The Siskiyou Resource Conservation District (SRCD) will receive $206,706.46 through a Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife federal grant program (CFDA 15.631). The funding will support a wood loading and floodplain connectivity project in the South Fork of the Scott River in Etna, CA from September 30th, 2022 through September 29th, 2027. Specifically, SRCD will excavate two side...
The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 awarded a $124,345 cooperative agreement to the Klamath Watershed Partnership under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631) to install low-tech process-based restoration structures in the North Fork Sprague River from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2027. The Klamath Watershed Partnership and Service will work together to install beaver dam analogs and post-assisted log structures to improve water quality for...
This $154,400 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631) will fund habitat restoration and enhancement activities on private lands along Spencer Creek in Oregon. The primary objectives are to protect and improve critical habitat for Redband trout and Oregon spotted frog, while also preparing for the eventual return of Steelhead and Salmon after the removal of the Klamath Dam....
The Siskiyou Resource Conservation District (Siskiyou RCD) will receive $123,524.88 through a September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2026 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8. The funding supports the LOWER SCOTT RIVER SIDE-CHANNEL CONNECTIVITY AND HABITAT ENHANCEMENT PROJECT under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631). Through this cooperative agreement, Siskiyou RCD will work to deliver the Department of the Interior's...
The Fall River Resource Conservation District will receive $100,000 through a Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8. The funding supports projects under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program to address habitat restoration needs across 4,500 acres in Shasta County, California. Key work will include installing grade control structures to address head cuts and gullies causing water loss across 300 acres of wet meadows on the...
This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the Central Valley Improvement Act, Title XXXIV (CFDA 15.512) provides $581,433 to the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) from July 18, 2023 to August 31, 2026. The purpose is to benefit the public through the conservation and recovery of the federally-listed steelhead trout species in the Sacramento and San Joaquin River watersheds. The project will leverage UC Davis' research expertise in...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $375,000 Project Grant under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program (CFDA 15.631) to River Partners, a non-profit organization based in Chico, California. The grant aims to increase the quantity, diversity, and effectiveness of native forbs and grasses for restoration of wildlife habitats and rehabilitation after wildfires and other disturbances in California. Key objectives include developing genetically appropriate native plant material for...
The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 awarded a $2,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the National Fish Passage program (CFDA 15.685) to the Resighini Rancheria, a federally recognized Native American tribe in California. The goal of the Lower Waukell and Junior Creeks Restoration Project is to replace two existing large culverts, elevate the roadway, and restore native vegetation to improve wetland habitat for at-risk fisheries and other tribal trust species,...
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...
This $260,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program (CFDA 15.631) will fund the removal and replacement of an undersized culvert on Little Grass Valley Creek in Weaverville, California. The new 13x10 elliptical culvert will provide full, unimpeded fish passage for anadromous species like coho salmon, steelhead, and Pacific lamprey to access five miles of cold water spawning and rearing...