The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 awarded a $324,500 Cooperative Agreement to the Ozark Regional Land Trust Inc. (OLT) on June 3, 2023 through the National Fish Habitat Partnership (CFDA 15.686) program. The goal of the "Huzzah Shoal Creeks Woodlands for Wildlife" project is to work with landowners to implement best management practices (BMPs) that balance the biological, habitat, and socio-economic needs of the community. Key BMPs include...
This $100,000 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8, under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife federal grant program (CFDA 15.631), will fund replacement exclusion fencing to protect approximately 1.6 total stream miles of Fivemile Creek and associated spring habitats in Klamath Falls, Oregon. The Klamath Watershed Partnership, doing business as Klamath Watershed, will install fencing to reduce or eliminate cattle access to riparian...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program (CFDA 15.631) provides $1,468,320.00 to Pheasants Forever, Inc. to restore and maintain natural communities within the Tri-State Mining District in Missouri. The award will fund a crew of one leader and four full-time habitat specialists to treat invasive species, expand prescribed fire activity, and diversify and restore native habitats on public and private lands using best...
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...
The Arkansas Wildlife Federation will receive $302,000 through a Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631). The funding will support efforts to restore, enhance and protect riparian, in-stream, springs and spring-run aquatic habitats on private lands in Arkansas and Louisiana. This will be accomplished through installing livestock exclusion fencing, conducting site...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded a $300,000 Cooperative Agreement grant under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631) to the Beaver Watershed Alliance, a non-profit organization, to restore aquatic habitat and populations in the War Eagle Creek watershed in Arkansas. The project aims to remove dams and low water crossings, stabilize streambanks, install in-stream structures, create wetlands, and establish public access points. This will benefit drinking water...
This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631) provides $150,000 in funding to the Arkansas Wildlife Federation, a non-profit organization. The project aims to restore and enhance prairies, woodlands, glades, and aquatic habitats in Arkansas and Louisiana. Key activities include reintroducing fire to fire-dependent habitats, converting pastures to native prairie, opening woodland...
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,...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Habitat Partnership (CFDA 15.686) program aims to restore aquatic habitat and connectivity within the War Eagle Creek watershed in Arkansas. The $200,000 award will fund four stream barrier removals, reconnect 493 miles of waterway, restore over 3,000 linear feet of streambanks, create wetlands and riparian zones, and improve habitat for 27 species of greatest conservation need, including the federally...
This $154,400 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) will fund habitat restoration and enhancement activities on private lands along Spencer Creek in Oregon. The primary objectives are to protect and improve critical habitat for Redband trout and Oregon spotted frog, while also preparing for the eventual return of Steelhead and Salmon after the removal of the Klamath Dam....