Cooperative Agreement L11AC20037

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $140,303 five-year Cooperative Agreement to Oregon State University under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) to support the establishment of the East Cascades Native Plant Hub in Bend, Oregon. The hub will coordinate a regional network to address organizational, ecological, and financial challenges in restoration and revegetation of sagebrush ecosystems, with a focus on increasing the availability of...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded $1.92 million through the Office for Coastal Management (CFDA 11.473) to the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development to support habitat protection and restoration initiatives on Oregon's central coast. The cooperative agreement, effective October 1, 2025, with a completion date of September 30, 2028, will facilitate the acquisition of a 315-acre parcel known as Chinook Ona...

The Bureau of Reclamation has awarded the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation a $3,077,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Program (CFDA 15.580). The project will study, select, and design alternatives to improve fish passage and avoid entrainment at the Prosser Diversion on the Lower Yakima River in Washington. The goals are to create safer passage conditions for anadromous species like steelhead, Chinook, coho, and sockeye salmon, as well as Pacific...

The Quillayute River Historic Oxbow Restoration Project is a multi-year, multi-stage effort led by the Quileute Tribe and funded through a $570,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Bureau of Land Management under the Good Neighbor Authority (CFDA 15.015) program. The project aims to reconnect and restore over 3 miles of off-channel salmon habitat and 100 acres of floodplain along the Quillayute River. Key activities include rehabilitating and rerouting an access road, replacing an undersized...

The Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation will rear 100,000-250,000 summer Chinook salmon to yearling size under a $296,424 Project Grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Funded through NOAA's Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Pacific Salmon Treaty Program, the project aims to improve adult return rates and enhance the ability to collect local broodstock by rearing a portion of annual summer Chinook production to yearling size. Initially implemented at an...

The Makah Indian Tribe of the Makah Indian Reservation has been awarded a $1,035,000.00 Cooperative Agreement from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Habitat Conservation federal grant program (CFDA 11.463). This 3-year award, effective January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2027, will fund the tribe's efforts to conduct habitat restoration and monitoring to support the recovery of Lake Ozette sockeye salmon, a culturally important species to the Makah and...

The Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation received a $3,092,698 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Program (CFDA 15.580). The purpose of this grant is to develop alternatives for restoring fish passage at the Wapato Diversion on the lower Yakima River in central Washington. This effort aims to support the migration of anadromous fish species, including federally threatened Middle Columbia River...

GRANT SUMMARY Oregon State University received a $184,932 Project Grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 (Department of the Interior) under the National Fish Habitat Partnership program (CFDA 15.686), effective July 1, 2025, with completion targeted for March 30, 2029. The project conducts a retrospective assessment of seagrass restoration efforts spanning several decades across two Oregon estuaries—Coos Bay and Yaquina Bay. Key deliverables include comparative analyses of...

This $550,000 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Plant Conservation and Restoration Management program (CFDA 15.245), will fund the development of a Paiute Native Plant Center in Utah. The Center will include greenhouse nurseries, seed processing facilities, and research areas, while providing native plant workforce training opportunities for the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah and rural communities in southern Utah and...

This $221,127.14 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) program, will fund the Oregon Department of Agriculture's (ODA) Native Plant Conservation Program. The award supports ODA's collaborative efforts with conservation partners to advance the understanding, protection, and recovery of several listed and rare plant species in Oregon, including Howell's spectacular...