Cooperative Agreement P19AC00752

The Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Foundation received a $152,500 Project Grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 under the National Fish Habitat Partnership (CFDA 15.686) program. The project will remove up to 1,200 linear feet of shore armor and pilings at the Clayton Beach site in Bow, WA to improve sediment transport processes and allow for the expansion of eelgrass beds and nearshore habitats. The project will also restore over 9 acres of beach and backshore habitat,...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $15,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Marine Sanctuary Program (CFDA 11.429) to the Feiro Marine Life Center (FEIRO) in Port Angeles, Washington. The five-year award, effective January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2029, will support FEIRO's partnership with the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary (OCNMS) to build the new Marine Discovery Center facility. The planned interpretive center will help make OCNMS more...

The Puget Sound Restoration Fund received a $298,017 project grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Fisheries Development and Utilization Research and Development Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program (CFDA 11.427). The grant will fund work to develop methods for monetizing seaweeds and cockles that foul shellfish aquaculture farms in the Puget Sound region of Washington state between September 2021 and August 2023. The goal of the NOAA program is to...

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded the Washington State Department of Fish & Wildlife a $705,418 Project Grant under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act program. The grant will fund the expansion of the state's Aquatic Invasive Species watercraft inspection station network, including the establishment of a new inspection station in southwest Washington on Interstate 5 north of Interstate 205. This additional station will help prevent the spread of zebra and...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $121,011 Project Grant under the CFDA 15.608 Fish and Aquatic Conservation - Aquatic Invasive Species program to the Washington State Department of Fish & Wildlife (WDFW). The grant funding will support WDFW's statewide efforts to monitor, control, and prevent the introduction of prohibited and regulated aquatic invasive animal species in Washington's freshwater and marine habitats. Key activities include: 1) implementing emergency measures in...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded a $126,667 Project Grant to the Washington State Department of Fish & Wildlife (WDFW) under the Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance program (CFDA 15.608). The goal of this 2-year grant, which runs from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2025, is to continue WDFW's successful coordination and implementation of the Washington State Aquatic Nuisance Species (ANS) Management Plan. Key activities include prevention, monitoring, control, and eradication...

The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe has been awarded a $1,402,396 Cooperative Agreement from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Habitat Conservation Federal Grant Program (CFDA 11.463). The purpose of this award is to address one of the last remaining fish passage barriers in the Ennis Creek watershed by replacing undersized culverts on a city road in Port Angeles, Washington, with a bridge. This project will benefit threatened Puget Sound steelhead, bull trout, and...

The Northwest Straits Foundation, Washington State Parks, and the Skagit and Whatcom County Marine Resources Committees will develop a feasibility study, design, permitting, and initiate community outreach for the restoration of over 1,200 linear feet of shoreline, 9 acres of backshore, and adjacent upland habitat at Clayton Beach in Larrabee State Park, Skagit County, WA under a $122,716 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1. The award...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $197,420 Cooperative Agreement under the Coastal Program (CFDA 15.630) to Friends of the San Juans, a non-profit organization located in Friday Harbor, Washington. The primary goal of this project is to restore the Eastsound Waterfront Park on Orcas Island to improve feeding and rearing habitat for out-migrating juvenile Chinook salmon, increase forage fish spawning habitat, and enhance prey for other protected marine species like bocaccio rockfish...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is awarding $2,332,854 under the Office for Coastal Management federal grant program (CFDA 11.473) to the Washington Department of Ecology for a habitat restoration and conservation project at Padilla Bay in Skagit County, Washington. The three-year cooperative agreement will support the permanent protection of 74.5 acres of former and current tidal marsh, plus associated tidelands. This effort is part of a larger 105-acre tidal marsh...