Cooperative Agreement L25AC00148

This $9,906,107 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Aquatic Resources Management program (CFDA 15.244) will enable The Nature Conservancy (TNC) to increase the scope and speed of low-tech process-based restoration in key western watersheds. Over the 5-year period from September 2023 to September 2028, TNC will work with BLM offices in up to seven landscapes across Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Colorado, Oregon, and Utah to implement over 100 riparian and...

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Aquatic Resources Management program (CFDA 15.244) to Rio Grande Return for the purpose of employing low-tech process-based restoration techniques in degraded stream systems and wetland habitats across the area administered by the BLM Taos Field Office. The project aims to remove non-native and invasive species, plant native riparian and wetland vegetation, construct and repair exclosures and wildlife...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) Project Grant award provides $466,599 over a 3-year period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027 to Washington State University (WSU) to develop the scientific foundation for measuring and modeling the hydrological impact of beaver dam analogs on water flows and restoration outcomes. The project will use numerical simulations and on-site measurements to evaluate how beaver dam analogs physically alter hydrologic...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Fish Habitat Partnership (CFDA 15.686) provides $109,686 to Utah State University (USU) to explore the effectiveness of using large woody debris to support beaver activity and habitat restoration on the Lower White River in Utah. The key goals are to: 1) utilize large wood mechanically removed as part of an ongoing river restoration effort to mimic beaver-created habitat and promote continued beaver presence, and 2)...

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 $2,018,051.00 federal Project Grant award, funded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation through the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507), will support a comprehensive watershed restoration effort in the Sage Creek watershed in Wyoming. The key products and services to be delivered include: Construction of 50 new beaver dam analogs, expansion of 20 existing beaver dam analogs, and material supplements to 15...

Trout Unlimited, Inc. will receive $2,488,948 under a Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation's WaterSMART program to improve river resilience and habitat in northern Utah's Weber River Basin. Working with sub-awardee Weber Basin Water Conservation District, Trout Unlimited will implement 17 beaver dam analog projects along nine miles of degraded streams, modernize a diversion headgate, and conduct side-channel restoration and floodplain reconnection in...

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 $3,768,283 Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Aquatic Resources Management program (CFDA 15.244) will fund efforts by Trout Unlimited, Inc. to improve drought resiliency, promote aquatic connectivity, and conserve ecosystems and habitats in Idaho. Key activities include designing and installing low-tech process-based restoration treatments such as beaver dam analogues and post-assisted log structures, as well as implementing aquatic organism passage...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through the Partners for Fish and Wildlife (CFDA #15.631) federal grant program, awarded a $125,000 Cooperative Agreement to Brooks Livestock, Inc. to improve water quality and reduce sediment load in the S.F. Sprague River in Oregon. The funding will be used to install two hardened creek crossings on Paradise Creek, a seasonal tributary, to mitigate heavy cattle use and sediment input. Additionally, the project will involve the installation of beaver dam...