The State Coastal Conservancy will receive $1.421 million through March 1, 2023 from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program to implement Phase 3B of the Prairie Creek Floodplain Restoration Project. The project will restore 0.9 miles of instream habitat, provide access to nearly 23 acres of floodplain and backwater habitat, and restore or conserve up to 19 acres of emergent wetland and nearly 24 acres of riparian vegetation in Humboldt County,...
The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 awarded a $2,605,548.67 Project Grant to the City of Oakdale under the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CFDA 15.648) program. The project will enhance approximately 22 acres of riparian and upland habitats along the lower Stanislaus River in California. Key activities include excavating 54,800 cubic yards of material to expand emergent wetlands, create side channels, and install alcoves and large wood structures to...
This $2.7 million project grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration program (CFDA 15.614) will support restoration and enhancement of 159 acres of coastal wetlands and riparian habitats at Coyote Hills Regional Park in Fremont, California. The California Coastal Conservancy and East Bay Regional Park District will directly restore and enhance over 14.5 acres of wetlands and 144.5 acres of grasslands,...
This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation, awarded under the Central Valley Project Conservation Program (CFDA 15.564), provides $480,000 to River Partners, a non-profit organization, to restore 400 acres of riparian habitat along the Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge. The project aims to benefit the federally threatened yellow-billed cuckoo and valley elderberry longhorn beetle by establishing a mosaic of native vegetation...
This $106,755 cooperative agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 will support stream habitat restoration along one mile of Lower Ah Pah Creek near Klamath, California. The Yurok Tribe will collaborate with the Arcata Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program to enhance stream and floodplain habitat through activities such as completing environmental and cultural compliance, physical monitoring, and reconfiguring impaired areas to increase...
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 California Department of Fish and Wildlife received a $127,699 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 on January 1, 2022 through the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund program (CFDA 15.615). The grant will fund the development of an updated prioritization tool for land acquisition, habitat restoration, and translocation efforts to recover the endangered Riparian Brush Rabbit based on rigorous statistical analysis of the...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $7,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to the California State Coastal Conservancy under the Habitat Conservation program (CFDA 11.463) to restore floodplain rearing habitat for juvenile salmonids in Prairie Creek, a priority stream in Humboldt County, California. The project will complete the final downstream phase of work to elevate the habitat and create a salmonid stronghold, building upon several years of continuous...
This $1.6 million cooperative agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 will provide the Hoopa Valley Tribe the ability to plan, design, implement, and monitor private lands habitat restoration projects in the Trinity and Klamath Basins of California from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2027. The projects will support shared restoration priorities of the Hoopa Valley Tribe and the Service's Partners for Fish and Wildlife program, which...
Groundwork Jacksonville, Inc. will receive up to $2,947,955 through a cooperative agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Habitat Conservation (CFDA 11.463) federal grant program. The funding will support early planning for habitat restoration along Hogans Creek in Jacksonville, Florida from June 1, 2023 through May 31, 2026. Specifically, Groundwork Jacksonville will undertake activities to daylight sections of Hogans Creek that currently run...