Cooperative Agreement NR220211XXXXC001

This $300,000 Project Grant award from the Bureau of Reclamation's Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554) supports the Headwaters of the Colorado (HOC) Initiative, a multi-stakeholder collaboration focused on building resilient and functioning forested headwaters within the Little Snake and Yampa watersheds in Wyoming and Colorado. The funding will enable the HOC partnership, which includes federal and state land management agencies, private landowners, and local community...

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 Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $299,319 Project Grant under the Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554) to Trout Unlimited, Inc. to continue coordination of watershed restoration planning in the Lower South Fork Boise Watershed in Idaho. The grant supports stakeholder and community outreach, research on project feasibility, and production of a stakeholder-driven watershed restoration plan. The project aims to address concerns over water supplies, aquatic and riparian...

This $250,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the USGS Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808) will support two major water projects in the Harney Basin of Oregon: 1) a beaver survey and analysis of stream water storage potential, and 2) flood flow distribution modeling of the Harney Valley under different flow regimes. The funding will also support the Community Based Water Planning Collaborative's development of an Integrated Water...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Reclamation under the SECURE Water Act - Research Agreements program (CFDA 15.560) provides $460,000 to Boise State University to develop an evaluation framework and integration guide for incorporating third-party snow water equivalent (SWE) datasets into the Colorado Basin River Forecast Center's (CBRFC) hydrologic modeling. The goal is to leverage newly available SWE data sources beyond the SNOTEL network to enhance the CBRFC's operational...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $199,998 Project Grant under the Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554) to the Wood River Land Trust Company, a non-profit organization in Hailey, Idaho. The grant supports the Wood River Water Collaborative's efforts to update the Big Wood River Atlas to address the health of the nearby Big Wood watershed's natural floodplain. With a growing population and diminishing water resources straining the Big Wood River corridor, the collaborative...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) provides $268,500 to Trout Unlimited, Inc. to finalize engineering designs and implementation plans to replace an undersized concrete box culvert on Strawberry Creek in McKinleyville, CA. The existing structure is a complete barrier to upstream fish passage for ESA-listed coho salmon and steelhead trout, as well as coastal cutthroat trout and...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation has awarded a $816,723 Project Grant under the Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Program (CFDA 15.580) to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) and the Hood River Watershed Group (HRWG). The funding will be used to complete the study and design of five stream restoration projects across the East Fork Hood River, Neal Creek, and Baldwin Creek sub-watersheds in north-central Oregon. The projects aim to remove two fish passage...

This Project Grant award, funded by the Bureau of Reclamation's Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554), will provide $299,189 to Trout Unlimited, Inc. to establish the Snake River Headwaters Watershed Group in northwest Wyoming. The group will work to increase the health and resiliency of the Snake River Headwaters, which is facing challenges from declining snowpack, earlier runoff, and rapid development. Key activities to be carried out under this grant include: Forming the...

This Project Grant award from the Bureau of Reclamation's Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554) will support the Watershed Restoration Coalition of the Upper Clark Fork Inc. in addressing water use challenges in the Upper Clark Fork River watershed in western Montana. The $300,000 award will enable the coalition to collaboratively identify priorities for flow restoration, develop solutions to chronic dewatering, and draft a 5-year strategic plan. Key participants include...