Cooperative Agreement L12AC20485

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to the Essex County Department of Public Works (Essex County DPW) to restore and reconnect riverine habitat within the Boquet River Watershed in Essex County, New York. The project will replace an existing dual culvert crossing over the North Branch of the Boquet River with a 120-foot bridge, which will remove an aquatic passage barrier and open 49 upstream...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service (CFDA 15.685 - National Fish Passage Program) provides $2,500,000.00 to the Robinson Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California to implement the Tejada Ranch Habitat Management Project. The project aims to remove fish passage barriers, enhance stream habitat, and reduce flood risk in a portion of Scotts Creek in Lake County, California. Key activities include removing instream barriers to enable...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through its National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685), awarded a $342,000 project grant to the Eagle Valley Soil And Water Conservation District in Oregon. The grant supports the removal of fish passage barriers and implementation of habitat restoration projects within the East Pine Creek watershed, which is designated critical habitat for threatened bull trout. The project aims to restore aquatic connectivity and improve migratory corridors for bull trout...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded Smith River Alliance Inc. a $348,199 cooperative agreement under the National Fish Passage program to replace an undersized culvert barrier with a fish-passable structure on a tributary to Morrison Creek in northern California. The culvert replacement will improve access to 1.1 miles of habitat and support the National Fish Passage program's goal of reconnecting habitat fragmented by barriers. Specifically, Smith River Alliance...

The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 awarded a $200,000 Cooperative Agreement to the County of Lake, acting through its Lake County Soil & Water Conservation District, under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685). The project aims to restore full fish passage through the Lax Lake Road culvert on Lindstrom Creek, a high-quality cold water tributary to the Baptism River in Minnesota. This will benefit native brook trout populations that rely...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded a $1,415,000 Cooperative Agreement under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to the Kenai Peninsula Borough (KPB) in Alaska. The purpose of this project is to provide improved fish passage to high priority salmon species by replacing priority culverts that currently act as barriers with properly sized and engineered structures allowing passage for all life stages of these species. During the 2024 field seasons, KPB will manage the...

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 $260,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program (CFDA 15.631) will fund the removal and replacement of an undersized culvert on Little Grass Valley Creek in Weaverville, California. The new 13x10 elliptical culvert will provide full, unimpeded fish passage for anadromous species like coho salmon, steelhead, and Pacific lamprey to access five miles of cold water spawning and rearing...

Under a $250,000.00 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1, the Cascade Columbia Fisheries Enhancement Group (CCFEG), doing business as Cascade Fisheries, will correct one (1) fish passage barrier to improve access to 1.45 miles of cold-water habitat for endangered fish species, including bull trout. Additionally, CCFEG will place locally sourced wood in up to 1 mile of Pole Creek to enhance instream complexity. This work is funded...

The Northwest California Resource Conservation & Development Council (NCRC&DC) will receive $100,000 through a five-year Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program to remove the 18-foot East Weaver Creek Dam in Weaverville, California by June 2028. Work will include demolishing the concrete and boulder dam, installing grade control structures and large woody debris, removing accumulated sediment, and repositioning...