The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded a $140,909.58 Cooperative Agreement grant under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631) to the Mid Klamath Watershed Council (MKWC) for the Middle Creek Coho Habitat Enhancement Project. The project will restore instream habitat and floodplain connectivity along 1,640 linear feet of Middle Creek in Horse Creek, California. Key activities include installing large woody debris in the stream channel,...
This Cooperative Agreement award of $589,000 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Habitat Conservation Federal Grant Program (CFDA 11.463) will enable the Mid Klamath Watershed Council (MKWC), a non-profit organization, to restore habitat on Red Cap Creek and Old Campbell Creek, two tributaries of the Klamath River. The project aims to improve spawning and rearing habitat for threatened coho salmon and other species. The restoration work will occur on the...
The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 awarded a $377,500 cooperative agreement to the Mid Klamath Watershed Council under the Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance program (CFDA 15.608) from January 2, 2023 through December 31, 2025. The funding will support replacement of a deteriorating culvert with a concrete single span bridge on a 250-foot section of Middle Creek in California to improve fish passage for threatened coho salmon. Replacing the culvert, which is...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $899,572.44 Project Grant under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination and Assistance program (CFDA 15.664) to the Mid Klamath Watershed Council (MKWC) for the Upper Horse Creek Valley Channel Restoration Project. This 3-year effort aims to increase stream sinuosity, create side channels and off-channel ponds (totaling 1,500 feet of new channel), and install 37 wood structures and beaver dam analogues within 6-12 acres of Horse Creek to benefit fish and...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $212,346.20 Cooperative Agreement grant under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631) to the Scott River Watershed Council, a non-profit organization in Etna, California. The project aims to restore up to 2 miles of coho salmon habitat within the Scott River watershed by using techniques such as installing beaver dam analogs and wood structures to re-establish natural stream processes and create slow water rearing habitat. The grant...
The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 awarded a $124,345 cooperative agreement to the Klamath Watershed Partnership under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631) to install low-tech process-based restoration structures in the North Fork Sprague River from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2027. The Klamath Watershed Partnership and Service will work together to install beaver dam analogs and post-assisted log structures to improve water quality for...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through the Partners for Fish and Wildlife (CFDA 15.631) program, awarded a $101,458.50 Cooperative Agreement to the Scott River Watershed Council to restore spawning and rearing habitat for coho salmon in a degraded reach of French Creek in Etna, California. The project will construct three engineered log jams and add 55 cubic yards of spawning gravel to enhance spawning and create rearing habitat for the endangered species. Native willows will also be...
The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 awarded a $591,797.91 Project Grant to the Mid Klamath Watershed Council through the Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance federal grant program (CFDA 15.608) to improve conditions for native fish and aquatic species habitat in Siskiyou County, California. Under the award, set to be completed by March 31, 2025, the Mid Klamath Watershed Council will use a helicopter to place 120 pieces of large wood into 2.5 miles of West Fork...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631) provides $200,000 to the Klamath Watershed Partnership to analyze and restore the Fishhole and Pole Creek watersheds in Oregon. The initial Phase I effort will assess priority areas for restoration and watershed function, including analyzing grazing and cattle management impacts. Planned restoration activities may include...
This 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) provides $100,000.00 in funding to the Klamath Watershed Partnership, a non-profit organization in Oregon. The award will support a multi-phased project to address fish passage barriers and restore the degraded Ish Tish Creek on the organization's property. Phase I will involve stream analysis, modeling, and functional surveys to...