Cooperative Agreement L16AC00261

This federal Cooperative Agreement award of $253,408 was provided by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Aquatics Resources Management program (CFDA 15.244) to the Malheur Watershed Council in Oregon. The award will fund the Pole Creek Project, which aims to restore aquatic habitat and improve upland range biodiversity to enhance the drainage's resilience to climate change impacts such as wildfire, drought, and floods. The project objectives are to restore aquatic resources affected by...

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management awarded a $500,002 cooperative agreement to The Blackfoot Challenge, a community-based non-profit organization, under the Threatened and Endangered Species (CFDA 15.246) federal grant program. The purpose of this 3-year project is to increase the scope and scale of ecological restoration and resilience efforts across the Blackfoot River watershed in Montana, which comprises a significant portion of the Missoula Blackfoot-Clark Fork...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $300,000 Project Grant to The Blackfoot Challenge, a non-profit organization in Ovando, Montana, under the Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554). The grant will support the organization's efforts to update their existing watershed-wide restoration plan and complete design work on several high priority restoration projects. These projects aim to improve habitat conditions for culturally important, imperiled native fish species while also...

This $715,326.42 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Aquatic Resources Management program (CFDA 15.244) is focused on restoring instream and riparian habitats across 25 miles of streams in the Quinn River Management Unit in Nevada. The project aims to increase resilience of the Lahontan cutthroat trout, an endangered species, to climate change, mining, and other stressors. Key activities include implementing low-tech, process-based restoration...

This $998,323 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Aquatic Resources Management program (CFDA 15.244) will support Trout Unlimited, Inc. in conducting habitat restoration projects within the Muddy Creek watershed in Wyoming. The key activities to be delivered include: removing 4 fish passage barriers to allow access for native species like Colorado River cutthroat trout, roundtail chub, and sucker species to upstream spawning habitat; implementing a...

This $300,000 Project Grant award from the Bureau of Reclamation's Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554) supports the Headwaters of the Colorado (HOC) Initiative, a multi-stakeholder collaboration focused on building resilient and functioning forested headwaters within the Little Snake and Yampa watersheds in Wyoming and Colorado. The funding will enable the HOC partnership, which includes federal and state land management agencies, private landowners, and local community...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $129,150 Cooperative Agreement under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (CFDA 15.234) to Applegate Partnership, Inc. This non-profit organization operates as the Applegate Partnership & Watershed Council, focusing on environmental conservation and habitat restoration in the Applegate watershed region of Oregon. The funding will support projects to improve aquatic habitat and water...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $199,045.75 Project Grant under the Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554) to Trout Unlimited, Inc. to coordinate the development of a restoration plan for the Salt River Watershed in western Wyoming and eastern Idaho. The project will involve meeting with landowners, conducting habitat surveys and water quality monitoring, and developing a prioritized project list to address degraded aquatic, riparian, and wetland habitats within the...

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $432,366.68 Cooperative Agreement under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (CFDA 15.234) to the Lomakatsi Restoration Project, a non-profit organization in Oregon. The funding supports a 3-year project to implement important maintenance treatments on 120 acres of BLM lands adjacent to the city of Jacksonville, OR. Key activities include ecological thinning, lopping and scattering, hand pile burning, and prescribed under...

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $250,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Aquatic Resources Management program (CFDA 15.244) to the Regents of the University of Idaho. The project will develop decision-support tools to assist BLM in evaluating conservation and restoration activities related to aquatic and riparian habitat conditions within the Lower Henrys Fork Snake River corridor in Idaho. Key products include physically-based models to quantify aquatic habitat for the Yellowstone...