Friends of the winooski river FWR and the U.S. Fish and wildlife service USFWS have been and will continueworking cooperatively to restore, enhance and reconnect riverine habitat within the winooski…

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded a $350,000 Cooperative Agreement to Friends of the Winooski River, a non-profit organization based in Vermont, under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife (CFDA 15.631) federal grant program. The agreement is focused on restoring, enhancing, and reconnecting riverine habitat within the Winooski River Basin in Vermont through the removal of barriers such as dams and culverts to improve aquatic organism passage. The project, which has a duration from December 2024 to May 2026, involves project administration, design oversight, and implementation oversight in coordination with local partners, landowners, and USFWS biologists. The objective is to continue the organization's work to achieve restoration outcomes developed through the watershed management plan and other shared goals identified by the USFWS.

Friends of the winooski river FWR and the U.S. Fish and wildlife service USFWS have been and will continueworking cooperatively to restore, enhance and reconnect riverine habitat within the winooski river basin invermont. FWR has been working to restore habitat through the removal of barriers dams and or culverts to aquatic organism passage in the winooski river basin via project administration and development, design oversight and implementation oversight in coordination with local partners, landowners and USFWS biologists. Following this cooperative project, FWR will continue to work with partners and landowners throughout the watershed to achieve restoration outcomes developed through the watershed management plan and other shared objectives identified by USFWS.