Cooperative Agreement F22AC02770

Yakima County, in collaboration with the City of Yakima and the Washington State Department of Transportation, will use a $1,902,149.00 project grant awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Program (CFDA 15.580) to complete a study and design for a flood reduction and floodplain restoration project near the confluence of the Naches River and Cowiche Creek. The project aims to address recurring flooding and improve fish...

The Bureau of Reclamation has awarded the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation a $3,077,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Program (CFDA 15.580). The project will study, select, and design alternatives to improve fish passage and avoid entrainment at the Prosser Diversion on the Lower Yakima River in Washington. The goals are to create safer passage conditions for anadromous species like steelhead, Chinook, coho, and sockeye salmon, as well as Pacific...

This Project Grant from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation, under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (CFDA 15.517) program, provides $21.6 million to the City of Yakima, Washington to remove Nelson Dam and construct several new elements improving fish passage, flood conveyance, sediment transport, and water delivery systems along the Naches River. Key deliverables include constructing a roughened channel, concrete sluiceway, and floodplain approach channel to naturalize...

The Kittitas Reclamation District will line 1,902 linear feet of the South Branch Canal in Kittitas County, Washington to conserve water that will be dedicated to instream flows in upper Yakima River tributaries. The conserved water will benefit critical habitat for threatened steelhead and bull trout under a $2.67 million project grant awarded on September 22, 2022 by the Bureau of Reclamation through its WaterSMART Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow (WaterSMART) program...

The Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation received a $3,092,698 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Program (CFDA 15.580). The purpose of this grant is to develop alternatives for restoring fish passage at the Wapato Diversion on the lower Yakima River in central Washington. This effort aims to support the migration of anadromous fish species, including federally threatened Middle Columbia River...

This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) provides $3,010,164.07 to the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation to improve anadromous fish habitat and passage in the lower Yakima River in central Washington. Key project activities include constructing 1,400 linear feet of cold-water habitat channel, restoring 20 acres of riparian...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $5,000,000 Project Grant under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (CFDA 15.517) program to the State of Washington Department of Ecology on June 5, 2025. The purpose of this grant is to work with partners to determine the best mechanisms to procure water that would provide added instream flow and to utilize measures to reduce the impact of water stargrass on the water systems in the Yakima River Basin. Key activities...

This federal Project Grant award from the Bureau of Reclamation under the Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement (YRBWE) program, CFDA 15.531, provides $737,424 to the Sunnyside Valley Irrigation District (SVID) to convert open irrigation ditches, pipes and weir boxes to enclosed pressurized laterals and install in-line flow meters. The primary goals are to eliminate water losses, improve water management, increase Yakima River instream flows to benefit fish and wildlife, and enable landowners...

The Chelan County Natural Resources Department, in partnership with Yakama Nation Fisheries, received a $1,243,973 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Program (CFDA 15.580). The funding will advance designs and complete environmental compliance tasks for a large-scale instream and floodplain restoration project in the lower 13 river-miles of the Chiwawa River and lower 0.2 river-miles of Big Meadow Creek...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded a $1,615,400 Cooperative Agreement to the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation (CTBYN) to restore fish passage and wetland hydrology on Toppenish Creek and its tributaries in Washington. Under this National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) award, the project aims to open up 22 miles of downstream and over 100 miles of upstream habitat by removing two diversion dams, replacing a failing fish screen, and...