This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management's Aquatic Resources Management program (CFDA 15.244) provides $224,926.08 in funding to the Partnership For The Umpqua Rivers, Inc. (PUR), a non-profit organization, to facilitate collaborative aquatic restoration projects in the Rock Creek and Canton Creek watersheds in Oregon. The primary objectives are to design and implement instream restoration initiatives that increase habitat complexity and...
The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Oregon-Washington awarded $258,488 to Partnership For The Umpqua Rivers, Inc. under a Cooperative Agreement from January 3, 2022 to January 2, 2025. The funding supports culvert replacement work along Walker Creek as part of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination program (CFDA 15.234). This program continues to provide supplemental funding for schools, roads, and additional employment opportunities through investments...
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...
This $600,000 cooperative agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 will fund fish passage restoration projects in the Tillamook Bay watershed in Oregon through December 2026. Trout Unlimited, Inc. will work with engineering services providers to design aquatic organism passage structures to replace three fish passage barriers. This will restore access for Chinook, chum, and threatened Oregon Coast coho salmon, steelhead, cutthroat trout, and...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631), awarded a $100,000 Cooperative Agreement to enhance riparian and instream habitat along one mile of the Wood River in Oregon. The project aims to add approximately 50 large woody debris structures to the river to increase habitat complexity and benefit species like bull trout, Lost River and shortnose suckers, and redband trout. Additional benefits are expected for riparian-dependent birds,...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631), provides $770,811 to Trout Unlimited, Inc. to design and implement a restoration plan for approximately 5 miles of the Sprague River in Beatty, Oregon. The key project activities include installing riparian fencing, providing off-stream stock water wells, and adding large woody structures to the river. These restoration efforts are...
This $185,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631) supports Trout Unlimited, Inc. in the restoration of Crane Creek in Oregon. The key activities to be delivered include: Designing the removal and replacement of a culvert that currently acts as a complete barrier to fish passage, including obtaining necessary approvals from the Natural Resources Conservation Service. The next phase will then implement...
Trout Unlimited, Inc. will receive $150,000 through a Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife federal grant program (CFDA 15.631). Under this award, Trout Unlimited will install low-technology process-based restoration structures in Snake Creek and the Sycan River in Oregon to increase fish passage. This includes replacing a water control structure and developing a new design to better...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685), will fund the Highland Ditch Dam Removal and Irrigation Efficiency Project. The $1,000,000 grant, awarded on April 12, 2024, will enable the South Umpqua Rural Community Partnership (Surcp) to install a modern irrigation system to replace an obsolete open ditch system and remove a diversion dam. This project aims to address...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), through the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631), awarded a $490,000 Cooperative Agreement to Trout Unlimited, Inc. to support habitat restoration activities on the Sunrise Mountain Ranch in Klamath County, Oregon. The 5-year project, running from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2028, will focus on restoring aquatic, riparian, and floodplain habitats along the Sprague River and its tributaries on the 15,000-acre ranch. Key restoration...