Cooperative Agreement P17AC01090

The Nashua River Watershed Association, Inc. (NRWA) was awarded a $210,000 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. National Park Service under the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System program (CFDA 15.962). The award period runs from July 1, 2024, to April 30, 2029. Under this Cooperative Agreement, NRWA will implement a comprehensive management plan to protect the natural, cultural, and recreational values of the Nashua, Squannacook, and Nissitissit Rivers. Key activities include land...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $210,000 from the Department of the Interior National Park Service under the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System program (CFDA 15.962) supports the Westfield River Watershed Association's efforts to protect the Westfield River and its watershed. The funding will enable the association to achieve management plan goals through activities such as water quality monitoring, aquatic connectivity improvement, mapping, planning and policy services for local...

The $210,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service Northeast Region under the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System (CFDA 15.962) program is funding the implementation of the Wood-Pawcatuck Wild and Scenic River Stewardship Plan. The Westerly Land Trust is the cooperative agreement recipient managing the funds on behalf of the Wood-Pawcatuck Wild and Scenic River Stewardship Council. The funding supports the Council's annual work plans...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded the Town of Falmouth, MA a $1,052,500 Project Grant under the National Fish Passage program (CFDA 15.685) to restore diadromous fish habitat and improve public access along the Coonamessett River watershed. During the grant period from July 2023 to September 2025, the Town will remove 7 culverts, replace 4 with river crossings connected by public trails, and restore 2,700 linear feet of riparian and in-stream habitat across 5 former cranberry bogs,...

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...

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 Town of Braintree, Massachusetts will receive a $2 million cooperative agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Habitat Conservation (CFDA 11.463) federal grant program. The funding will support two dam removal projects in the Monatiquot River watershed between April 1, 2023 and March 31, 2026. Specifically, the Town will completely remove two dams and restore river channels, improving habitat connectivity for fish and other aquatic species....

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 $2,300,527 federal Project Grant was awarded on June 12, 2024 by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685). The grant will fund a cooperative project between Trout Unlimited (TU) and USFWS to restore, enhance, and reconnect brook trout habitat within the Upper Hoosic River Watershed. Key activities include removing two failing dams to restore aquatic organism passage, natural stream function, and improve flood resiliency. TU will...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Emergency Watershed Protection Program (CFDA 10.923), provides $204,500.00 to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) for streambank stabilization and erosion prevention in Cocke County, Tennessee. The award, effective from April 8, 2025 to October 5, 2025, will support critical watershed protection activities, including debris removal, slope...