Cooperative Agreement F22AC02287
- Under a $250,000.00 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1, the Cascade Columbia Fisheries Enhancement Group (CCFEG), doing business as Cascade Fisheries, will correct one (1) fish passage barrier to improve access to 1.45 miles of cold-water habitat for endangered fish species, including bull trout. Additionally, CCFEG will place locally sourced wood in up to 1 mile of Pole Creek to enhance instream complexity. This work is funded...
- The Cascade Columbia Fisheries Enhancement Group (CCFEG) was awarded a $450,000 cooperative agreement by the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (CFDA 15.517) to implement habitat restoration projects benefiting threatened and endangered species from September 8, 2022 to September 30, 2027. CCFEG will work with partners to identify, develop and complete a range of restoration activities, including riparian plantings, beaver dam...
- 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...
- This U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 grant award under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA #15.685) will fund two key fish habitat restoration projects in Oregon. The $4,324,657.25 grant, awarded on October 1, 2024, will support the Union Soil and Water Conservation District in improving fish passage and habitat connectivity in the Grande Ronde River sub-basin. The first project will construct a fishway around the Elmer Dam on Catherine Creek to restore...
- This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) will provide $5,000,000 to the Kittitas Conservation Trust to implement the Gold Creek Restoration Project in Easton, Washington. The key deliverables include: Restoring 30 acres of riparian and forested wetland habitat to increase the duration of streamflow in Gold Creek, which is designated as critical habitat for the ESA-listed bull trout. Installing 141 large wood...
- The Jefferson County Soil and Water Conservation District, in partnership with the Middle Deschutes Watershed Council, will receive $263,564 from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554) to remove western juniper trees from 460 acres of upland habitat surrounding Willow Creek in Oregon. This project aims to restore water connectivity between upland and in-stream habitats by removing juniper that has caused flows in...
- The U.S. Bureau of Land Management awarded a Cooperative Agreement under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (CFDA 15.234) to the Curry County Soil and Water Conservation District, doing business as the South Coast Watershed Council. Through this $127,607.84 award, the district will improve riparian and stream habitat conditions along Willow Creek, a major anadromous salmonid spawning and rearing tributary in the Floras Creek watershed. Key project activities include...
- This $200,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) will fund the Confederated Tribes Siletz Indians (C T S I) to perform habitat restoration and connectivity improvements on 40 acres of the valley floor and Fivemile Creek in Oregon. The project involves regrading the valley floor, removing cross-valley dikes, placing large wood structures, and establishing native plants to...
- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631), awarded a $100,000 Cooperative Agreement to enhance riparian and instream habitat along one mile of the Wood River in Oregon. The project aims to add approximately 50 large woody debris structures to the river to increase habitat complexity and benefit species like bull trout, Lost River and shortnose suckers, and redband trout. Additional benefits are expected for riparian-dependent birds,...
- 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 CC 38 PROJECT IS LOCATED ON PRIVATELY OWNED PROPERTY ALONG CATHERINE CREEK DOWNSTREAM OF UNION, OREGON THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY MANAGED AS AN OPERATING FARM AND RANCH, WITH MUCH OF THE HISTORIC FLOODPLAIN BEING IN HAY AND PASTURE PRODUCTION THE CHANNEL THROUGH THE 1,600 FOOT PROJECT REACH IS MODERATELY CONFINED WITH A FLOODPLAIN WIDTH OF 67 FEET, A SINUOSITY OF 1 19, AND A STREAM GRADIENT OF 0 5 PROPOSED CONCEPTUAL ACTIONS ARE INTENDED TO INCREASE BOTH SUMMER AND OVER WINTERING HABITAT CONDITIONS FOR JUVENILE SALMONIDS FAVROT AND JONASSON 2014 FOUND ONE POOL WITHIN THE PROJECT REACH CONTAINED THE LARGEST AMOUNT OF OVERWINTERING JUVENILE CHINOOK IN THE CATHERINE CREEK BASIN AND ALSO FOUND THAT A SECOND POOL IN THE REACH HAD THE NEXT HIGHEST BUT LACKED A LARGE WOOD COMPONENT IN ADDITION, THEY IDENTIFIED THAT JUVENILE CHINOOK IN THE REACH WERE PRIMARILY ASSOCIATED WITH SMALL TRANSIENT WOOD OWNING TO THE LACK OF STABLE LARGE WOOD IN THE REACH THIS PROJECT IS DESIGNED TO ENHANCE AQUATIC HABITAT CONDITIONS FOR KEY SALMONID AND OTHER NATIVE FISH SPECIES IN FIVE POOLS WITH LARGE WOOD PLACEMENT, PROMOTE NATIVE RIPARIAN PLANT ESTABLISHMENT AND SURVIVAL, AND DECREASE EROSION AND MASS WASTING OF STREAM BANKS TO ACHIEVE THESE OUTCOMES PROJECT ACTIONS WILL BE IMPLEMENTED TO REDUCE STREAM BANK SLOPE ANGLES, ENHANCE EXISTING POOL HABITAT AND PROMOTE DEEP POOL DEVELOPMENT, INCREASE INSTREAM CHANNEL COMPLEXITY AND COVER, AND IMPROVE THE RIPARIAN VEGETATION COMMUNITY SPECIFIC CONSTRUCTION ACTIONS WILL PLACE APPROXIMATELY 206 PIECES OF LARGE WOODY MATERIAL, 200 PIECES OF SMALLER RACKING WOOD, AND 52 BOULDERS IN 20 LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT REACH RIPARIAN VEGETATION SPECIES WILL BE PLANTED THROUGHOUT THE REACH AT LOCATIONS BASED ON SITE SPECIFIC SOIL AND HYDROLOGY CONDITIONS WHERE SURVIVAL IS EXPECTED TO BE HIGH PROJECT CONSTRUCTION IS PLANNED FOR THE SUMMER OF 2022
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $0 | 5/15/23 | ||
| Not listed | $0 | 1/25/23 | ||
| Not listed | $27.9k | 9/13/22 |