Cooperative Agreement F20AC12229

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685), provides $750,000 to support the full removal of the Emrichsville Dam in Indianapolis, Indiana. The dam, which is approximately 250 feet long and 8 feet tall, poses a significant safety hazard and fish passage barrier in the East Fork White River. The project aims to improve fish passage, ecological resilience, recreational fishing, economic development, and...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 awarded a $189,250 Cooperative Agreement to Ecosystems Connections Institute, LLC under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to support the removal of a low-head dam and fish passage barrier on the Little Wabash River in northern Indiana. This project will reconnect 423 stream miles (181,124 acres) of upstream aquatic habitat and provide access to nearly 500 meters of new fish and mussel habitat that is currently inaccessible due to the...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 awarded a $635,000 cooperative agreement to Ecosystems Connections Institute, LLC from January 2, 2023 through December 31, 2025 under the Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance program (CFDA 15.608). The award will support dam removal services at the American Water Low Head Dam located in Seymour, Indiana to reconnect 836 stream miles of fish habitat. As part of the Fish and Aquatic Conservation activities conducted under the...

This $265,000 Cooperative Agreement was awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 3, under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685). The funding will support the Ecosystems Connections Institute, LLC, a woman-owned small business located in Indiana, to remove two low-head dams on the Flatrock River, a tributary to the East Fork White River. The dam removals will reconnect 141.3 stream miles and open 1.5 miles of new fish and mussel habitat currently inaccessible behind the...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $2,419,619 Cooperative Agreement under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to Fort Wayne City Utilities to improve aquatic habitat connectivity and restore populations of imperiled fish and mussel species. Key project activities include: Replacing two culverts on the Pierson Drain, removing the Spy Run Dam on Spy Run Creek, and completing a feasibility study to remove the Hosey Dam on the Maumee River. These actions...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) provides $100,000.00 to the Rhode Islands Chapter of Trout Unlimited to support the removal of the Capwell Mill Pond Dam on the Carr River in West Greenwich, Rhode Island. The dam removal project aims to restore 8 miles and 24 acres of aquatic habitat for native brook trout and other species by reconnecting fragmented stream ecosystems within the Big River...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through its National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685), awarded a $200,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Conservation Resource Alliance (CRA) to restore a road-stream crossing on Deer Creek. The project will replace a 7-foot diameter culvert with a 33-foot span timber bridge, reconnecting 5 miles of upstream channel to over 4 miles downstream. This will halt the annual input of up to 15 tons of sediment from road runoff entering Deer Creek, improving stream...

The Northwest California Resource Conservation & Development Council (NCRC&DC) will receive $100,000 through a five-year Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program to remove the 18-foot East Weaver Creek Dam in Weaverville, California by June 2028. Work will include demolishing the concrete and boulder dam, installing grade control structures and large woody debris, removing accumulated sediment, and repositioning...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded a $326,874 National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) project grant to the City of Forest City, Iowa. The funding will be used to remove a 3-foot high low-head dam in Pammel Park along the Winnebago River and construct two rock cross vanes to facilitate fish passage. This project will reconnect 99 upstream miles of the river's mainstem into southern Minnesota, improving upstream passage for channel catfish, northern pike, yellow perch, and...

The City of Ypsilanti received a $4,465,000 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to finalize the removal design and fully remove the Peninsular Paper Dam from the Huron River. The project will restore aquatic organism passage and connectivity by deconstructing this 21-foot concrete gravity dam. Key activities include engineering design, sediment management, habitat protection, and...