Cooperative Agreement G11AC20423

This Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) program, supports efforts to restore the genetic integrity of the Lahontan cutthroat trout (LCT) population at Independence Lake in California. The $283,540 award, with a performance period from January 2025 to January 2028, will fund a program to selectively remove non-native rainbow trout (RT) and LCT-RT hybrids from Independence Lake and its...

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....

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has awarded a $238,550 Cooperative Agreement to the Arizona Department of Game and Fish (AZGFD) under the USGS Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808). The purpose of this Cooperative Agreement is to monitor the status and trends of the fish community downstream of Glen Canyon Dam along the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon area. The main objectives are to: 1) Estimate the relative abundance and distribution of key fish species like rainbow trout,...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $180,953 Cooperative Agreement to the Nevada Department of Wildlife under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) to support research and implementation of a Lahontan cutthroat trout genetic rescue project. The project aims to evaluate the benefits of introducing new genetic material to small, isolated Lahontan cutthroat trout populations in northwest Nevada to aid in the recovery of this federally threatened species...

This $453,646.00 Project Grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) program, supports efforts to remove non-native rainbow trout and hybrids from Silver King Creek in California. The goal is to maintain the genetic integrity of the threatened Paiute cutthroat trout, one of the rarest fish species in California. The project will utilize environmental DNA (eDNA) sampling to locate areas...

The Bureau of Land Management California Region awarded a $172,000 cooperative agreement to Trib Research under the Threatened and Endangered Species program (CFDA 15.246) to conduct a genetic analysis of steelhead and coastal cutthroat trout populations in Northern California from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2025. The analysis will examine the distribution of summer and winter run steelhead and effects of hybridization with coastal cutthroat trout to aid the agency's restoration...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $1,650,305 Project Grant under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to Trout Unlimited, Inc. to support the Salt River and Little Colorado River Basins Fish Passage Project in Arizona. The award, effective December 31, 2024 through June 30, 2029, will fund efforts by Trout Unlimited and its parent organization Colorado Trout Unlimited to restore native fish populations and enhance aquatic connectivity in these river basins. Key activities...

This Project Grant award of $749,924 from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) funds a multi-year research project titled "DISES-EX RAINBOWS ON THE HORIZON: UNDERSTANDING THE DYNAMICS OF INTEGRATED CLIMATE, RIVER, TROUT, TOURISM, AND POLICY SYSTEMS IN THE MOUNTAIN WEST". The project examines the socio-ecological system impacts of climate change on trout fisheries in the American Mountain West region, aiming to understand how these changes affect the local...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657), awarded a $164,350 Cooperative Agreement to the Nevada Department of Wildlife. The funds will be used to generate feasibility assessments and design alternatives for constructing fish passage barriers and irrigation diversion structures to protect the federally threatened Lahontan cutthroat trout. Specific deliverables include: Evaluation of the feasibility and design alternatives...

Under this U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) Cooperative Agreement award, Trout Unlimited, Inc. and its partner organizations are implementing a $170,000 project to eliminate the risk of bull trout and redband trout entrainment in Long Creek on the Sycan Marsh Preserve in Oregon. The project involves designing, fabricating, and installing a fish screen on an unscreened irrigation diversion that currently poses a threat to the last remaining bull...