Cooperative Agreement NR208D43XXXXC019

The Bureau of Reclamation, through its WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) grant program (CFDA 15.507), has awarded $2,894,000 to the Cache Water District to restore approximately 11,000 feet of the Logan River banks near Logan, Utah. This project will improve channel-floodplain interaction, enhance in-stream habitat, limit bed scour, and provide over 1,225 acre-feet of annual water savings for the Logan River Blacksmith Fork Irrigation Company. The restoration...

The Utah Department of Natural Resources will use a $290,000.80 Project Grant award from the National Park Service under the Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program to construct new recreational facilities in Logan, Utah. Specifically, the funding will support building four new backstops, four dugouts, fencing, two infields and landscaping across multiple ball fields. It will also go toward improving existing dugouts, replacing fencing and safety barriers, conducting...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202), provides $6,250,000 in funding to the City of Logan, Utah to purchase and install ballast recovery equipment for the Logan Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility. The purpose of this project is to expand the solids handling capacity of the facility and enable it to continue meeting its permit requirements. The award period runs from April 1,...

The Bear River Association of Governments (BRAG) received a $420,000 project grant award from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) under the Economic Development Support for Planning Organizations program (CFDA 11.302). The funding will support BRAG's work to create a regional economic development plan for Logan, Utah through March 2024. As part of the EDA Planning program, BRAG will stimulate and guide the economic development efforts of the Logan region...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $199,045.75 Project Grant under the Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554) to Trout Unlimited, Inc. to coordinate the development of a restoration plan for the Salt River Watershed in western Wyoming and eastern Idaho. The project will involve meeting with landowners, conducting habitat surveys and water quality monitoring, and developing a prioritized project list to address degraded aquatic, riparian, and wetland habitats within the...

The Mountainland Economic Development District received a $420,000 project grant from the Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration under the Economic Development Support for Planning Organizations program (CFDA 11.302) to develop and implement a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for Summit, Utah, and Wasatch counties in Utah. As a non-profit organization providing economic development services to the three-county region, Mountainland utilized the grant...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Regional Wetland Program Development Grants (CFDA 66.461) provides $333,272 in funding to the Utah Geological Survey (UGS) to develop a new Wetland Program Plan (WPP) for the state, evaluate current and potential wetland protections, and create educational and outreach materials. Key deliverables include a Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP), progress and final reports, a wetland-focused webpage...

The Moab Area Watershed Partnership, located in eastern Utah, received a $210,340 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554). The funding will support the partnership's efforts to revise their existing watershed management plan to improve water quality and quantity in the Mill Creek and Castle Creek watersheds in Grand County, Utah. Key activities include mitigating E. coli contamination in...

This $332,543 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Regional Wetland Program Development Grants (CFDA 66.461) program, provides funding to the Utah Geological Survey (UGS) to map and analyze wetland resources in the Duchesne Basin. The key activities include: Utilizing remote sensing to quantify and interpret patterns of wetland change over time, and assess threats to headwater wetlands in the Duchesne Basin. This will involve developing a...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Aquatic Resources Management program (CFDA 15.244) provides $364,985.90 to support a 5-year project focused on assessing the impacts of the Three Creeks Grazing Consolidation Plan on riparian conditions and ecosystem services across a 57,000 hectare landscape in Utah. The project aims to determine how implementation of this new grazing management approach, which uses grazing duration and timing as tools,...