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,...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, under its Coastal Program (CFDA 15.630), awarded a $3,260,366 Cooperative Agreement to the Columbia River Estuary Study Taskforce (CREST) to implement the Clear Creek Reconnection Project in Wahkiakum County, Washington. The project will remove a culvert fish passage barrier on Clear Creek, a tributary to the Elochoman River, to restore access to upstream spawning grounds for threatened salmon and steelhead species. Key project activities include...
The West Fork Canyon Creek Restoration Project is a phased effort to restore instream habitat within Oregon Coast Coho critical habitat on Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians reservation lands. This $2,695,259 project grant, awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Pacific Salmon Treaty Program (CFDA 11.438), will implement instream restoration, invasive species removal, and riparian restoration across 2.3 miles of Oregon...
The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 awarded a $908,289 Project Grant under the National Fish Habitat Partnership (CFDA 15.686) program to the Curry County Soil And Water Conservation District, doing business as South Coast Watershed Council, to restore 2,500 feet of the Morton Creek stream channel and establish 19 acres of native riparian forest. Key project activities include reconstructing the stream channel, creating an off-channel aquatic habitat, installing log...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation has awarded a $816,723 Project Grant under the Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Program (CFDA 15.580) to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) and the Hood River Watershed Group (HRWG). The funding will be used to complete the study and design of five stream restoration projects across the East Fork Hood River, Neal Creek, and Baldwin Creek sub-watersheds in north-central Oregon. The projects aim to remove two fish passage...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $4,884,753 Project Grant under the Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Program (CFDA 15.580) to the State of Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) for the restoration of fish passage in the North Fork Klaskanine River. The project will install a fish passage structure at the Ogee Dam, providing access to 12 miles of critical spawning and rearing habitat in the upper reaches of the river for ESA-listed coho salmon and other...
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management awarded a Cooperative Agreement under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (CFDA 15.234) to the Curry County Soil and Water Conservation District, doing business as the South Coast Watershed Council. Through this $127,607.84 award, the district will improve riparian and stream habitat conditions along Willow Creek, a major anadromous salmonid spawning and rearing tributary in the Floras Creek watershed. Key project activities include...
The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 awarded a $591,797.91 Project Grant to the Mid Klamath Watershed Council through the Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance federal grant program (CFDA 15.608) to improve conditions for native fish and aquatic species habitat in Siskiyou County, California. Under the award, set to be completed by March 31, 2025, the Mid Klamath Watershed Council will use a helicopter to place 120 pieces of large wood into 2.5 miles of West Fork...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program (CFDA 15.631) provides $212,346.20 to the Scott River Watershed Council, a non-profit organization, to restore up to 2 miles of coho salmon habitat in the Scott River watershed in Etna, California. The project aims to use techniques such as beaver dam analogs and wood structures to restore natural stream processes and create slow water rearing habitat for coho...
Under a $250,000.00 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1, the Cascade Columbia Fisheries Enhancement Group (CCFEG), doing business as Cascade Fisheries, will correct one (1) fish passage barrier to improve access to 1.45 miles of cold-water habitat for endangered fish species, including bull trout. Additionally, CCFEG will place locally sourced wood in up to 1 mile of Pole Creek to enhance instream complexity. This work is funded...