Cooperative Agreement NR241320XXXXC001

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service under the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention program (CFDA 10.904) provides $206,550.00 to the Town of Harwich, Massachusetts to design the Upper Cold Brook Fish Passage Project. The project aims to improve migratory fish passage to Grassy Pond by replacing a culvert and installing a water control structure. The award period runs from Aug 30, 2023 to Dec 30, 2026. The project...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $1,230,000 Project Grant through the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to the Ipswich River Watershed Association, Inc. for the Ipswich Mills Dam Removal Project. This project will permanently restore 49 miles of mainstem and tributary habitat for native and migratory fish populations in the Ipswich River watershed and the Great Marsh Area of Critical Environmental Concern. Key project elements include full removal of the Ipswich Mills...

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access to over 600 miles of historic sea-run fish habitat and 60,000 acres of alewife habitat by modernizing the outdated 1960s-era fish passage at this...

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. Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service awarded the Town of Barnstable, a local government municipality in Massachusetts, a $100,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention program (CFDA 10.904). The funding will support the design of the Long Pond Lower Channel Fish Passage Project ID# BA-FP-UP-4 to improve fish passage to Mill Pond. The project is intended to be completed by December 30, 2025. This federal grant award is...

The Town of Harwich, Massachusetts was awarded a $246,150 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service under the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention program (CFDA 10.904). The funding will support the design of the RT 124 Bike Path Fish Passage Project ID# HA-FP-UP-2 to improve fish passage in the Herring River Long Pond. The project will be completed by December 30, 2026. The Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention program...

This $56,476,862 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) will fund the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) to build new state-of-the-art fishways at the Woodland and Grand Falls dam 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 create the largest river herring run...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service awarded the Town of Barnstable, a local government entity, a $100,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention program (CFDA 10.904). The grant funding will be used to design the Mill Pond Dam Fish Passage Project in Barnstable, Massachusetts, which will improve migratory fish passage to Mill Pond through replacement of an existing fish ladder. The project is expected to be completed by...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Essex County Department of Public Works (Essex County DPW) under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to restore, enhance, and reconnect riverine habitat within the Boquet River Watershed in Essex County, New York. The key product to be delivered is the replacement of an existing dual culvert crossing over the North Branch of the Boquet River with a 120-foot bridge. This will remove a perched...

The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) was awarded a $2,350,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5 National Fish Habitat Partnership (CFDA 15.686) program. This grant, awarded on June 9, 2023, will fund the removal of the Quinapoxet Dam in Boylston, Massachusetts and restoration of the river channel. The dam removal and river restoration work is expected to be completed by September 30, 2025. The project aims to improve habitat...