Cooperative Agreement F22AC02906

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $143,385 Cooperative Agreement under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to the Chautauqua County Soil and Water Conservation District. The project will rehabilitate a 550-foot stretch of Canadaway Creek, a tributary of Lake Erie, in the Village of Fredonia to enhance aquatic habitat, install public access points, and reduce sediment migration into the lake. The project will use natural channel design approaches to restore the stream...

The federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469), will fund Erie County Soil & Water Conservation District to mitigate soil erosion and restore two streambanks along 1,900 linear feet of Cattaraugus Creek in New York. The project aims to reduce sediment, phosphorus, and nitrogen loads to the creek while adding a new riparian zone and in-stream fish habitat improvements....

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to the Essex County Department of Public Works (Essex County DPW) to restore and enhance riverine habitat within the Boquet River Watershed in Essex County, New York. The project will replace an existing dual culvert crossing over the North Branch of the Boquet River with a 120-foot bridge, removing an aquatic passage barrier and reconnecting 49 upstream miles...

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 $268,500 to Trout Unlimited, Inc. to finalize engineering designs and implementation plans to replace an undersized concrete box culvert on Strawberry Creek in McKinleyville, CA. The existing structure is a complete barrier to upstream fish passage for ESA-listed coho salmon and steelhead trout, as well as coastal cutthroat trout and...

This $1.2 million Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5 will fund the restoration of aquatic connectivity in the North Branch Potomac River (NBPR) watershed in Maryland. The project, under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685), will remove eight barriers to improve connectivity along 30 miles of stream habitat that supports Eastern Brook Trout populations. Key activities include replacing two culverts, removing a dam,...

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 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 Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 awarded a $120,038 cooperative agreement to Trout Unlimited, Inc. under the Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance program (CFDA 15.608) to restore aquatic organism passage for brook trout and other coldwater species in the North Branch Oconto River near Wabeno, Wisconsin. Key activities to be delivered through July 2022 to December 2024 include removing the final remnant logging dam blocking fish passage, restoring the stream...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through its National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685), awarded a $342,000 project grant to the Eagle Valley Soil And Water Conservation District in Oregon. The grant supports the removal of fish passage barriers and implementation of habitat restoration projects within the East Pine Creek watershed, which is designated critical habitat for threatened bull trout. The project aims to restore aquatic connectivity and improve migratory corridors for bull trout...

This U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Region 6 Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $100,000 and effective from July 2024 to July 2029, will support Trout Unlimited, Inc. in removing and replacing a road stream crossing structure on Middle Placer Creek in Colorado. This project aims to improve aquatic organism passage and provide access to 10 miles of high-quality stream habitat for native Rio Grande fishes, including Rio Grande cutthroat trout and Rio Grande...