Cooperative Agreement F23AC02423

This U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Cooperative Agreement award of $750,000.00, with a project period from November 4, 2024 to December 31, 2026, is funded through the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685). The grant supports the full removal of the Emrichsville Dam, an approximately 250-foot long and 8-foot tall dam located in the East Fork White River in Indianapolis, Indiana. The dam's structural integrity was significantly compromised after a partial collapse in 2018, and its removal...

This $265,000 Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685), supports the removal of two low-head dams on the Flatrock River in Indiana. The project aims to reconnect 141.3 stream miles and open 1.5 miles of new fish and mussel habitat currently inaccessible behind the dams. The grantee, Ecosystems Connections Institute, LLC, a woman-owned small business specializing in aquatic...

This $500,000 federal Project Grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685), supports American Rivers Inc.'s efforts to remove the Lockville Dam on the Deep River in North Carolina. The dam removal is expected to reopen 56.5 river miles, reconnecting critical habitat for the federally endangered Cape Fear shiner and threatened Atlantic pigtoe. The project will also provide short-term job creation, improve...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) provides $600,000.00 to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources for the removal of the Upper and Lower Dams on the Upper Iowa River. This project will restore 119.3 miles of continuous fish passage and habitat connectivity between the Upper Iowa River and the Upper Mississippi River. The dam removals will benefit several regional priority and climate-sensitive fish species,...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $1,230,000 Project Grant through the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to the Ipswich River Watershed Association, Inc. for the Ipswich Mills Dam Removal Project. This project will permanently restore 49 miles of mainstem and tributary habitat for native and migratory fish populations in the Ipswich River watershed and the Great Marsh Area of Critical Environmental Concern. Key project elements include full removal of the Ipswich Mills...

This Cooperative Agreement award, issued by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685), provides $631,488.50 to American Rivers Inc. to remove the Shulls Mill Dam in North Carolina. The project aims to restore over 35 miles of connectivity to the Watauga River by eliminating this unsafe and unused dam, which was originally constructed in 1924 for hydroelectric power. Key anticipated benefits include improved public safety...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685), provides $499,999 to the Canaan Valley Institute to collaborate with federal, state, and local partners to remove a hazardous low-head dam on the McClure River in Clinchco, Virginia. This dam removal project will fully reconnect 22 miles of the McClure River, benefiting the federally threatened Big Sandy crayfish within its critical habitat by allowing movement...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) provides $1,822,000 to Duplain Township in Duplain, MI to remove the failing Elsie Dam on the Maple River. The primary project objectives are to eliminate the public safety hazard posed by the dam failure, restore the river channel, and improve aquatic organism passage and ecosystem function. Key deliverables include final design plans, an ecosystem restoration...

This $1,203,550 Project Grant was awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to American Rivers Inc., a non-profit organization focused on river conservation and restoration. The grant will support a comprehensive aquatic habitat restoration project in Pennsylvania's Ohio and Susquehanna River basins. Key activities include the removal of 10 dams, reconnecting 190 miles of aquatic habitat for imperiled and endangered species. The project...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, under the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (CFDA 15.658) program, provides $186,843.00 to the Raritan Headwaters Association to perform feasibility analysis and engineering design for the removal of the Rockafellows Mills Dam in New Jersey. The key products and services to be delivered include: (1) oversight of feasibility studies and engineering design for dam removal, (2)...