Cooperative Agreement F23AC00621

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...

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, through the Partners for Fish and Wildlife (CFDA 15.631) program, awarded a $101,458.50 Cooperative Agreement to the Scott River Watershed Council to restore spawning and rearing habitat for coho salmon in a degraded reach of French Creek in Etna, California. The project will construct three engineered log jams and add 55 cubic yards of spawning gravel to enhance spawning and create rearing habitat for the endangered species. Native willows will also be...

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...

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 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $403,916.70 Cooperative Agreement to the Kittitas Conservation Trust under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to implement the Gold Creek Valley Restoration Project. The project aims to decrease seasonal dewatering and restore aquatic connectivity in Gold Creek, a designated critical habitat for the ESA-listed bull trout. Key project activities include: Restoring 30 acres of riparian and forested wetland habitat to increase stream flow...

This $572,818 Cooperative Agreement was awarded by the National Park Service under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931). The funding supports the non-profit organization Environment For The Americas, Inc. (EFTA) to carry out natural and cultural resource conservation education, volunteer service, and training projects on Department of the Interior lands within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area in California. Typical project activities may...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service (NPS) under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) provides $1,387,000 to the Lomakatsi Restoration Project, a non-profit organization based in Ashland, Oregon. The funding will support a 3-year Indian Youth Service Corps (IYSC) initiative to build capacity in habitat restoration, climate adaptation, ecosystem resilience, fuels reduction, and stewardship of ecocultural resources through...

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will receive $569,956 under a Cooperative Agreement awarded by the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region on September 23, 2022. The agreement will support the Luck Creek Flat Salmon Restoration Project through March 26, 2026. Under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Restoration/Revegetation program (CFDA #10.717), the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will work to restore habitat for salmon in Luck Creek Flat,...

The Columbia River Estuary Study Taskforce (CREST) will receive $249,781 through September 2027 under a Cooperative Agreement from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1. The funding is part of the National Fish Passage Program administered by the Service under Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number 15.685. CREST will work in partnership to restore aquatic connectivity in tidal wetland environments in the lower Columbia River estuary, benefiting federal trust...