This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) will provide $5,000,000 to the Kittitas Conservation Trust to implement the Gold Creek Restoration Project in Easton, Washington. The key deliverables include: Restoring 30 acres of riparian and forested wetland habitat to increase the duration of streamflow in Gold Creek, which is designated as critical habitat for the ESA-listed bull trout. Installing 141 large wood...
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, 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 Targhee Creek Instream and Riparian Habitat Restoration Project on the Slash E Ranch is a $288,642 federal grant award made by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685). The grant, which started in 2023 and will be completed by September 2026, aims to restore ecological integrity by reconnecting historic stream channels, enhancing 1.6 miles of Yellowstone cutthroat trout habitat, and restoring 45 acres of wetland....
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...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $1,300,000 Cooperative Agreement under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to Trout Unlimited, Inc. to improve fish passage and restore aquatic habitat along the upper Clark Fork River in western Montana. The project aims to reconnect 27 miles of critical bull trout habitat by constructing fish passage improvements and installing fish screens at four remaining irrigation diversions that currently impede upstream passage and entrain...
The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 awarded a $162,876 Project Grant to the Washington State Department of Fish & Wildlife (WDFW) under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation Program (CFDA 15.657). The funding will support continued efforts to rescue and monitor bull trout populations in streams that are slated for habitat restoration in 2023 and 2025. The goal is to determine the efficacy of the planned habitat improvements in reducing 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,...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $1,538,461.54 Project Grant under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to the Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG) to restore fish passage, reduce sedimentation, and enhance wetland habitat in the Miesen Creek, a tributary to the St. Joe River. The project will replace an undersized culvert with a fish-friendly culvert, reconnecting 1.9 miles of habitat for native species like westslope cutthroat trout and bull trout. Additional...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $300,000 Cooperative Agreement under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to The Centennial Valley Association Inc., a non-profit organization in Montana. The purpose of the grant is to open 7.5 miles of stream habitat for Arctic grayling and westslope cutthroat trout by removing or replacing four culverts in the French Creek drainage. The project will also restore connectivity between Smith Springs and the North Fork of the Big Hole...