The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $403,916.70 Cooperative Agreement to the Kittitas Conservation Trust under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to implement the Gold Creek Valley Restoration Project. The project aims to decrease seasonal dewatering and restore aquatic connectivity in Gold Creek, a designated critical habitat for the ESA-listed bull trout. Key project activities include: Restoring 30 acres of riparian and forested wetland habitat to increase stream flow...
This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation's WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program, CFDA No. 15.507, provides $3,017,964.00 to the Kittitas Conservation Trust to implement an in-stream restoration project on River Mile 2-3 of Gold Creek in Kittitas County, Washington. The project aims to restore the geomorphology and increase the habitat complexity of Gold Creek by installing engineered log jam...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, under its Coastal Program (CFDA 15.630), awarded a $3,260,366 Cooperative Agreement to the Columbia River Estuary Study Taskforce (CREST) to implement the Clear Creek Reconnection Project in Wahkiakum County, Washington. The project will remove a culvert fish passage barrier on Clear Creek, a tributary to the Elochoman River, to restore access to upstream spawning grounds for threatened salmon and steelhead species. Key project activities include...
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 $400,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631) will fund stream and riparian habitat restoration in the Fivemile Creek area in Bly, Oregon. The key products and services to be delivered over the 5-year award period (8/1/2023 - 7/31/2028) include: Removal of hazard trees, burned fencing, and installation of new perimeter fencing to protect sensitive riparian and spring habitats Installation of instream...
This $200,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) will fund the Confederated Tribes Siletz Indians (C T S I) to perform habitat restoration and connectivity improvements on 40 acres of the valley floor and Fivemile Creek in Oregon. The project involves regrading the valley floor, removing cross-valley dikes, placing large wood structures, and establishing native plants to...
This $215,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (DOI Fish and Wildlife Service Region 7) under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA #15.685) is intended to provide fish passage to high priority salmon species by replacing priority culverts that currently act as fish passage barriers. The project will design and construct properly sized and engineered structures to allow passage for all life stages of priority salmon species, which utilize the seasonal rearing...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through its National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685), awarded a $342,000 project grant to the Eagle Valley Soil And Water Conservation District in Oregon. The grant supports the removal of fish passage barriers and implementation of habitat restoration projects within the East Pine Creek watershed, which is designated critical habitat for threatened bull trout. The project aims to restore aquatic connectivity and improve migratory corridors for bull trout...
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,...
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....