The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded Smith River Alliance Inc. a $348,199 cooperative agreement under the National Fish Passage program to replace an undersized culvert barrier with a fish-passable structure on a tributary to Morrison Creek in northern California. The culvert replacement will improve access to 1.1 miles of habitat and support the National Fish Passage program's goal of reconnecting habitat fragmented by barriers. Specifically, Smith River Alliance...
The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 awarded a $2,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the National Fish Passage program (CFDA 15.685) to the Resighini Rancheria, a federally recognized Native American tribe in California. The goal of the Lower Waukell and Junior Creeks Restoration Project is to replace two existing large culverts, elevate the roadway, and restore native vegetation to improve wetland habitat for at-risk fisheries and other tribal trust...
This $260,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program (CFDA 15.631) will fund the removal of an existing undersized and failed culvert on Little Grass Valley Creek, a tributary to the Trinity and Klamath Rivers, and replace it with a properly-sized 13x10 elliptical culvert with an embedded bottom. This new structure will provide full, unimpeded fish passage for anadromous fish species including coho salmon, steelhead, and...
The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 awarded a $377,500 cooperative agreement to the Mid Klamath Watershed Council under the Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance program (CFDA 15.608) from January 2, 2023 through December 31, 2025. The funding will support replacement of a deteriorating culvert with a concrete single span bridge on a 250-foot section of Middle Creek in California to improve fish passage for threatened coho salmon. Replacing the culvert, which...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage program (CFDA 15.685) provides $600,000 in funding to the Big Blackfoot Chapter of Trout Unlimited (BBCTU) and its partners to restore habitat for sensitive fish species in Montana's Blackfoot River watershed. Key project activities include removing one aging agricultural dam, replacing two culverts with aquatic organism passage structures, and eliminating fish...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through its National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685), awarded a $200,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Conservation Resource Alliance (CRA) to restore a road-stream crossing on Deer Creek. The project will replace a 7-foot diameter culvert with a 33-foot span timber bridge, reconnecting 5 miles of upstream channel to over 4 miles downstream. This will halt the annual input of up to 15 tons of sediment from road runoff entering Deer Creek, improving stream...
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...
This $367,824 Project Grant from the Federal Highway Administration (CFDA 20.205 - Highway Planning and Construction) will fund engineering designs and support for the replacement or removal of six culverts on four anadromous streams in the Annette Islands Reserve in Alaska. The project aims to improve fish passage for coho, pink, and chum salmon as well as coastal cutthroat trout and Dolly Varden char. Specifically, two culverts will be directly removed, three will be replaced, and one will...
This $4,324,657.25 Project Grant award, issued on October 1, 2024 by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685), will fund the Union Soil And Water Conservation District to improve fish passage and aquatic habitat in Catherine Creek and Willow Creek, Oregon.
The key activities funded through this award include:
Constructing a fishway around the Elmer Dam on Catherine Creek to restore volitional fish passage and improve...
The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 awarded a $300,000 Cooperative Agreement under the National Fish Passage program (CFDA 15.685) to Trout Unlimited, Inc. to replace an undersized and failing culvert on Claybank Creek at Pine Creek Road in Manistee County, Michigan. This project will restore aquatic organism passage, enhance flood resiliency, and improve infrastructure at the crossing. The replacement culvert will reconnect 3.5 miles of upstream high-quality...