Cooperative Agreement F17AC00621

This $163,588 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) supports continued implementation of the Oregon Bull Trout Strategy. The project aims to: Develop a centralized website to disseminate data, reports, and other products from the Oregon Bull Trout Strategy, which links management actions to research and monitoring to facilitate bull trout recovery. Inventory the...

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 Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 awarded a $162,876 Project Grant to the Washington State Department of Fish & Wildlife (WDFW) under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation Program (CFDA 15.657). The funding will support continued efforts to rescue and monitor bull trout populations in streams that are slated for habitat restoration in 2023 and 2025. The goal is to determine the efficacy of the planned habitat improvements in reducing bull trout...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 awarded a $197,800 cooperative agreement to Trout Unlimited, Inc. from August 1, 2021 through July 31, 2026 under the Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance program (CFDA 15.608). The award will support Upper Sprague Bull Trout Passage Design in Oregon. Under the agreement, Trout Unlimited will work to design fish passage improvements on the Upper Sprague River to benefit bull trout, consistent with the objectives of the Fish and...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey's Cooperative Research Units (CFDA 15.812) program provides $167,138.70 to the University of Idaho to investigate the hybridization between threatened bull trout and non-native brook trout in Idaho over a 2-year period from April 2025 to May 2027. The key objectives are to (i) evaluate the frequency, distribution, and habitat associations of bull trout-brook trout hybrids, and (ii) determine the direction of hybridization (i.e.,...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631), provides $770,811 to Trout Unlimited, Inc. to design and implement a restoration plan for approximately 5 miles of the Sprague River in Beatty, Oregon. The key project activities include installing riparian fencing, providing off-stream stock water wells, and adding large woody structures to the river. These restoration efforts are...

Trout Unlimited, Inc. will receive $150,000 through a Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife federal grant program (CFDA 15.631). Under this award, Trout Unlimited will install low-technology process-based restoration structures in Snake Creek and the Sycan River in Oregon to increase fish passage. This includes replacing a water control structure and developing a new design to better...

Award Summary Trout Unlimited, Inc. received a $260,000 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program (CFDA 15.631), effective October 1, 2025, with completion scheduled for May 19, 2031. The agreement supports habitat restoration and ecological recovery efforts on a ranch property in Fort Klamath, Oregon, with primary focus on restoring hydrological functions and aquatic connectivity in Annie Creek and its historic...

This $600,000 cooperative agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 will fund fish passage restoration projects in the Tillamook Bay watershed in Oregon through December 2026. Trout Unlimited, Inc. will work with engineering services providers to design aquatic organism passage structures to replace three fish passage barriers. This will restore access for Chinook, chum, and threatened Oregon Coast coho salmon, steelhead, cutthroat trout, and...

Cooperative Agreement Summary Trout Unlimited, Inc. received a $102,581 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program (CFDA 15.631), awarded October 1, 2025, with completion targeted for September 30, 2028. The primary deliverable is the restoration and replacement of fencing damaged by the 2024 Copperfield Fire on private property in the Sprague River sub-watershed near Chiloquin, Oregon, a significant tributary of Upper...