The Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Foundation received a $152,500 Project Grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 under the National Fish Habitat Partnership (CFDA 15.686) program. The project will remove up to 1,200 linear feet of shore armor and pilings at the Clayton Beach site in Bow, WA to improve sediment transport processes and allow for the expansion of eelgrass beds and nearshore habitats. The project will also restore over 9 acres of beach and backshore habitat,...
This $665,200 Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration (CFDA 15.614) program will allow the Washington Department of Ecology, in partnership with the Skagit Land Trust as a sub-recipient, to acquire and permanently protect 1.6 acres and 430 feet of marine coastline along Samish Bay in northern Skagit County, Washington. The project will remove development rights and protect the historic channel entrance on...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $197,420 Cooperative Agreement under the Coastal Program (CFDA 15.630) to Friends of the San Juans, a non-profit organization located in Friday Harbor, Washington. The primary goal of this project is to restore the Eastsound Waterfront Park on Orcas Island to improve feeding and rearing habitat for out-migrating juvenile Chinook salmon, increase forage fish spawning habitat, and enhance prey for other protected marine species like bocaccio rockfish...
The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 awarded the Washington State Department of Ecology (WDOE) a $1.7 million Project Grant under the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration (CFDA 15.614) program. WDOE, in partnership with subrecipient Pacific Conservation District, will restore 140 acres of coastal wetland habitat in Pacific County, Washington by removing tide-gated culverts and replacing them with a 100-foot bridge to restore tidal flow to Smith Creek...
The Northwest Straits Foundation, Washington State Parks, and the Skagit and Whatcom County Marine Resources Committees will develop a feasibility study, design, permitting, and initiate community outreach for the restoration of over 1,200 linear feet of shoreline, 9 acres of backshore, and adjacent upland habitat at Clayton Beach in Larrabee State Park, Skagit County, WA under a $122,716 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1. The award...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $1,423,000 Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Program (CFDA 15.614) grant to the Washington State Department of Ecology, in partnership with the Squaxin Island Tribe as a sub-grantee, to restore approximately 73 acres of coastal wetland habitat in Mason County, Washington. The project will restore 1.2 miles of Skookum Creek by re-aligning the channel to its historic alignment, restoring streamside channels, removing a...
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 Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife was awarded a $10,100,000 Cooperative Agreement by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Habitat Conservation federal grant program (CFDA 11.463). The funding will be used to implement large-scale restoration across the Snohomish and Stillaguamish Rivers within the Whidbey Basin, taking a holistic approach to recover Chinook salmon by targeting restoration to support spawning in the upper watershed and rearing in the...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement under the CFDA 11.473 Office for Coastal Management program to the Washington State Department of Ecology. This funding from the FY2023 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Coastal Zone Management Habitat Restoration and Conservation Competition will support habitat restoration planning, engineering and design, habitat restoration implementation, and land conservation projects to increase climate...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration program (CFDA 15.614), awarded a $1,333,334 Project Grant to the Washington State Department of Ecology in partnership with the Great Peninsula Conservancy. The funding will support the permanent protection and conservation of 13.1 acres, including 11.1 acres of coastal wetlands, along 530 feet of the Eastern Hood Canal shoreline in Kitsap County, Washington. The protected habitat features...