Cooperative Agreement P11AC40845

This is a Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Bureau of Reclamation under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (CFDA 15.517) program. The agreement provides $289,517 to the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation to continue work on evaluating and coordinating Pacific lamprey activities in the Yakima River Basin. The key objectives are to: 1) Identify Reclamation projects that may affect lamprey and make recommendations to reduce impacts; 2) Jointly develop a Lamprey Implementation...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $202,752 cooperative agreement to the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act program (CFDA 15.517) to investigate potential impacts of Reclamation operations and facilities on Pacific lamprey populations in the Umatilla River subbasin from August 31, 2022 through September 30, 2027. Key deliverables include evaluating adult and juvenile lamprey passage issues at Reclamation facilities, monitoring...

This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) provides $1,203,550 to American Rivers Inc. for a comprehensive aquatic habitat restoration project in Pennsylvania's Ohio and Susquehanna River basins. The project aims to remove 10 dams, reconnecting 190 miles of aquatic habitat for species of greatest conservation need, imperiled, and federally endangered species. Activities include dam removal, restoration of 28...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to the Essex County Department of Public Works (Essex County DPW) to restore and enhance riverine habitat within the Boquet River Watershed in Essex County, New York. The project will replace an existing dual culvert crossing over the North Branch of the Boquet River with a 120-foot bridge, removing an aquatic passage barrier and reconnecting 49 upstream miles...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5 awarded Atlantic Salmon Federation Inc. $567,000 under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination and Assistance program (CFDA 15.664) to restore fish passage at the Crooked Brook Dam in Danforth, Maine. The project will construct a pool and weir fishway to provide access to 137 stream miles of habitat for endangered Atlantic salmon and eastern brook trout, as well as nearly 9,000 acres of lake habitat for river herring. Beyond the...

This $499,025 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 enable American Rivers, a non-profit organization, to remove the Washburn Mill Dam on the Mohawk River in Colebrook, New Hampshire. The dam removal project will restore 39.3 miles of river connectivity and 10 acres of cold-water brook trout habitat. This will improve public safety, habitat connectivity, fisheries population resilience,...

The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 awarded a $200,000 Cooperative Agreement to the County of Lake, acting through its Lake County Soil & Water Conservation District, under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685). The project aims to restore full fish passage through the Lax Lake Road culvert on Lindstrom Creek, a high-quality cold water tributary to the Baptism River in Minnesota. This will benefit native brook trout populations that rely...

This Cooperative Agreement award, made by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685), provides $750,000 to the Nez Perce Tribe to remove two fish passage barrier structures at the Wilson and Dorrance diversion locations on the Wallowa River in Oregon. This project aims to restore access to 10 miles of critical spawning, rearing, and foraging habitat for threatened spring Chinook salmon, steelhead, and bull trout, as well as recently reintroduced coho...

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 U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5 awarded a $100,000 Cooperative Agreement under the National Fish Passage (CFDA 15.685) program to the New River Land Trust. The project will implement an aquatic connectivity and habitat enhancement initiative along the North Fork Roanoke River in Blacksburg, VA. Key activities include removing one severe fish passage barrier, enhancing 0.5 mile of in-stream habitat through stream restoration and streambank stabilization, and...