Cooperative Agreement F16AC00243

The Atlantic Salmon Federation Inc. was awarded a $570,664 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 goals of the project are to restore habitat connectivity for sea run fish species in the Sabattus River watershed in Maine by removing two dams. Species that will benefit include alewife, American eel, American shad, Atlantic salmon, eastern brook trout, and...

This Project Grant award for $700,000.00, granted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Pacific Salmon Treaty Program (CFDA 11.438), aims to gather baseline data necessary to inform the feasibility of salmon reintroduction upstream of Chief Joseph and Grand Coulee Dams. The key objectives include: 1) estimating juvenile Chinook salmon survival and travel time from various locations to Grand Coulee and Chief Joseph Dams; 2) assessing...

The University of Vermont & State Agricultural College (UVM) received a $179,717.41 Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the Cooperative Research Units program (CFDA 15.812). This 5-year project aims to use genetic mark-recapture and acoustic telemetry to test hypotheses and collect data to develop a life-cycle model for guiding Atlantic salmon restoration efforts in the Lake Champlain basin. Key activities include implanting...

This $449,324 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (CFDA 15.517) program supports a 4-year study by the Karuk Tribe to monitor juvenile salmon survival and migration rates in the Klamath Basin. The project will use acoustic tags to track Chinook salmon from the Scott, Salmon, and Trinity Rivers through the Klamath River estuary. Up to 400 juvenile salmon will be tagged and released at various locations,...

The Finger Lakes Lake Ontario Watershed Protection Alliance will restore approximately two acres of spawning habitat in the eastern basin of Lake Ontario under a $712,621 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Working with partners including the Service, U.S. Geological Survey and New York Department of Environmental Conservation, the Alliance will place spawning bed material in the Black River mouth and Chaumont Bay. The project aims to benefit native fish species...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5 awarded Atlantic Salmon Federation Inc. $567,000 under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination and Assistance program (CFDA 15.664) to restore fish passage at the Crooked Brook Dam in Danforth, Maine. The project will construct a pool and weir fishway to provide access to 137 stream miles of habitat for endangered Atlantic salmon and eastern brook trout, as well as nearly 9,000 acres of lake habitat for river herring. Beyond the...

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $175,705 Project Grant to Oregon State University under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (CFDA 15.517) program. The grant will fund a 27-month research project to monitor the dispersal and spawning patterns of juvenile Chinook salmon in Catherine Creek. Specifically, the grant will enable Oregon State University to use genetics-based parentage-based tagging (PBT) techniques to track the spatial distribution and migration of...

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 National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $275,000 aims to develop a portable, full-recirculation incubator system for rearing salmon eggs to the fry stage. The system is designed to restore wild salmon populations by preserving genetic integrity, using water from the salmon's native watershed, eliminating toxic chemical use, and enabling tracking of restoration progress - all without the need for costly centralized...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5 awarded a $175,000 Project Grant to the Atlantic Salmon Federation Inc. under the Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance federal grant program (CFDA 15.608). The grant will support replacement of the Branch Pond Dam fishway and Cummings Brook culvert in Maine from May 2021 through December 2024. Funding will enable Atlantic Salmon Federation to undertake infrastructure improvement projects that will enhance fish passage and...