Project Grant L18AC00064

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through the North American Wetlands Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.623), awarded a $752,950.00 Project Grant to Metro on April 30, 2025. The grant will fund the restoration of 64 acres of degraded and drained peat wetlands in Clackamas County, Oregon. Restoration activities will include filling drainage channels, constructing ponds and swales, weed control, and dense planting to restore native wetland vegetation communities. The project aims to improve water...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $1,423,000 Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Program (CFDA 15.614) grant to the Washington State Department of Ecology, in partnership with the Squaxin Island Tribe as a sub-grantee, to restore approximately 73 acres of coastal wetland habitat in Mason County, Washington. The project will restore 1.2 miles of Skookum Creek by re-aligning the channel to its historic alignment, restoring streamside channels, removing a...

The Bureau of Land Management awarded the Washington Conservation Corps a $213,817.86 cooperative agreement under the Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands program (CFDA 15.243) for the period of July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2025. Through this funding, the Washington Conservation Corps will provide young adults and military veterans with meaningful service experiences performing vital infrastructure and restoration activities on public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $733,200 Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration (CFDA 15.614) project grant to the Washington Department of Ecology, with the Skagit Land Trust as a sub-recipient, to acquire and permanently protect 26 acres and 1,750 feet of riverine shoreline on the Samish River in Skagit County, Washington. The project will restore approximately 3 acres of the property and provide public education and outreach. The sub-award to Skagit Land Trust...

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 Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $134,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Good Neighbor Authority (CFDA 15.015) program to the Wheeler Soil And Water Conservation District in Oregon. The agreement will fund the restoration of 480 acres of retired agricultural lands in the floodplain to native vegetation. This project will provide wildlife with food sources and cover, while also reducing sedimentation entering river systems to enhance fish habitat. The five-year project period runs...

Cooperative Agreement Summary The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded $862,201 through its Aquatic Resources Management program (CFDA 15.244) to the Coquille Watershed Association on September 19, 2025, to replace a deteriorating culvert under a road crossing Russell Creek in Coos County, Oregon. In partnership with the BLM, the Coquille Watershed Association will remove the undersized, structurally compromised culvert and install a new, larger structure during the 2026 in-water work...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded the Chelan County Natural Resource Department a $629,606.85 Project Grant under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) to restore wet meadow hydrology and floodplain connectivity in the 1,300-acre Camas Meadows in Washington state. The project aims to address incision and drainage issues that have degraded this critical natural water storage feature, which is located in the flow-limited Peshastin sub-basin of...

The Bureau of Land Management's Oregon-Washington office awarded Partnership for the Umpqua Rivers, Inc. a $256,980.43 cooperative agreement under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act program (CFDA 15.234) from June 2023 through June 2028. Through this award, Partnership for the Umpqua Rivers will provide natural resource management and watershed restoration services to promote recovery from the devastating Archie Creek Fire in Oregon. Specific deliverables include...

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $599,761.30 Cooperative Agreement to Portland State University (PSU) on May 15, 2024 under the Rangeland Resource Management program (CFDA 15.237). The funding supports the collection of standardized riparian and wetland monitoring data, as well as opportunistic invasive and rare plant surveys and seed collections across public lands in the Oregon-Washington region. This data will inform land management and restoration needs for the BLM. The...