Cooperative Agreement P16AC01456

Federal Grant Award Summary The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded $151,084.84 to the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission (CRITFC) under the National Fish Habitat Partnership (NFHP) program (CFDA 15.686) to establish a Tribal Engagement and Outreach Relations Coordinator position. This award, effective May 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026, addresses the Pacific Lamprey Conservation Initiative's (PLCI) objective of increasing awareness regarding Pacific...

Federal Grant Award Summary American Rivers Inc. received a $552,500 Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685), effective July 15, 2025, with a completion date of July 15, 2027. The award funds a watershed-wide restoration planning and design project for the Little Shasta River, a 27.5-mile tributary to the Shasta River in Central Siskiyou County, California. In partnership with the Yurok Tribe, California Trout, and...

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 reconnect 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, which will remove an aquatic passage barrier and open 49 upstream...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to the Nez Perce Tribe under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to fund the design and implementation of an additional partial fish passage at the Wilson and Dorrance diversion locations on the Wallowa River. This project aims to restore aquatic organism passage and connectivity, enabling access to 10 miles of critical spawning, rearing, and foraging habitat for species such as spring Chinook salmon, coho salmon,...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 awarded $2,152,513 to the Great Lakes Fishery Commission (GLFC) under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) on September 1, 2025, with completion scheduled for December 31, 2030. The project delivers three primary products and services: (1) development and field testing of supplemental sea lamprey control techniques; (2) design and engineering plans for a new sea lamprey barrier on the Grand River in Grand...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) provides $1,203,550.00 to American Rivers Inc. to implement a comprehensive aquatic habitat restoration project in Pennsylvania's Ohio and Susquehanna River basins. The key activities include removing 10 dams to reconnect 190 miles of aquatic habitat for species of conservation concern, imperiled, and federally endangered species. The project will also restore approximately 28...

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...

The University of Idaho received a $199,860 Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Habitat Partnership (CFDA 15.686) program, effective June 16, 2025, through June 15, 2026. The project develops a molecular-based epigenetic analysis method to determine Pacific lamprey sex and maturation status. This research addresses a critical management need in the Columbia River Basin, where understanding whether lamprey will follow...

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. Fish and Wildlife Service, under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657), awarded a $164,350 Cooperative Agreement to the Nevada Department of Wildlife. The funds will be used to generate feasibility assessments and design alternatives for constructing fish passage barriers and irrigation diversion structures to protect the federally threatened Lahontan cutthroat trout. Specific deliverables include: Evaluation of the feasibility and design alternatives...