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...
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 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service (Region 1) under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685), will provide $1,050,000 to Waterwatch of Oregon, a non-profit organization, to remove the Murphy Dam and improve fish passage on the Applegate River in Oregon. The project will restore access to 100 miles of spawning and rearing habitat for native fish species such as Chinook salmon, coho salmon, steelhead, Pacific lamprey, and...
The Cooperative Agreement award of $104,843 from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) supports the Watts Toppin Fish Passage Project. This project, led by the Applegate Partnership & Watershed Council, will improve fish passage through the construction of a roughened channel at the Watts Toppin Irrigation Dam on Williams Creek, a major tributary of the Applegate River in Oregon. The project aims to benefit...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685), awarded a $2,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Wallowa Lake Irrigation District in Oregon. The funding will be used to replace an existing diversion structure on the Wallowa River with a new adjustable diversion and fish ladder system. The project will also upgrade the intake structure for the Consolidated Ditch to include a vertical plate system with a fish bypass facility. This will improve water...
This U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service award under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) provides $150,000 to the Nez Perce Tribe to fund the design, permitting, and construction of partial fish passage improvements at two irrigation diversions on the Wallowa River in Oregon. The project aims to restore unobstructed access to 10 miles of spawning, rearing, and foraging habitat for anadromous fish species like Chinook salmon, coho salmon, sockeye salmon, steelhead, and Pacific lamprey. Key...
This $600,000 cooperative agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 will fund fish passage restoration projects in the Tillamook Bay watershed in Oregon through December 2026. Trout Unlimited, Inc. will work with engineering services providers to design aquatic organism passage structures to replace three fish passage barriers. This will restore access for Chinook, chum, and threatened Oregon Coast coho salmon, steelhead, cutthroat trout, and...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685), will fund the Highland Ditch Dam Removal and Irrigation Efficiency Project. The $1,000,000 grant, awarded on April 12, 2024, will enable the South Umpqua Rural Community Partnership (Surcp) to install a modern irrigation system to replace an obsolete open ditch system and remove a diversion dam. This project aims to address...
This $8,714,968 federal Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Habitat Conservation Program (CFDA 11.463) will support the Mary's River Watershed Council in addressing 18 barriers across multiple watersheds in the mid-Willamette region of Oregon. The key activities include removing a dam and replacing several culverts to reopen access to more than 40 miles of habitat for threatened Upper Willamette River Chinook and steelhead. This work will...
This $620,300 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685), will support a culvert removal and habitat restoration project in Chimacum Creek, Washington. The project aims to re-establish access to 2.59 miles of significant upstream habitat for coho, fall chum, steelhead trout, and other anadromous fish species. By removing the existing culverts that currently limit fish passage, the project...