Cooperative Agreement F24AC02011
- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 awarded a $189,250 Cooperative Agreement to Ecosystems Connections Institute, LLC under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to support the removal of a low-head dam and fish passage barrier on the Little Wabash River in northern Indiana. This project will reconnect 423 stream miles (181,124 acres) of upstream aquatic habitat and provide access to nearly 500 meters of new fish and mussel habitat that is currently inaccessible due to the...
- The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 awarded a $635,000 cooperative agreement to Ecosystems Connections Institute, LLC from January 2, 2023 through December 31, 2025 under the Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance program (CFDA 15.608). The award will support dam removal services at the American Water Low Head Dam located in Seymour, Indiana to reconnect 836 stream miles of fish habitat. As part of the Fish and Aquatic Conservation activities conducted under the...
- 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 $750,000 in funding to the City of Indianapolis for the full removal of the Emrichsville Dam located in the East Fork White River. The project aims to improve fish passage, ecological resilience, recreational fishing, economic development, and recreational use of the river. The Emrichsville Dam is approximately 250 feet long and 8 feet...
- The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $2,419,619 Cooperative Agreement under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to Fort Wayne City Utilities to improve aquatic habitat connectivity and restore populations of imperiled fish and mussel species. Key project activities include: Replacing two culverts on the Pierson Drain, removing the Spy Run Dam on Spy Run Creek, and completing a feasibility study to remove the Hosey Dam on the Maumee River. These actions...
- This $1,500,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) will fund the Sangamon County Dam Removal Project in Illinois. The project will remove two dams - the Riverside and Color Plant Dams - located on the Sangamon River, restoring 55.1 miles of upstream fish habitat and allowing migratory fish and other aquatic species like lake sturgeon, mooneye, and freshwater mussels to access...
- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $3,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to the State of Ohio Office of Budget and Management State Accounting, doing business as the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. The project will remove two low dams and reconnect a 1.5-mile oxbow channel on the Middle Great Miami River in Ohio, creating a bank-to-bank nature-like fishway riffle across a 12-inch sheet pile dam that provides drinking water for...
- This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) provides $100,000.00 to the Rhode Islands Chapter of Trout Unlimited to support the removal of the Capwell Mill Pond Dam on the Carr River in West Greenwich, Rhode Island. The dam removal project aims to restore 8 miles and 24 acres of aquatic habitat for native brook trout and other species by reconnecting fragmented stream ecosystems within the Big River...
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Award Summary The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Region 3 awarded a Cooperative Agreement of $164,925 to Huron Pines Resource Conservation and Development Council Inc. under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685), effective December 31, 2025 through December 31, 2027. This award funds the removal of the deteriorated Trout River Dam in Rogers City, Michigan—an eighty-year-old structure exhibiting substantial concrete cracking, spalling, and...
- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded a $326,874 National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) project grant to the City of Forest City, Iowa. The funding will be used to remove a 3-foot high low-head dam in Pammel Park along the Winnebago River and construct two rock cross vanes to facilitate fish passage. This project will reconnect 99 upstream miles of the river's mainstem into southern Minnesota, improving upstream passage for channel catfish, northern pike, yellow perch, and...
- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685), awarded a $1,822,000 Cooperative Agreement to Duplain Township on October 1, 2024 to remove the failing Elsie Dam on the Maple River in Clinton County, Michigan. The primary objectives are to eliminate the public safety hazard posed by the dam failure, restore the river channel through natural channel design, re-establish ecosystem function, and improve passage for aquatic organisms. Key deliverables...
This $265,000 Cooperative Agreement was awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 3, under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685). The funding will support the Ecosystems Connections Institute, LLC, a woman-owned small business located in Indiana, to remove two low-head dams on the Flatrock River, a tributary to the East Fork White River. The dam removals will reconnect 141.3 stream miles and open 1.5 miles of new fish and mussel habitat currently inaccessible behind the dams. This work will improve aquatic connectivity, enhance fish passage, and increase ecological resilience within the Flatrock River watershed, which has been identified as an underserved, disadvantaged community. The project involves partnerships with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Lake and River Enhancement, the Sam Shine Foundation, and The Nature Conservancy.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $265.0k | 9/4/24 |