This $350,000 Project Grant was awarded on August 1, 2024 by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Fish and Aquatic Conservation - Aquatic Invasive Species program (CFDA 15.608). The grant recipient, Conservation Resource Alliance (CRA), a non-profit organization in Michigan, will use the funding to restore fish habitat and connectivity in the Cedar River watershed. Key objectives include: 1) performing pre-construction fish surveys, 2) replacing four priority undersized road-stream...
This $618,176.83 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3, under the Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance program (CFDA 15.608), will fund habitat restoration activities along 17 miles of Beavertail Creek in Chippewa County, Michigan. The awardee, Huron Pines Resource Conservation and Development Council Inc. (dba Huron Pines), will replace two impaired road stream crossings on South Prentiss Bay Road to restore natural river processes,...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $900,284 Cooperative Agreement under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC) to replace a concrete box culvert that is a full barrier to aquatic organism passage at Kallio Creek in Skanee, Michigan. The project aims to restore full aquatic organism passage and natural stream function by installing a new concrete structure spanning the bankful width of the creek, which will reconnect over 3 miles of...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $1,822,000 Cooperative Agreement under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to Duplain Township to remove the failing Elsie Dam on the Maple River in Clinton County, Michigan. The primary objectives are to eliminate the public safety hazard posed by the dam failure, restore the river channel through natural channel design, re-establish ecosystem function, and improve passage for aquatic organisms. Key deliverables include final design...
The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 awarded a $480,506.87 Cooperative Agreement under the National Fish Passage program (CFDA 15.685) to Michigan Trout Unlimited, a non-profit organization. The funding will support a project to provide aquatic organism passage to 23 miles of the East Branch of the Au Sable River at the Grayling Fish Hatchery, where passage has been blocked for over 100 years. This will allow brook trout and other species to move freely...
This $298,511.67 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (CFDA 15.685 - National Fish Passage Program) will fund a project to reconnect approximately 8 miles of upstream habitat for brook trout passage in Sheridan Creek and its tributaries in Albert Township, Michigan. The project aims to address issues caused by undersized culverts, such as erosion, stormwater pollution, and impediments to sediment and woody debris transport, by fully replacing the culverts with a...
This $750,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) will fund the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to replace twin perched culverts at the H-58 crossing on the Sucker River with an open bottom arch culvert. This will restore the natural connectivity of the Sucker River, enabling 20 miles of stream access for native fish communities including brook trout within the Lake Superior...
This $1,800,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) supports the Crystal River Fish Passage and Restoration Project in Michigan. The project entails replacing an undersized stream crossing consisting of three 48-inch corrugated metal pipes with a three-span timber bridge that spans the full 80-foot channel width. This will restore aquatic organism passage and access to over 2 miles of upstream habitat in the Crystal...
The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $2,419,619 Cooperative Agreement under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to Fort Wayne City Utilities to improve aquatic habitat connectivity and restore populations of imperiled fish and mussel species. Key project activities include: Replacing two culverts on the Pierson Drain, removing the Spy Run Dam on Spy Run Creek, and completing a feasibility study to remove the Hosey Dam on the Maumee River. These actions...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded the Town of Falmouth, MA a $1,052,500 Project Grant under the National Fish Passage program (CFDA 15.685) to restore diadromous fish habitat and improve public access along the Coonamessett River watershed. During the grant period from July 2023 to September 2025, the Town will remove 7 culverts, replace 4 with river crossings connected by public trails, and restore 2,700 linear feet of riparian and in-stream habitat across 5 former cranberry bogs,...