Cooperative Agreement F17AC00403

Pamplin Poultry, LLC received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Meat and Poultry Inspection Readiness Grants – Supplemental Funding program (CFDA 10.180). The grant will support Pamplin Poultry's efforts to expand its pasture-raised poultry operations in Pamplin, Virginia over a three-year period ending September 2024. As a family-owned farm, Pamplin Poultry aims to increase access to affordable, healthy poultry products...

The $173,367 project grant from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) will fund evaluation of a split-pond system for largemouth bass aquaculture. American Sport Fish Hatchery Management Group LLC will determine if this alternative production method can improve efficiency and profitability compared to traditional earthen ponds. The split-pond system dedicates approximately 20% of pond space for fish production and 80% for water treatment. This is...

This $1,929,918 Formula Grant awarded by the Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service Region 6 on July 1, 2023 funds operations at the Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) Native Fish Hatchery in the San Luis Valley. The hatchery rears a variety of native threatened, endangered, and at-risk aquatic species, including the boreal toad. The hatchery is a pioneer in researching and implementing specialized rearing and breeding techniques for these often little-understood aquatic...

The State of Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) received a $420,000 Formula Grant under the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service's Sport Fish Restoration program (CFDA 15.605). This grant funding supports DLNR's Statewide Freshwater Fisheries Development Program, which maintains and enhances freshwater sport fish populations and provides quality freshwater recreational fishing opportunities across Hawaii. Key activities include stocking 30,000 rainbow...

The Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded a $666,787.71 Project Grant under the State Wildlife Grants (CFDA 15.634) program to the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR). The grant aims to supplement the population of pure Koloa (Hawaiian duck) individuals from Kauai to Oahu, where no pure Koloa population currently exists. The project's goal is to attempt genetic reversal of hybrid Koloa ducks back to a pure genetic population through a...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded a $695,815 Formula Grant under the Sport Fish Restoration program (CFDA 15.605) to the State of Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW). This grant funding will partially operate five ODFW hatcheries and fund the agency's Fish Health Program to implement production and stocking of steelhead and trout. Specifically, ODFW will use these funds to produce and stock rainbow trout, brook trout, brown trout, kokanee,...

This U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Federal Formula Grant award under the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education program (CFDA 15.611) provides $583,104 to the State of Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) to support the annual operations and maintenance of the Ladd Marsh Wildlife Area (LMWA) in northeast Oregon. The LMWA is a 6,000-acre wetland and upland habitat area that provides critical wildlife conservation and...

This two-year, $2.07 million project grant from the Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will fund operation and maintenance of three salmon hatcheries in Oregon as part of the Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Pacific Salmon Treaty Program (CFDA 11.438). The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will oversee annual operation of the Bonneville, Oxbow/Herman Creek Ponds, and Umatilla hatcheries, producing approximately 1.87 million fish to supplement prey for...

Under this U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) Cooperative Agreement award, Trout Unlimited, Inc. and its partner organizations are implementing a $170,000 project to eliminate the risk of bull trout and redband trout entrainment in Long Creek on the Sycan Marsh Preserve in Oregon. The project involves designing, fabricating, and installing a fish screen on an unscreened irrigation diversion that currently poses a threat to the last remaining bull...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $3,044,688 Formula Grant under the Sport Fish Restoration program (CFDA 15.605) to the State of Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW). This grant will be used to partially operate five ODFW hatcheries and fund the agency's Fish Health Program to support the production and stocking of steelhead and trout. Specifically, the grant will be used to produce and stock rainbow trout of various sizes, including fingerlings,...