Cooperative Agreement L21AC10554

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $204,800 Cooperative Agreement to the Mattole Salmon Group, a non-profit organization in Petrolia, California, under the Threatened and Endangered Species Program (CFDA 15.246). The award, effective from September 4, 2024 to September 3, 2029, supports the Mattole River Salmonid Recovery and Restoration Monitoring Program. The funding enables the Mattole Salmon Group to conduct comprehensive research and restoration activities targeting native salmon...

This $299,124 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Fish and Aquatic Conservation - Aquatic Invasive Species program (CFDA 15.608) will support a monitoring project focused on the ecological restoration of the Klamath River in California. The primary objectives are to assess the reestablishment of salmon and steelhead populations as they return to their historical spawning grounds in the upper Klamath River basin following the removal of four dams. The...

This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the Indian Tribal Water Resources Development, Management, and Protection program (CFDA 15.519) will fund a $1,075,123 project to monitor juvenile salmonid survival and migration patterns in the Klamath River Basin in California over four years from 2023 to 2026. The Hoopa Valley Tribe will use acoustic tags to track the movement of wild and hatchery-raised juvenile Chinook salmon from the...

This $449,324 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (CFDA 15.517) program supports a 4-year study by the Karuk Tribe to monitor juvenile salmon survival and migration rates in the Klamath Basin. The project will use acoustic tags to track Chinook salmon from the Scott, Salmon, and Trinity Rivers through the Klamath River estuary. Up to 400 juvenile salmon will be tagged and released at various locations,...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $24,073,000 Project Grant to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) under the Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Pacific Salmon Treaty Program (CFDA 11.438). The purpose of this 5-year grant, awarded on September 1, 2024, is to support California's recovery efforts for several federally endangered and threatened Pacific salmonid populations, including Central California Coast coho salmon, winter-run Chinook salmon,...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation, provided under the San Joaquin River Restoration Program (CFDA 15.555), will support genetic analysis and monitoring of Chinook salmon populations being reintroduced into the San Joaquin River in California. The $549,995.50 award to the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) will fund a comprehensive genetic identification and monitoring system to evaluate the outcomes of management actions...

This $261,870 federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (CFDA 15.517) program, supports a 4-year effort by the Yurok Tribe to monitor juvenile salmon migration and survival in the Klamath River basin. The project will use acoustic tags to track the movement of up to 400 wild and hatchery-raised juvenile Chinook salmon from the Scott, Salmon, and Trinity Rivers to the Klamath River estuary....

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $7,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to the California State Coastal Conservancy under the Habitat Conservation program (CFDA 11.463) to restore floodplain rearing habitat for juvenile salmonids in Prairie Creek, a priority stream in Humboldt County, California. The project will complete the final downstream phase of work to elevate the habitat and create a salmonid stronghold, building upon several years of continuous...

This $151,816 federal Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Sport Fish Restoration program (CFDA 15.605) will support the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) in monitoring and estimating the escapement of California Coastal (CC) Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) in the Eel and Van Duzen Rivers during the fall and winter of 2024-2025. The project will utilize Adaptive Resolution Imaging Sonar (ARIS) cameras to...

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife received a $19,019,000 project grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Pacific Salmon Treaty Program (CFDA 11.438) for the period of September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2026. The grant funding will support salmon habitat restoration efforts through two sub-awards. The Eel River Improvement Group will receive funding to construct 54 large wood structures containing 172 pieces of...