Cooperative Agreement F15AC01232

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Region 3 awarded a $100,000 Cooperative Agreement under the National Fish Habitat Partnership (CFDA 15.686) to the Conservation Resource Alliance (CRA), a non-profit organization, for the Maple River Post Dam Removal Wetlands Restoration Project. The project involves over 9 acres of wetlands restoration and monitoring along the historic Lake Kathleen bottomlands in the Maple River watershed, which had been dammed for over 100 years. With the dam now...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded a $350,000 Cooperative Agreement on December 18, 2024 to Friends of the Winooski River under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631). The purpose of the agreement is to restore, enhance, and reconnect riverine habitat within the Winooski River Basin in Vermont through the removal of barriers such as dams and culverts. The project will involve project administration, design oversight, and implementation oversight in...

The Freshwater Trust will provide habitat restoration and monitoring services under a $1.1 million cooperative agreement awarded by the Bureau of Reclamation from the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act program. Through September 2027, The Freshwater Trust will monitor and maintain instream habitat and riparian zone enhancement projects constructed on the Rogue River to support habitat requirements under the Rogue Basin Biological Opinion. Specific activities include visually assessing instream...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) awarded a $5,100,000 Cooperative Agreement to Williamsburg County, South Carolina on September 25, 2023 under the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention (CFDA 10.904) program. The funding will provide technical and financial assistance to the Black River 9 Project in Williamsburg County to protect, develop, and utilize land and water resources in the watershed. The project aims to mitigate flood risks, enhance...

The Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service awarded a $5,400,000 Cooperative Agreement to Williamsburg County, South Carolina to support the Black River 7 Watershed Flood Prevention Project. This project, funded through the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention program (CFDA 10.904), will provide technical and financial assistance to protect, develop, and utilize the land and water resources in the watershed. The Cooperative Agreement was awarded on August 21,...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5 awarded a $434,905 cooperative agreement to American Rivers Inc. under the Coastal program (CFDA 15.630) to support the design of dam removal on Fort Meade River 198 from July 14, 2021 through December 31, 2024. The Coastal program aims to implement voluntary coastal habitat protection, restoration and improvement projects benefiting federal trust species including threatened and endangered species and migratory birds. Under...

The Valley Soil And Water Conservation District, doing business as Valley SWCD, was awarded a $198,220 project grant from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation on May 19, 2023 under the Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554). The purpose of the grant is to establish the North Fork Payette River Watershed Coalition to address water quality issues, including nutrient loading and harmful algae blooms, in the North Fork Payette River watershed in west-central Idaho....

The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service awarded a $210,000 Cooperative Agreement under the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System (CFDA 15.962) program to the Westfield River Watershed Association, Inc. to support the protection and management of the Westfield River's wild and scenic values. Through this agreement, the Westfield River Watershed Association will implement programs and projects that achieve the goals outlined in the Westfield River Greenways Plan and updated...

The Washington State Department of Fish & Wildlife (WDFW) was awarded a $274,999.61 Cooperative Agreement by the USDA Forest Service under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Restoration/Revegetation program (CFDA 10.717). The funding supports a project for "AQUATIC ORGANISM PASSAGE BARRIER CORRECTION" with an ultimate completion date of July 1, 2026. The project involves restoration and environmental mitigation activities to improve aquatic organism passage and habitat...

The Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council (WRWC) was awarded a $833,105 Cooperative Agreement by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 under the Geographic Programs - Southeast New England Coastal Watershed Restoration Program (CFDA 66.129). The funding will support the completion of final designs, permitting, and construction for several nature-based stormwater capture and treatment, active transportation, and recreational infrastructure projects along the Woonasquatucket...