Cooperative Agreement F26AC00359

Federal Grant Award Summary The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Region 1, awarded the State of Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife a Sport Fish Restoration formula grant (CFDA 15.605) totaling $248,115 for the period October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. The award funds a Quantitative Fisheries Scientist position that provides statistical consultation and scientific support to field and staff biologists across all fish districts in Oregon. This position ensures that fish...

Federal Grant Award Summary The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Department of the Interior, awarded the State of Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) a Sport Fish Restoration formula grant (CFDA 15.605) in the amount of $3,381,635.00, effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. This award provides partial funding for routine operation and maintenance (O&M) activities at the Klamath Hatchery, supporting the production and stocking of rainbow trout, brown trout, and...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) under the Youth Engagement, Education, and Employment program (CFDA 15.676) provides $526,533 to Conservation Legacy's Southwest Conservation Corps to assist the Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office in Whiteriver, Arizona with recovery actions for the threatened Apache trout. Over the 4-year period from September 2023 to December 2026, Conservation Legacy will place intern crews, including a crew leader and 7...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary New Mexico State University has been awarded $155,339.81 under the U.S. Geological Survey's Cooperative Research Units program (CFDA 15.812) to conduct research on warm-water nonnative fish populations. The three-year project, initiated September 19, 2025 and concluding April 30, 2028, will generate genetic data and population estimates for smallmouth bass at Lees Ferry through collaboration with genomics laboratories. Primary deliverables include production...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Florida, through its Division of Sponsored Research, received a $774,759 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Biological Infrastructure under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2027. The award funds the design and construction of a state-of-the-art recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) at the Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience in Northeast Florida....

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Award: G25AC00468 | Recipient: Arizona Department of Game and Fish | Funding Agency: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Office of Acquisitions and Grants | Federal Grant Program: U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection (CFDA 15.808) | Award Amount: $217,550.00 | Award Date: September 1, 2025 | Performance Period: September 1, 2025 – August 31, 2027 The Arizona Department of Game and Fish will conduct comprehensive monitoring and analysis of fish...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) provides $122,108 to Miami University to investigate how river fragmentation impacts the genetic diversity and gene flow of brook trout populations in the Upper Black River watershed in Michigan. The project will compare genetic variation in brook trout populations between stream segments with and without restored connectivity due to previous culvert replacement efforts....

Federal Grant Award Summary The Department of Natural and Environmental Resources in Puerto Rico received a $441,824 Sport Fish Restoration (CFDA 15.605) Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4, effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026. The award funds the operation and maintenance of the Maricao Fish Hatchery (MFH), Puerto Rico's only warmwater fish hatchery, which is essential for sustaining largemouth bass and other recreational fish...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The University of New Mexico's Office of Sponsored Projects has been awarded $482,916 under a Cooperative Agreement with the Bureau of Reclamation through the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act program (CFDA 15.517), effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2030. This award supports genetic monitoring and management of native fish populations, research activities to be conducted in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act...

Federal Grant Award Summary The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Department of the Interior, awarded the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) $1,552,416.01 under the Sport Fish Restoration program (CFDA 15.605) for the period July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026. The grant funds the operation and maintenance of three primary freshwater fish hatchery production facilities and one associated satellite hatchery throughout South Carolina. These hatcheries produce and stock...