Cooperative Agreement NA16NMF4630305

This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) provides $100,000.00 to the Rhode Islands Chapter of Trout Unlimited to support the removal of the Capwell Mill Pond Dam on the Carr River in West Greenwich, Rhode Island. The dam removal project aims to restore 8 miles and 24 acres of aquatic habitat for native brook trout and other species by reconnecting fragmented stream ecosystems within the Big River...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5 awarded $120,000 to the Town of Weymouth under the Coastal Program (CFDA 15.630) on June 18, 2025, for a dam removal project on the Old Swamp River in Massachusetts. The primary deliverable is the removal of a low-head dam constructed in the late 1980s that has severely impeded fish passage for river herring and other anadromous species. Upon completion, the dam removal will restore aquatic connectivity across approximately 20.34 miles of river...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) provides $1,505,814 to Trout Unlimited, Inc. for a project to remove the Breached Cannondale Dam on the Norwalk River in Connecticut. The project will reconnect over 6 miles of stream habitat for priority migratory fish species such as sea lamprey, alewife, blueback herring, American eel, American shad, and gizzard shad. Additional work will target the next upstream...

The Connecticut River Watershed Council, Inc. was awarded a $100,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5 under the Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance federal grant program (CFDA 15.608). The grant will support the removal of an old earthen dam and pump house on Kimball Brook in North Stratford, New Hampshire. This project aims to reconnect four miles of pristine brook trout habitat in Kimball Brook, a direct tributary to the Upper...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5 awarded a $302,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR) Program (CFDA 15.658) to the Housatonic Valley Association, Inc. to develop preliminary designs for replacing two barrier culverts on Pond Mountain Brook in Kent, Connecticut. The project aims to reconnect over 3 miles of high-quality cold-water habitat for Eastern Brook Trout within the Macedonia Brook watershed. The culvert replacements...

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 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. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 awarded a $100,000 cooperative agreement to the Piedmont Triad Regional Council under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife federal grant program (CFDA 15.631) to remove the Jessup Mill Dam on the Upper Dan River in Stokes County, North Carolina by December 31, 2024. Under this cooperative agreement, the Piedmont Triad Regional Council will consult with permitting agencies, complete engineering designs and plans, secure permits,...

The Town of Braintree, Massachusetts will receive a $2 million cooperative agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Habitat Conservation (CFDA 11.463) federal grant program. The funding will support two dam removal projects in the Monatiquot River watershed between April 1, 2023 and March 31, 2026. Specifically, the Town will completely remove two dams and restore river channels, improving habitat connectivity for fish and other aquatic species....

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) provides $750,000 in funding to the City of Indianapolis for the full removal of the Emrichsville Dam located in the East Fork White River. The project aims to improve fish passage, ecological resilience, recreational fishing, economic development, and recreational use of the river. The Emrichsville Dam is approximately 250 feet long and 8 feet...