This $143,505 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage program (CFDA 15.685) will support the Smith River Alliance, a non-profit organization, to remediate a fish passage barrier on Tryon Creek in the Smith River watershed in California. The project will replace a culvert with a prefabricated bridge to restore 1.3 miles of upstream habitat and improve fish passage, floodplain connectivity, and riparian habitat for...
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 California Department of Fish and Wildlife received a $19,019,000 project grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Pacific Salmon Treaty Program (CFDA 11.438) for the period of September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2026. The grant funding will support salmon habitat restoration efforts through two sub-awards. The Eel River Improvement Group will receive funding to construct 54 large wood structures containing 172 pieces of...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will provide $3,257,851 to California Trout, Inc. under the Habitat Conservation federal grant program (CFDA 11.463) to remove a total barrier on the Santa Margarita River and replace it with a 575-foot bridge. The new bridge will accommodate a 500-year flood event and provide endangered southern California steelhead access to 12 miles of upstream habitat. It will also decrease roadway flooding and restore natural channel processes. The project...
This $386,776 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Sport Fish Restoration program (CFDA 15.605) will support the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) in managing and assessing fishery resources in the Smith River basin. Key project components include: Operation of a sonar system to enumerate anadromous salmonid species migrating upstream, with auxiliary sampling to partition the sonar counts by species Juvenile salmonid...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $7,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to the California State Coastal Conservancy under the Habitat Conservation program (CFDA 11.463) to restore floodplain rearing habitat for juvenile salmonids in Prairie Creek, a priority stream in Humboldt County, California. The project will complete the final downstream phase of work to elevate the habitat and create a salmonid stronghold, building upon several years of continuous...
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) was awarded a $260,363 Formula Grant under the U.S. Department of the Interior's Sport Fish Restoration Program (CFDA 15.605) to conduct fisheries assessment and management activities in the Smith River basin in California. The key products and services to be delivered under this one-year grant include: Operating a sonar unit to enumerate anadromous salmonid spawning escapement in the Smith River, with auxiliary sampling to partition the...
This Cooperative Agreement award, totaling $241,000.00, was provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685). The funds will support preliminary planning and design activities to restore fish access to slough and tidal floodplain habitats in three priority sites along the lower Smith River estuary in California. This includes completing surveys, developing preliminary designs up to 10% for Islas Slough and Spruce...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is providing a $6,000,000 Cooperative Agreement award through the FY2023 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Coastal Zone Management Habitat Restoration and Conservation Competition (CFDA 11.473 - Office for Coastal Management) to the California State Coastal Conservancy. This funding will support habitat restoration planning, engineering and design, habitat restoration implementation, and land conservation projects to increase climate...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $4,281,494 Cooperative Agreement under the Habitat Conservation program (CFDA 11.463) to California Trout, Inc. to address the last major fish passage barrier in Alameda Creek, opening nearly 22 miles of habitat for threatened Central California Coast steelhead and other migratory fish. The project will remove a concrete erosion control structure that currently blocks fish passage on the creek, in conjunction with an already...