Cooperative Agreement F22AC01766
- This Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) provides $1,203,550.00 to American Rivers Inc. to implement a comprehensive aquatic habitat restoration project in Pennsylvania's Ohio and Susquehanna River basins. The key activities include removing 10 dams to reconnect 190 miles of aquatic habitat for species of conservation concern, imperiled, and federally endangered species. The project will also restore approximately 28...
- This $500,000 federal Project Grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685), supports American Rivers Inc.'s efforts to remove the Lockville Dam on the Deep River in North Carolina. The dam removal is expected to reopen 56.5 river miles, reconnecting critical habitat for the federally endangered Cape Fear shiner and threatened Atlantic pigtoe. The project will also provide short-term job creation, improve...
- 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 $600,000 in funding to the Big Blackfoot Chapter of Trout Unlimited (BBCTU) and its partners to restore habitat for sensitive fish species in Montana's Blackfoot River watershed. Key project activities include removing one aging agricultural dam, replacing two culverts with aquatic organism passage structures, and eliminating fish...
- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) awarded a $939,499.54 Cooperative Agreement to Trout Unlimited, Inc. through the National Fish Passage program (CFDA 15.685) to fund the Upper Greenbrier River Watershed Fish Passage Project in West Virginia. The project will remove 7 culverts acting as fish passage barriers and replace them with stream simulation-designed span structures, reconnecting 25 miles of habitat for priority species including brook trout, green floater, eastern hellbender, and...
- This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA# 15.685), provides $1,264,500 in funding to the Atlantic Salmon Federation Inc. for the removal of two dams in Maine's Merrymeeting Bay Salmon Habitat Recovery Unit. The primary components of the project are: Removal of the Mercer Dam on Little Norridgewock Stream in Chesterville, which is owned by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. This...
- This $101,500 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Habitat Partnership program (CFDA 15.686) will fund the removal and replacement of two aquatic barriers in the Savage River watershed in western Maryland. Specifically, the project will remove a vented concrete ford on Poplar Lick Run and a perched culvert and rock barrier on Big Run, which are tributaries of the Savage River. These barrier removal efforts will restore connectivity between the...
- This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685), provides $499,999 to the Canaan Valley Institute to collaborate with federal, state, and local partners to remove a hazardous low-head dam on the McClure River in Clinchco, Virginia. This dam removal project will fully reconnect 22 miles of the McClure River, benefiting the federally threatened Big Sandy crayfish within its critical habitat by allowing movement...
- The Atlantic Salmon Federation Inc. was awarded a $570,664 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5 under the Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance federal grant program (CFDA 15.608). The goals of the project are to restore habitat connectivity for sea run fish species in the Sabattus River watershed in Maine by removing two dams. Species that will benefit include alewife, American eel, American shad, Atlantic salmon, eastern brook trout, and...
- 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...
- 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 ALBRIGHT POWER STATION DAM REMOVAL PROJECT ON THE CHEAT RIVER WILL IMPROVE WATERSHED CONNECTIVITY, WATER QUALITY, SENSITIVE SPECIES POPULATION HEALTH, AND FLOOD AND CLIMATE RESILIENCY FOR THE CHEAT RIVER AND ITS COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE REMOVAL OF AN OBSOLETE LOWHEAD DAM. THE PROJECT WILL RECONNECT 75 MILES OF MAINSTEM HABITAT AND HUNDREDS OF MILES OF TRIBUTARY RIVERS AND STREAMS FOR SENSITIVE SPECIES, SUCH AS EASTERN HELLBENDER, FRESHWATER MUSSELS, WALLEYE, AND BROOK TROUT. CURRENTLY, THE ALBRIGHT POWER STATION DAM BLOCKS NATIVE WALLEYE FROM RECOLONIZING THE CHEAT RIVER AFTER DECADES-LONG POLLUTION CLEANUP EFFORTS HAVE RESULTED IN THE RESTORATION OF THEIR POPULATION IN CHEAT LAKE. THE DAM ALSO BLOCKS MAINSTEM CONNECTION BETWEEN LOCAL BROOK TROUT STREAMS UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE DAM. EASTERN HELLBENDER HAVE BEEN DETECTED UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE DAM, ISOLATING POPULATIONS FROM ONE ANOTHER. FRIENDS OF THE CHEAT IS PURSUING REINTRODUCTION EFFORTS FOR NATIVE FRESHWATER MUSSELS IN THE CHEAT RIVER, OF WHICH THE DAM WOULD IMPEDE THEIR SUCCESS. ADDITIONALLY, THE PROJECT WILL OPEN 6 MILES OF RIVER TO FLATWATER PADDLING OPPORTUNITIES, PREVIOUSLY INACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC, AND WILL ESTABLISH A NEW PUBLIC RIVER ACCESS POINT. THE PROJECT WILL BENEFIT THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN PRESTON AND TUCKER COUNTIES, OF WHICH THE CHEAT RIVER FLOWS THROUGH. NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR THESE COMMUNITIES INCLUDE INCREASED FISHING OPPORTUNITIES, ONE DAY OR MULTI-DAY PADDLING TRIPS, AND NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES TO OFFER RECREATION-BASED TOURISM SERVICES (FOOD, LODGING, FISHING & BOATING SUPPLIES, ETC.) ADDITIONALLY, REMOVING THE ALBRIGHT POWER STATION DAM WILL REDUCE THE RISK OF INFRASTRUCTURE FAILURE IN ALBRIGHT, WV, AS THE STRUCTURE IS OVER 70 YEARS OLD AND NO LONGER SERVES A PURPOSE. SPECIFICALLY, THE GOALS OF THE PROJECT ARE TO COMPLETE DESIGN AND PERMITTING FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE ALBRIGHT POWER STATION DAM AND REMOVE THE DAM AND RESTORE THE ADJACENT RIVER REACH. THE DELIVERABLES AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES CAN BE DESCRIBED AS THE FOLLOWING: 1 AQUATIC ORGANISM PASSAGE BARRIER RECTIFIED, 75 MILES OF RIVER RECONNECTED, 1.25 MILES OF IN-STREAM HABITAT RESTORED, AND 7 MILES OF RIVER OPENED FOR PUBLIC ACCESS. FUNDS FOR THIS PROJECT WILL BE USED TO CONTRACT THE FOLLOWING SERVICES: ENGINEERING AND CONSULTING SERVICES THAT RESULT IN 100% PLANS FOR REMOVAL AND RESTORATION, LEGAL SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH ACQUIRING THE DAM AND ADJACENT PROPERTY FOR REMOVAL AND STREAM BANK RESTORATION, AND DEMOLITION/CONSTRUCTION SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH REMOVING THE DAM AND RESTORING THE RIVER REACH. FUNDS WILL ALSO BE USED TO ALLOW FRIENDS OF THE CHEAT STAFF TO MANAGE THE PROJECT, PROVIDE CRITICAL ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION OVERSIGHT, LEAD STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, COLLABORATE WITH AGENCY PARTNERS, ADVANCE AND SECURE PERMITTING REQUESTS, AND CONDUCT CRITICAL MONITORING ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH SPECIES OCCUPANCY AND WATER QUALITY, SUPPORTING FOUR FULL TIME PERMANENT POSITIONS WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION OVER 18 MONTHS, AND WILL ALSO COVER A PORTION OF FRIENDS OF THE CHEAT ADMINISTRATION ALLOCATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH MANAGING THE PROJECT AT A 10 PERCENT DE MINIMIS MODIFIED TOTAL DIRECT COST RATE.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $0 | 9/5/24 | ||
| Not listed | $1.0m | 7/13/22 |