The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $6,433,628 Project Grant under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MN DNR) to enhance aquatic connectivity in the Otter Tail River watershed. The grant funds the replacement of two undersized highway culverts with two span bridges to restore fish passage and reconnect 20 miles of critical spawning habitat. This landscape-scale project, part of the broader Reconnect the Red initiative,...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Fish and Wildlife Service, under the National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements program (CFDA 15.654), provides $187,525.98 to Trout Unlimited, Inc. for the implementation of the "Muskeg Creek Stream Monitoring and Habitat Restoration" project. The project aims to restore at least 0.3 miles of in-stream habitat in Muskeg Creek, a Lake Superior tributary and Class II trout stream, through the addition of...
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...
This $1,800,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) supports the Crystal River Fish Passage and Restoration Project in Michigan. The project entails replacing an undersized stream crossing consisting of three 48-inch corrugated metal pipes with a three-span timber bridge that spans the full 80-foot channel width. This will restore aquatic organism passage and access to over 2 miles of upstream habitat in the Crystal...
This $168,016.29 federal Formula Grant award from the Federal Highway Administration (CFDA 20.205 - Highway Planning and Construction) supports a project by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) to design and replace a culvert on an unnamed tributary to the Pokegama River along State Highway 105 near the city of Oliver, Wisconsin. The project involves preliminary or construction engineering services for the culvert replacement work. This grant is part of the Federal Highway...
This $1,411,634.35 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) supports the final phase of a 25-year fisheries restoration effort in the Rio Costilla watershed in New Mexico. The grant to Trout Unlimited, Inc. will address the remaining fish passage barriers within the watershed to establish the largest metapopulation of Rio Grande cutthroat trout within its historic range. Additionally, the project aims to expedite fish...
This $568,981.44 Formula Grant award from the Federal Highway Administration's Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205) will fund the replacement of a culvert on State Trunk Highway 21 near Redgranite and Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The project, titled "REDGRANITE - OSHKOSH CULVERT REPLACEMENT C-69-0019", involves construction work to replace the existing culvert, including associated pavement repair, patch, and slab replacement activities. The awardee, the Wisconsin...
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation received a $646,199 Formula Grant award on July 13, 2021 from the Federal Highway Administration under the Highway Planning and Construction federal grant program (CFDA 20.205). The funding will support the OLT UNION PACIFIC SEGMENT CRESTWOOD STREAM CULVERT CONST/BIKE/PED CULVERT REPLACEMENT LLC project, which involves replacing an existing culvert and constructing a new culvert to accommodate bicycles and pedestrians. The project aims to preserve and...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service, through its National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685), awarded a $299,134 Cooperative Agreement to the Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group (SFEG) to open up 8.67 miles of high-quality habitat for salmonids in the Skagit watershed. The project will replace the final six barrier culverts on Carpenter Creek, a priority identified through a 10-year collaborative effort between SFEG, local tribal entities, and county governments. The...
This $620,300 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) supports a project to remove a pair of culverts in Chimacum Creek, Washington. The project aims to re-establish access to 2.59 miles of significant upstream habitat for coho, fall chum, steelhead trout, and other anadromous fish species. The existing culverts have a Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife passability rating of only 33%, limiting access to the upper...