This $215,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service (under CFDA #15.685 - National Fish Passage Program) to the Kenai Soil & Water Conservation District is focused on improving fish passage for high priority salmon species in Alaska. The project aims to replace priority culverts that currently act as fish passage barriers with properly sized and engineered structures designed to mimic natural stream characteristics and allow passage...
This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) provides $4,000,000 to restore fish passage to up to 14 miles of high-quality habitat in Southeast Alaska. The project will address barriers at 11 culverts on Native-owned and non-federal lands to improve passage for salmonid species, which are regional priorities. The Southeast Alaska Watershed Coalition, a non-profit organization based in...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded a $105,000 Cooperative Agreement under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to the Alaska Department of Fish & Game (ADF&G) for the Nelson Road Fish Passage and Waterfowl Habitat Restoration Project. The objective is to address four failing culvert crossings on Nelson Road within the Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge to improve fish passage and aquatic habitat connectivity, while maintaining water elevation for wildlife...
This $500,000 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 mitigate threats to critical salmon habitat in the Yukon River Delta. The project aims to restore aquatic connectivity by removing a fish passage barrier in a Yukon River slough used by five Pacific salmon species. It will also involve inventorying and assessing fish passage barriers in the lower Yukon region, with community...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service, through its National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685), awarded a $299,134 Cooperative Agreement to the Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group (SFEG) to open up 8.67 miles of high-quality habitat for salmonids in the Skagit watershed. The project will replace the final six barrier culverts on Carpenter Creek, a priority identified through a 10-year collaborative effort between SFEG, local tribal entities, and county governments. The...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to the Essex County Department of Public Works (Essex County DPW) and USFWS. The project will replace an existing dual culvert crossing over the North Branch of the Boquet River in Essex County, New York with a 120-foot bridge. This will remove an aquatic passage barrier, reconnect 49 upstream miles of river and coldwater tributary habitat, and restore natural...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685), will provide $900,284 to the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC) to replace a concrete box culvert on Kallio Creek at Skanee Road. The existing culvert is an aquatic organism passage (AOP) barrier, preventing native brook trout from accessing 3 miles of high-quality habitat in Kallio Creek and 25 miles of the Silver River. The project will install a concrete...
This $620,300 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) supports a project to remove a pair of culverts 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. The existing culverts have a Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife passability rating of only 33%, limiting access to the upper...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $200,000 Cooperative Agreement under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to the Lower Elwha Tribal Community Council to improve habitat for salmon and steelhead in the Ennis Creek watershed in Washington. The key activities to be performed under this award include: Contracting an engineering consultant to produce designs and cost estimates to replace an existing fish barrier culvert with a bridge on lower Ennis Creek, securing necessary...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Habitat Partnership (CFDA 15.686) program provides $120,000 to the Matanuska-Susitna Borough in Alaska to improve fish passage on Coal Creek, a tributary to the Little Susitna River. The project will restore unimpeded access to 4.4 miles of upstream habitat by addressing a problematic culvert crossing at Sushana Drive that has been identified as a barrier by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. This is...