Cooperative Agreement F26AC00433

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631) will fund Klamath Watershed Partnership, a non-profit organization, to restore and enhance approximately 287 acres of flooded agricultural land and 4 river miles of riparian habitat along the Lost River in Oregon. The $564,264 award will also support the development of engineering specifications for the Klamath Wing Watcher Wetland....

Through a $248,500 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631), the Klamath Soil & Water Conservation District will provide natural resource conservation services in the Klamath Basin region of Oregon. The funding will support removal of encroaching western juniper to restore springs and riparian areas that feed the Sprague and Sycan Rivers, which have experienced significant declines in surface water flow due...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Pacific Southwest Region has awarded a $110,325.02 Cooperative Agreement to the Great Basin Institute (GBI) under the Fish and Aquatic Conservation - Aquatic Invasive Species (CFDA 15.608) federal grant program. Through this agreement, GBI will support a Hydrologist Research Associate to implement a project titled "Hydrologic Monitoring and Protocol Documentation to Support Water Assets". The key objectives are to: 1) Monitor water flow, water...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631), awarded a $200,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Klamath Watershed Partnership. This 5-year award, starting on August 1, 2024, will support efforts to remove encroaching western juniper, restore springs and seeps, and enhance habitats within the Lost River watershed in Oregon. The project aims to reactivate springs, improve water delivery to the Lost River system, and benefit key species like the...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 awarded a $903,075.04 Project Grant to the Klamath Watershed Partnership under the Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance program (CFDA 15.608) to undertake several wetlands restoration and enhancement activities in the Keno Reach of the Klamath River in Klamath Falls, Oregon from September 2022 through September 2027. Key deliverables include identifying opportunities for creating, restoring, and enhancing littoral and...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 awarded a $250,000 cooperative agreement to the Klamath Watershed Partnership doing business as Klamath Watershed under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631). The award will fund riparian habitat restoration activities along streams impacted by the 2021 Bootleg Fire in Oregon. Specifically, the recipient will plant 1,800 acres of native trees along selected riparian reaches to stabilize soils, minimize...

The Klamath Watershed Partnership will receive $175,000 from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife cooperative agreement program to support engineered biochar mixed media filtration systems to remove phosphorus from irrigation tailwater returns to Upper Klamath Lake. The project aims to build on previous efforts evaluating the utility of engineered biochar mineral media to decrease external total phosphorus loads associated with irrigation tailwater pumped...

The Klamath Soil & Water Conservation District was awarded a $265,000 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631) on August 1, 2023. Through this 5-year grant, the District will implement numerous restoration actions to protect, restore, and improve in-stream, riparian, and spring habitats in the Upper Klamath Basin in Oregon. Key activities include riparian and spring fencing to...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) awarded a $826,158 Cooperative Agreement under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife (CFDA 15.631) program to the Klamath Watershed Partnership, a non-profit organization. The award will fund the restoration of approximately 60 acres of wetland habitat adjacent to Lake Ewauna in Klamath Falls, Oregon over a 5-year period from August 2024 to July 2029. The project aims to develop productive, healthy wetland habitat to provide ecosystem...

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Oregon-Washington awarded a $117,391.32 cooperative agreement to Kwiaht: Center For The Historical Ecology Of The Salish Sea under the Invasive and Noxious Plant Management program (CFDA 15.230). This 5-year project, running from August 30, 2023 to August 29, 2028, aims to protect the unique biological and cultural resources of small, vegetated islands in the San Juan Islands National Monument from degradation by invasive plants. Kwiaht is...