Cooperative Agreement F23AC00820
- The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $4,013,207.73 WaterSMART (CFDA 15.507) grant to the Deschutes Land Trust to restore 124 acres of aquatic, floodplain, and upland habitat at the Ochoco Preserve in Crook County, Oregon. The project aims to create over 2 miles of new main baseflow stream channels, 1.5 miles of side channels, and over 11 acres of wetlands to support reintroduced Spring Chinook salmon and Summer steelhead populations. Additional planned restoration efforts include 37 acres of...
- 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...
- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $4,884,753 Project Grant under the Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Program (CFDA 15.580) to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW). The grant will fund the restoration of fish passage in the North Fork Klaskanine River by providing a fish passage structure at the Ogee Dam. This project builds on previous efforts to remove one dam and install a fish passage structure at another upstream dam. Once installed, the new...
- Lower Sutton Creek Aquatic Organism Passage Project Summary On July 1, 2026, the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded $1.12 million to the Nestucca, Neskowin and Sand Lake Watersheds Council under the National Fish Habitat Partnership (NFHP) program (CFDA 15.686) for the Lower Sutton Creek Aquatic Organism Passage Project. The primary deliverable is the replacement of two undersized and poorly functioning culverts on Lower Sutton Creek in Neskowin, Oregon with two aquatic...
- This $692,624.14 Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Reclamation under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (CFDA 15.517) program aims to restore ESA-listed salmon and steelhead populations in the Grande Ronde Basin of Oregon. The key activities include: Targeted PIT tagging of juvenile salmonids to estimate hatchery and natural origin predation Developing a release group study to address overall mortality in the valley Evaluating the impacts of hatchery release pulses on...
- This $154,400 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631) will fund habitat restoration and enhancement activities on private lands along Spencer Creek in Oregon. The primary objectives are to protect and improve critical habitat for Redband trout and Oregon spotted frog, while also preparing for the eventual return of Steelhead and Salmon after the removal of the Klamath Dam....
- 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 two-year, $2.07 million project grant from the Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will fund operation and maintenance of three salmon hatcheries in Oregon as part of the Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Pacific Salmon Treaty Program (CFDA 11.438). The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will oversee annual operation of the Bonneville, Oxbow/Herman Creek Ponds, and Umatilla hatcheries, producing approximately 1.87 million fish to supplement prey for...
- This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) provides $1,200,000 to Waterwatch of Oregon to undertake a comprehensive river restoration project. The key products and services to be delivered include: removing the Pomeroy Dam and associated structures; relocating and upgrading 2 miles of irrigation water diversion to 2 new fish-friendly pumps; decommissioning 2 miles of...
- 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,...
OCHOCO PRESERVE PROJECT - PHASE 2 NEAR PRINEVILLE, OREGON IS THE SECOND STEP IN A MULTI-YEAR, MULTI-PHASED RESTORATION EFFORT THAT SUPPORTS THE REINTRODUCTION OF SPRING CHINOOK SALMON AND SUMMER STEELHEAD AND HELPS TO ACHIEVE THE RESTORATION OF SELF-SUSTAINING UPLAND, WETLAND, FLOODPLAIN, AND STREAM ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES. OVER THE PAST 150 YEARS, LANDSCAPE CHANGES HAVE OCCURRED ON THE PRESERVE IN ORDER TO FACILITATE AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES. COMMON LAND MANIPULATIONS SUCH AS STREAM RELOCATION, STRAIGHTENING, ARMORING, AND DIKING HAVE TRANSPIRED. FURTHER, MOST OXBOWS AND WETLANDS WERE FILLED AND LEVELED. THE ECOLOGICAL VALUE OF THE PRESERVE HAS BEEN DRASTICALLY REDUCED. THIS PROJECT IS DESIGNED IN ORDER TO ALLOW OCHOCO CREEK AND THE CROOKED RIVER TO ACCESS FLOODPLAINS TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT POSSIBLE WITH CONSIDERATION FOR RISK AND CONSTRUCTABILITY. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR A MORE SUSTAINABLE PROJECT OVER TIME, WHERE DYNAMIC STREAM PROCESSES OCCUR, THE FLOODPLAIN IS FREQUENTLY ACCESSED, AND VARIABLE HABITATS FORM THAT ARE ABLE TO SUPPORT ALL LIFE STAGES OF ANADROMOUS AND RESIDENT FISH.SIGNIFICANT LAND MANIPULATION MUST OCCUR IN ORDER TO RESET THE CURRENT CHANNELIZED CONDITIONS ON BOTH SYSTEMS . THEREFORE, HEAVY EQUIPMENT WILL BE USED TO CONSTRUCT STREAM CHANNELS, OFF-CHANNEL HABITATS, WETLANDS, FLOODPLAINS, AND UPLANDS ACROSS ABOUT 86 ACRES OF THE PRESERVE. THE LENGTH OF OCHOCO CREEK AND THE CROOKED RIVER WILL NEARLY DOUBLE. MUCH OF THE INCREASED LENGTH WILL INCLUDE COMPLEX HABITATS SUITABLE FOR CHINOOK AND STEELHEAD REARING. FOR EXAMPLE, THE NEWLY CREATED OCHOCO CREEK WILL CONTAIN 3,390 FEET OF SIDE CHANNELS, 34 POOLS, AND 35 RIFFLES.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $0 | 1/14/26 | ||
| Not listed | $50.0k | 5/3/23 | ||
| Not listed | $0 | 5/3/23 |