.608), will increase diagnostic capacity at the Auburn University Southeastern Cooperative Fish Parasite and Disease Laboratory and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Fish Health Center. Personnel from Auburn University and the Fish Health Center will collaborate on fish disease diagnostics to support state...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service, through its National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685), awarded a $56,476,862 Project Grant to the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) to build new state-of-the-art fishways at the Woodland Project and Grand Falls Project sites. These improvements will significantly enhance access to over 600 miles of historic sea-run fish habitat and 60,000 acres of alewife habitat, with the potential to produce the largest river herring...

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...