Cooperative Agreement F18AC00793

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685), awarded a $2,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Wallowa Lake Irrigation District in Oregon. The funding will be used to replace an existing diversion structure on the Wallowa River with a new adjustable diversion and fish ladder system. The project will also upgrade the intake structure for the Consolidated Ditch to include a vertical plate system with a fish bypass facility. This will improve water...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657), awarded a $164,350 Cooperative Agreement to the Nevada Department of Wildlife. The funds will be used to generate feasibility assessments and design alternatives for constructing fish passage barriers and irrigation diversion structures to protect the federally threatened Lahontan cutthroat trout. Specific deliverables include: Evaluation of the feasibility and design alternatives...

The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 awarded a $200,000 Cooperative Agreement to the County of Lake, acting through its Lake County Soil & Water Conservation District, under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685). The project aims to restore full fish passage through the Lax Lake Road culvert on Lindstrom Creek, a high-quality cold water tributary to the Baptism River in Minnesota. This will benefit native brook trout populations that rely...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $1,250,000 Cooperative Agreement through the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to Trout Unlimited, Inc. to work with the Jones Shotwell Ditch Company in Wenatchee, WA. The project will replace an open earthen irrigation ditch with a pressurized pipe system and upgrade the associated pump station. This will improve water and energy use efficiency, enhance instream flows in 6.5 miles of the lower Wenatchee River by up to 15 cubic feet per...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) will provide $3,810,985 to California Trout, Inc. over a four-year period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2028. The project aims to restore access for spring-run Chinook salmon to their historical spawning and rearing habitats in Big Chico Creek in California. This will be achieved by reconfiguring instream boulders to create a nature-like fishway that meets fish...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $4,281,494 Cooperative Agreement under the Habitat Conservation program (CFDA 11.463) to California Trout, Inc. to address the last major fish passage barrier in Alameda Creek, opening nearly 22 miles of habitat for threatened Central California Coast steelhead and other migratory fish. The project will remove a concrete erosion control structure that currently blocks fish passage on the creek, in conjunction with an already...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through its National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685), awarded a $342,000 project grant to the Eagle Valley Soil And Water Conservation District in Oregon. The grant supports the removal of fish passage barriers and implementation of habitat restoration projects within the East Pine Creek watershed, which is designated critical habitat for threatened bull trout. The project aims to restore aquatic connectivity and improve migratory corridors for bull trout...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) provides $268,500 to Trout Unlimited, Inc. to finalize engineering designs and implementation plans to replace an undersized concrete box culvert on Strawberry Creek in McKinleyville, CA. The existing structure is a complete barrier to upstream fish passage for ESA-listed coho salmon and steelhead trout, as well as coastal cutthroat trout and...

This $737,735 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) will fund the replacement of a damaged sluiceway gate along an irrigation canal in the Hogback area. The project aims to restore fish passage and prevent fish from becoming trapped in the canal, which currently occurs due to large debris buildup. The work will be performed by Aquatic Consultants Incorporated and is expected to take...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded Trout Unlimited, Inc. a $307,693 Project Grant under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to develop four projects in the Clark Fork River corridor near Missoula, Montana. The projects aim to improve fish passage and eliminate entrainment for bull trout and other native fish by evaluating irrigation district diversion dams, canal supply systems, and other infrastructure, and developing plans to reconstruct or replace these features to improve...