Cooperative Agreement F16AC00446

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (CFDA 20.205 - Highway Planning and Construction) provides $107,910.00 to the Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) for a large culvert replacement project on Castner Brook in Damariscotta, Maine. The project, awarded on November 25, 2024, involves replacing a large culvert located 0.02 miles east of Hodgdon Street. This infrastructure improvement project is funded through the FHWA...

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...

This Project Grant award of $227,000.00 from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (CFDA 20.205 - Highway Planning and Construction) supports the replacement of the Nehumkeag Brook Bridge (#5283) in Pittston, Maine. The project involves the full replacement of the existing bridge located 0.10 miles north of Forest Lane over Nehumkeag Brook. The Maine Department of Transportation, a state government agency and certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE),...

This federal Project Grant award, worth $146,202, was provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Habitat Partnership (CFDA 15.686) program to the non-profit organization Project Share. The funding will be used to add large woody debris to a section of the West Branch Brook within the Upper Narraguagus River near Beddington, Maine, in order to increase habitat and flow diversity. The Maine Army National Guard will assist by delivering the large wood material to the...

This $1.2 million Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5 will fund the restoration of aquatic connectivity in the North Branch Potomac River (NBPR) watershed in Maryland. The project, under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685), will remove eight barriers to improve connectivity along 30 miles of stream habitat that supports Eastern Brook Trout populations. Key activities include replacing two culverts, removing a dam,...

This $298,511.67 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (CFDA 15.685 - National Fish Passage Program) will fund a project to reconnect approximately 8 miles of upstream habitat for brook trout passage in Sheridan Creek and its tributaries in Albert Township, Michigan. The project aims to address issues caused by undersized culverts, such as erosion, stormwater pollution, and impediments to sediment and woody debris transport, by fully replacing the culverts with a...

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...

The Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) of Maine has received a $2,000,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Interior Fish and Wildlife Service's National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to construct a new state-of-the-art fish lift at the Woodland Hydroelectric Project. This project aims to significantly improve access to over 600 miles of historic sea-run fish habitat and 60,000 acres of alewife habitat by modernizing the outdated 1960s-era fish passage at this...

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...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) awarded a $2,250,000 Project Grant under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission (AGFC) to mitigate five low water crossings in the Robinson Creek watershed. The project aims to restore Robinson Creek as a free-flowing stream for approximately 150 miles by removing or replacing the crossings with box culverts or span bridges. This will improve sediment transport, water quality, and aquatic habitat...