Cooperative Agreement F21AC02492

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $1,000,100 Project Grant to The Nature Conservancy under the Community Project Funds - Congressionally Directed Spending program. The grant will fund the Equitable and Just Canopy Cover Greater Portland Area Project from September 2022 through September 2025. The project aims to increase tree canopy cover equitably across the Portland, Oregon metro region through two sub-awards. The Blueprint Foundation and Urban Greenspaces Institute Inc....

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded a $1,333,333 Project Grant under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) to the State of Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) for the development of a statewide Aquatic Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP). The grant funding will support Phase 3 of the HCP planning process, which will include the completion of a public draft HCP and a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS). The HCP is being developed through a...

The Midcoast Watersheds Council (MCWC) was awarded a $246,425 Project Grant under the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Fish Habitat Partnership (CFDA 15.686) program to develop designs for restoring 75 acres of tidal wetlands in the Alsea River estuary on the central Oregon coast. The objectives of this one-year design project are to assess site conditions, refine preliminary designs for a new bridge structure, update existing design plans, finalize flood modeling, submit the project...

The Oregon Desert Land Trust and partners received a $417,250 cooperative agreement award from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 through July 15, 2027. The funding is provided under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation federal grant program (CFDA 15.657) to assess, protect, and restore streams, springs, and wet meadows in Oregon's Trout Creek and Pueblo Mountains. Key activities over the five-year period include continuing to assess and prioritize wet...

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...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians (CTSI) a $200,000 Cooperative Agreement under the National Fire Plan-Wildland Urban Interface Community Fire Assistance program (CFDA 15.674). The funding will support the implementation of oak restoration and fuels management activities at the CTSI's 504-acre Camp Creek Hills property located near Springfield, Oregon. The proposed work aims to increase the abundance and...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $140,303 five-year Cooperative Agreement to Oregon State University under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) to support the establishment of the East Cascades Native Plant Hub in Bend, Oregon. The hub will coordinate a regional network to address organizational, ecological, and financial challenges in restoration and revegetation of sagebrush ecosystems, with a focus on increasing the availability of...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $374,595.00 from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631) will support the Klamath Watershed Partnership, a non-profit organization, in restoring and enhancing approximately 5.2 river miles of habitat connectivity and access to important trout spawning areas in the upper Williamson River in Oregon. The project will benefit numerous species of wildlife including deer,...

Project Grant Award Summary The Nestucca, Neskowin And Sand Lake Watersheds Council received a $1,120,030.31 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Habitat Partnership (NFHP) program (CFDA 15.686). The award, effective July 1, 2026, with completion targeted for September 15, 2026, funds the replacement of two undersized and poorly functioning culverts in Lower Sutton Creek in Neskowin, Oregon with two aquatic organism passage...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation has awarded a $816,723 Project Grant under the Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Program (CFDA 15.580) to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) and the Hood River Watershed Group (HRWG). The funding will be used to complete the study and design of five stream restoration projects across the East Fork Hood River, Neal Creek, and Baldwin Creek sub-watersheds in north-central Oregon. The projects aim to remove two fish passage...