Cooperative Agreement F17AC00119

This $500,000 cooperative agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 6 will fund habitat restoration and enhancement efforts through September 2027. The recipient, Sheridan County Weed and Pest Control, will work with participating counties Johnson and Campbell, Wyoming to restore upland and mesic habitat for federally listed threatened and endangered species, as well as other federal trust and state priority resources. Funded activities will...

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department will restore 1.4 miles of the New Fork River in western Wyoming through a $133,400 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation's WaterSMART program. The Game and Fish Department, in collaboration with Trout Unlimited and the Bureau of Land Management, will complete habitat restoration along the stretch of river characterized by high sedimentation and poor water quality. Restoration activities will include installing engineered...

The Targhee Creek Instream and Riparian Habitat Restoration Project on the Slash E Ranch is a $288,642 federal grant award made by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685). The grant, which started in 2023 and will be completed by September 2026, aims to restore ecological integrity by reconnecting historic stream channels, enhancing 1.6 miles of Yellowstone cutthroat trout habitat, and restoring 45 acres of wetland....

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) provides $155,000.00 to the Wyoming Game & Fish Commission to support native fish conservation efforts in Wyoming. The key products and services to be delivered include: Improving the ability of native fishes to migrate and reducing losses at water withdrawals to conserve native fish populations. Additionally, the Commission will assist with distributing...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $151,800 Cooperative Agreement to Backcountry Hunters & Anglers under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program (CFDA 15.631) to support the Wet Meadow Restoration and Fence Removal Project in northwest Colorado. The project aims to address critical habitat loss issues for sage grouse resulting from coal mine expansion in the Danforth Hills. Key planned activities include removing or modifying 10 miles of hazardous fencing and restoring 5 acres...

This $102,564 cooperative agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 6 will fund Pheasants Forever, Inc. to deliver conservation services through September 2027 under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program. Pheasants Forever will build capacity to restore, enhance, manage, monitor and evaluate upland and wetland habitats in priority landscapes in Wyoming. Specifically, they will restore and enhance wet meadow, wetland and upland habitats to...

The Nature Conservancy will provide $194,500 in services under a cooperative agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 6 on June 8, 2021. Funded through the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631), the agreement supports the Nature Conservancy's "Western Wyoming Big Game Migration and Habitat Restoration" project through September 30, 2025. The Partners for Fish and Wildlife program aims to conserve fish and wildlife by...

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R2-Rocky Mountain Region awarded a $345,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Wyoming Game & Fish Commission to support the Bighorn Mountains Beaver, Riparian and Aspen Restoration and Monitoring project. The funding is provided through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) Prescribed Fire/Fire Recovery program (CFDA 10.716), which was established to address natural resources-related infrastructure, wildfire management and ecosystem...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife (CFDA 15.631) program provides $695,000 in funding to the Wyoming Weed and Pest Council (WWPC) to control invasive annual grasses and enhance native plant communities in sagebrush landscapes in Wyoming. The project aims to improve habitat for federal trust species, state wildlife species of concern, and other conservation priority species, as well as provide economic benefits to...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, under the National Fish Habitat Partnership program (CFDA 15.686), provides $2,956,895 to Friends of the Teton River, a non-profit organization, to restore natural instream flows to Canyon Creek in Idaho. The project will improve irrigation infrastructure and water management at two diversion points, allowing the Canyon Creek Canal Company to divert water from the Teton River instead of Canyon Creek....