Cooperative Agreement F18AC00539

This is a Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (CFDA 15.517) program. The award provides $289,517 to the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation to continue work on the evaluation and coordination of Pacific lamprey activities in the Yakima River Basin. The key objectives of this five-year project are to: 1) Identify Reclamation projects that may affect lamprey and investigate...

This $106,755 cooperative agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 will support stream habitat restoration along one mile of Lower Ah Pah Creek near Klamath, California. The Yurok Tribe will collaborate with the Arcata Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program to enhance stream and floodplain habitat through activities such as completing environmental and cultural compliance, physical monitoring, and reconfiguring impaired areas to increase...

This $299,124 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Fish and Aquatic Conservation - Aquatic Invasive Species program (CFDA 15.608) will support a monitoring project focused on the ecological restoration of the Klamath River in California. The primary objectives are to assess the reestablishment of salmon and steelhead populations as they return to their historical spawning grounds in the upper Klamath River basin following the removal of four dams. The...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 (CFDA 15.686 - National Fish Habitat Partnership) provides $151,084.84 to the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission (CRITFC) to hire a Tribal Engagement and Outreach Relations Coordinator. The purpose is to increase awareness of the Pacific Lamprey Conservation Initiative (PLCI) through tribal outreach and partner engagement efforts. Key activities include conducting tribal partner support and engagement, managing...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Region 8, awarded a $182,625 Cooperative Agreement to the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC) under the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CVPIA) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 15.648). The award will fund a multi-year effort to monitor non-natal rearing habitats for juvenile Chinook salmon and steelhead trout in seasonal tributaries connected to the upper Sacramento River in California. The project aims to evaluate flow regimes,...

This $151,816 federal Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Sport Fish Restoration program (CFDA 15.605) will support the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) in monitoring and estimating the escapement of California Coastal (CC) Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) in the Eel and Van Duzen Rivers during the fall and winter of 2024-2025. The project will utilize Adaptive Resolution Imaging Sonar (ARIS) cameras to...

This Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) program, supports efforts to restore the genetic integrity of the Lahontan cutthroat trout (LCT) population at Independence Lake in California. The $283,540 award, with a performance period from January 2025 to January 2028, will fund a program to selectively remove non-native rainbow trout (RT) and LCT-RT hybrids from Independence Lake and its...

This $276,689 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) under the National Fish Habitat Partnership (CFDA 15.686) program will support the continued operation and coordination of the California Fish Passage Forum. The key products and services to be delivered include: Facilitating and supporting the California Fish Passage Forum, including organizing and managing regular forum meetings Distributing funding to Forum-specific projects focused on fish habitat...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) provides $400,000.00 to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) to continue and expand long-term monitoring and management of endangered, threatened, and special status ranid (frog) species in CDFW's North Central Region. The key objectives are to obtain current data on the distribution and relative abundance of...

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife received a $825,304.83 Formula Grant award from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 to support the SAN JOAQUIN RIVER ANADROMOUS FISH MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT project from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022. The funding was provided through the Sport Fish Restoration program (CFDA #15.605), which supports activities designed to restore, conserve, manage, or enhance sport fish populations and public use and benefits from...