Cooperative Agreement F24AC02171

This $618,176.83 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3, under the Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance program (CFDA 15.608), will fund habitat restoration activities along 17 miles of Beavertail Creek in Chippewa County, Michigan. The awardee, Huron Pines Resource Conservation and Development Council Inc. (dba Huron Pines), will replace two impaired road stream crossings on South Prentiss Bay Road to restore natural river processes,...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) will provide $3,779,000 to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to replace 6 improperly sized failing road-stream crossings on DNR state forest lands in the Upper Manistee River watershed. The project aims to restore connectivity and improve approximately 25 miles of stream habitat, which is critical for the reintroduction of...

This $298,511.67 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (CFDA 15.685 - National Fish Passage Program) will fund a project to reconnect approximately 8 miles of upstream habitat for brook trout passage in Sheridan Creek and its tributaries in Albert Township, Michigan. The project aims to address issues caused by undersized culverts, such as erosion, stormwater pollution, and impediments to sediment and woody debris transport, by fully replacing the culverts with a...

This $750,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) will fund the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to replace twin perched culverts at the H-58 crossing on the Sucker River with an open bottom arch culvert. This will restore the natural connectivity of the Sucker River, enabling 20 miles of stream access for native fish communities including brook trout within the Lake Superior...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through its National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685), awarded a $200,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Conservation Resource Alliance (CRA) to restore a road-stream crossing on Deer Creek. The project will replace a 7-foot diameter culvert with a 33-foot span timber bridge, reconnecting 5 miles of upstream channel to over 4 miles downstream. This will halt the annual input of up to 15 tons of sediment from road runoff entering Deer Creek, improving stream...

The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) in Michigan has been awarded a $312,610 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Project Grant under the Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance program (CFDA 15.608) to support habitat restoration efforts in Saginaw County. The funding will be used to remove invasive species and restore approximately 40 acres of upland habitat and 100 acres of wetland habitat along the Tittabawassee and Shiawassee Rivers near the city of Saginaw. This work aims to rehabilitate...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 awarded $400,000 under the Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance program (CFDA 15.608) to the Genesee County Metropolitan Planning Commission for the Flint River Restoration project in Flint, Michigan. The two-year project will restore nearly 25 stream miles to improve fish habitat and passage for species of conservation concern in the Flint River watershed. Key activities include removing dams and installing constructed riffles...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 awarded a $300,000 Cooperative Agreement under the National Fish Passage program (CFDA 15.685) to Trout Unlimited, Inc. to replace an undersized and failing culvert on Claybank Creek at Pine Creek Road in Manistee County, Michigan. This project will restore aquatic organism passage, enhance flood resiliency, and improve infrastructure at the crossing. The replacement culvert will reconnect 3.5 miles of upstream high-quality...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded a $531,636 federal Project Grant under the Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance program (CFDA 15.608) to Central Michigan University to assess native mussel populations and habitat conditions in the lower reaches of tributaries to Lake Michigan. The 4-year project aims to 1) determine the status and threats to unionid mussels, 2) evaluate the predictive power of existing habitat models for identifying refuges, and 3) make management...

This $1,800,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) supports the Crystal River Fish Passage and Restoration Project in Michigan. The project entails replacing an undersized stream crossing consisting of three 48-inch corrugated metal pipes with a three-span timber bridge that spans the full 80-foot channel width. This will restore aquatic organism passage and access to over 2 miles of upstream habitat in the Crystal...