Cooperative Agreement F26AC00294
- This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service, under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685), provides $6,996,654 to the City of Ypsilanti, Michigan to remove the Peninsular Paper Dam, a high-hazard dam in poor condition along the Huron River. The project aims to restore the river to a free-flowing state, improve fish passage, and positively impact federally endangered freshwater mussels. It will also create new recreational...
- The City of Ypsilanti received a $4,465,000 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to finalize the removal design and fully remove the Peninsular Paper Dam from the Huron River. The project will restore aquatic organism passage and connectivity by deconstructing this 21-foot concrete gravity dam. Key activities include engineering design, sediment management, habitat protection, and...
- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685), awarded a $1,822,000 Cooperative Agreement to Duplain Township on October 1, 2024 to remove the failing Elsie Dam on the Maple River in Clinton County, Michigan. The primary objectives are to eliminate the public safety hazard posed by the dam failure, restore the river channel through natural channel design, re-establish ecosystem function, and improve passage for aquatic organisms. Key deliverables...
- This $298,511.67 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (CFDA 15.685 - National Fish Passage Program) will fund a project to reconnect approximately 8 miles of upstream habitat for brook trout passage in Sheridan Creek and its tributaries in Albert Township, Michigan. The project aims to address issues caused by undersized culverts, such as erosion, stormwater pollution, and impediments to sediment and woody debris transport, by fully replacing the culverts with a...
- The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 awarded a $480,506.87 Cooperative Agreement under the National Fish Passage program (CFDA 15.685) to Michigan Trout Unlimited, a non-profit organization. The funding will support a project to provide aquatic organism passage to 23 miles of the East Branch of the Au Sable River at the Grayling Fish Hatchery, where passage has been blocked for over 100 years. This will allow brook trout and other species to move freely...
- 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) will provide $3,779,000 to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to replace 6 improperly sized failing road-stream crossings on DNR state forest lands in the Upper Manistee River watershed. The project aims to restore connectivity and improve approximately 25 miles of stream habitat, which is critical for the reintroduction of...
- 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 $265,000 Cooperative Agreement was awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 3, under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685). The funding will support the Ecosystems Connections Institute, LLC, a woman-owned small business located in Indiana, to remove two low-head dams on the Flatrock River, a tributary to the East Fork White River. The dam removals will reconnect 141.3 stream miles and open 1.5 miles of new fish and mussel habitat currently inaccessible behind the...
- The University of Michigan - Flint received a $125,944 Cooperative Agreement grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Habitat Partnership (CFDA 15.686) program. The grant funds will support near-term implementation monitoring and evaluation to ensure the successful removal of the Hamilton Dam on the Flint River in Michigan and the construction of six new riffles to improve fish passage and habitat connectivity. Key activities include: Collecting pre- and...
- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 awarded a $189,250 Cooperative Agreement to Ecosystems Connections Institute, LLC under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to support the removal of a low-head dam and fish passage barrier on the Little Wabash River in northern Indiana. This project will reconnect 423 stream miles (181,124 acres) of upstream aquatic habitat and provide access to nearly 500 meters of new fish and mussel habitat that is currently inaccessible due to the...
Huron Pines Resource Conservation and Development Council Inc. received a Cooperative Agreement award of $164,925 from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to remove the Trout River Dam in Rogers City, Michigan. The project, awarded on December 31, 2025, with a completion date of December 31, 2027, will eliminate a significant barrier to aquatic organism passage and restore ecological connectivity to approximately twenty miles of upstream habitat and Lake Huron. The over eighty-year-old dam, currently in a deteriorated condition with substantial structural damage, has contributed to aquatic habitat decline through thermal pollution and fragmented fish migration corridors. The primary deliverable is the complete removal of the Trout River Dam, which will restore natural channel geometry, transform the shallow impoundment into a free-flowing river system, and improve water quality. This restoration effort aligns with the National Fish Passage Program's objective to restore native fish and aquatic species to self-sustaining levels by removing barriers that have fragmented habitat connectivity across the Nation's aquatic systems.Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $25.0k | 2/5/26 |