This $260,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by 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 the removal and replacement of an undersized culvert on Little Grass Valley Creek in Weaverville, California. The new 13x10 elliptical culvert will provide full, unimpeded fish passage for anadromous species like coho salmon, steelhead, and Pacific lamprey to access five miles of cold water spawning and rearing...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $4,281,494 Cooperative Agreement under the Habitat Conservation program (CFDA 11.463) to California Trout, Inc. to address the last major fish passage barrier in Alameda Creek, opening nearly 22 miles of habitat for threatened Central California Coast steelhead and other migratory fish. The project will remove a concrete erosion control structure that currently blocks fish passage on the creek, in conjunction with an already...
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) provides $268,500 to Trout Unlimited, Inc. to finalize engineering designs and implementation plans to replace an undersized concrete box culvert on Strawberry Creek in McKinleyville, CA. The existing structure is a complete barrier to upstream fish passage for ESA-listed coho salmon and steelhead trout, as well as coastal cutthroat trout and...
The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 awarded a $2,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the National Fish Passage program (CFDA 15.685) to the Resighini Rancheria, a federally recognized Native American tribe in California. The goal of the Lower Waukell and Junior Creeks Restoration Project is to replace two existing large culverts, elevate the roadway, and restore native vegetation to improve wetland habitat for at-risk fisheries and other tribal trust species,...
This $276,689 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) under the National Fish Habitat Partnership (CFDA 15.686) program will support the continued operation and coordination of the California Fish Passage Forum. The key products and services to be delivered include: Facilitating and supporting the California Fish Passage Forum, including organizing and managing regular forum meetings Distributing funding to Forum-specific projects focused on fish habitat...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service (CFDA 15.685 - National Fish Passage Program) provides $2,500,000.00 to the Robinson Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California to implement the Tejada Ranch Habitat Management Project. The project aims to remove fish passage barriers, enhance stream habitat, and reduce flood risk in a portion of Scotts Creek in Lake County, California. Key activities include removing instream barriers to enable...
This $143,505 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage program (CFDA 15.685) will support the Smith River Alliance, a non-profit organization, to remediate a fish passage barrier on Tryon Creek in the Smith River watershed in California. The project will replace a culvert with a prefabricated bridge to restore 1.3 miles of upstream habitat and improve fish passage, floodplain connectivity, and riparian habitat for...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award, with a total funding of $9,998,830 over 3 years, was granted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Habitat Conservation program (CFDA 11.463). The purpose of the award is to implement landscape-scale floodplain habitat restoration projects in the Sacramento River watershed to benefit endangered Sacramento River winter-run Chinook salmon, which hold cultural significance for local tribes. The primary recipient, California...
The University of California, Davis will analyze 281 otoliths collected from Battle Creek from 2001 to 2020 under a $119,628 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8. The analysis will determine habitat use and migratory patterns of Battle Creek spring-run Chinook salmon to leverage similar datasets from other Central Valley tributaries. This will synthesize how ESA-listed spring-run Chinook salmon populations in the Central Valley use...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $14.6 million Cooperative Agreement under the Habitat Conservation program (CFDA 11.463) to California Trout, Inc. to construct two nature-like fishways at the Metrolink railway and Interstate 5 crossings in Orange County, California. This project will restore 15 miles of habitat access in the Trabuco Creek tributary of San Juan Creek, contributing to the recovery of endangered Southern California steelhead. The project will...