Cooperative Agreement NA07NMF4630280

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA# 15.685), provides $1,264,500 in funding to the Atlantic Salmon Federation Inc. for the removal of two dams in Maine's Merrymeeting Bay Salmon Habitat Recovery Unit. The primary components of the project are: Removal of the Mercer Dam on Little Norridgewock Stream in Chesterville, which is owned by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. This...

The Penobscot Indian Nation was awarded a $5,411,318 Cooperative Agreement from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Habitat Conservation federal grant program (CFDA 11.463). The funding will be used to address five barriers in the Penobscot and St. George River watersheds, increasing access to stream and spawning habitats for migratory fish such as alewives, endangered Atlantic salmon, and other culturally and economically important species. The project will also...

The Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) of Maine has received a $2,000,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Interior Fish and Wildlife Service's National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to construct a new state-of-the-art fish lift at the Woodland Hydroelectric Project. This project aims to significantly improve access to over 600 miles of historic sea-run fish habitat and 60,000 acres of alewife habitat by modernizing the outdated 1960s-era fish passage at this...

The Department of Marine Resources Maine (DMR) was awarded a $56,476,862 Project Grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to build modern fishways at the Woodland and Grand Falls Dams in Maine. The project aims to significantly improve access to over 600 miles of historic sea-run fish habitat and 60,000 acres of alewife habitat, potentially creating the largest river herring run in North America. Key project activities include constructing a new...

The federal Cooperative Agreement award of $13,499,993 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Habitat Conservation Grant Program (CFDA 11.463) will fund efforts by Maine Rivers, a non-profit organization, to improve fish passage at numerous sites in the Merrymeeting Bay Salmon Habitat Recovery Unit in Maine. The project will involve multiple dam removals, culvert replacements, and the construction of fish ladders and nature-like fishways. These improvements...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) provides $1,203,550.00 to American Rivers Inc. to implement a comprehensive aquatic habitat restoration project in Pennsylvania's Ohio and Susquehanna River basins. The key activities include removing 10 dams to reconnect 190 miles of aquatic habitat for species of conservation concern, imperiled, and federally endangered species. The project will also restore approximately 28...

The Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point was awarded a $11,992,935 Cooperative Agreement from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Habitat Conservation grant program (CFDA 11.463). The funding will support efforts to increase fish passage at the Woodland Dam on the Skutik River (St. Croix River) over a 3-year period from August 2024 to July 2027. With the downstream Milltown Dam currently being removed, the Woodland Dam is one of the last remaining barriers to...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded a $1,075,600 Project Grant under the National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements program (CFDA 15.654) to the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR). The grant funding will be used to remove a dam and install a nature-like fishway on the Dennys River at the outlet of Meddybemps Lake in Maine. This project aims to improve public safety, climate resilience of infrastructure, and support the recovery of endangered...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through the National Fish Habitat Partnership (CFDA 15.686) program, awarded a $117,602 Project Grant to The Nature Conservancy (TNC) to advance the removal of two dams - the Lower and Upper E.R. Collins Dams - on the Pequest River in Belvidere, New Jersey. The grant funding will support extensive engineering studies to assess project feasibility, develop engineering design plans for concurrent removal of the two dams, and secure necessary permits. Once...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $3,514,820 Cooperative Agreement under the Habitat Conservation program (CFDA 11.463) to the City of Auburn, Maine. The project will remove the Littlefield Dam, a former hydropower facility in the Little Androscoggin River, to reopen stream habitat and improve access to a pond for endangered Atlantic salmon and other migratory fish. The funding will also support the assessment of feasibility for improving fish passage at...