Cooperative Agreement NA10NMF4630217

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 U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service awarded the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) a $7,785,000 project grant under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination and Assistance Program (CFDA 15.664) to build a new state-of-the-art fish lift at the Woodland Dam site. This project aims to significantly improve upstream and downstream fish passage, restoring access to over 600 miles of historic sea-run fish habitat and over 60,000 acres of alewife habitat in the St. Croix...

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access to over 600 miles of historic sea-run fish habitat and 60,000 acres of alewife habitat by modernizing the outdated 1960s-era fish passage at this...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 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 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $18,197,746 Cooperative Agreement under the Habitat Conservation program (CFDA 11.463) to the Downeast Salmon Federation, a non-profit organization based in Columbia Falls, Maine. The purpose of the award is to remove the Cherryfield Ice Control Dam on the Narraguagus River and replace it with a nature-like fishway. This will allow endangered Atlantic salmon and other migratory fish to move unimpeded up and downstream within...

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 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded the Town of Whiting, Maine a $2,900,000 Project Grant under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination and Assistance program (CFDA 15.664) to remove a dilapidated dam on the Orange River and replace it with a modern, safe structure that incorporates fish passage. The project, which has a completion date of December 31, 2028, will provide safe, timely, and effective movement for endangered Atlantic salmon and other diadromous fish species such as river herring,...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service, through its National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685), awarded a $56,476,862 Project Grant to the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) to build new state-of-the-art fishways at the Woodland Project and Grand Falls Project sites. These improvements will significantly enhance access to over 600 miles of historic sea-run fish habitat and 60,000 acres of alewife habitat, with the potential to produce the largest river herring...

The City of Ypsilanti received a $4,465,000 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to finalize the removal design and fully remove the Peninsular Paper Dam from the Huron River. The project will restore aquatic organism passage and connectivity by deconstructing this 21-foot concrete gravity dam. Key activities include engineering design, sediment management, habitat protection, and...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded a $326,874 National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) project grant to the City of Forest City, Iowa. The funding will be used to remove a 3-foot high low-head dam in Pammel Park along the Winnebago River and construct two rock cross vanes to facilitate fish passage. This project will reconnect 99 upstream miles of the river's mainstem into southern Minnesota, improving upstream passage for channel catfish, northern pike, yellow perch, and...