Cooperative Agreement P20AC00717

The Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council (WRWC) was awarded a $833,105 Cooperative Agreement by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 under the Geographic Programs - Southeast New England Coastal Watershed Restoration Program (CFDA 66.129). The funding will support the completion of final designs, permitting, and construction for several nature-based stormwater capture and treatment, active transportation, and recreational infrastructure projects along the Woonasquatucket...

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...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service under the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System (CFDA 15.962) provides $210,000.00 to the Lamprey River Watershed Association Inc. from September 9, 2025 to April 30, 2030. The purpose of the award is to protect the wild and scenic values of the Lamprey River by implementing the Lamprey River Management Plan. Key activities include land protection, community and research grants, public outreach and...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) awarded a $7,450,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Rhode Island Association of Conservation Districts (RIACD) under the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention program (CFDA 10.904). This 2-year award supports the implementation of the Pocasset River Flood Damage Reduction Project with the Town of Johnston and City of Cranston as the sponsoring local organizations. RIACD, a non-profit organization, will...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5 awarded a $302,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR) Program (CFDA 15.658) to the Housatonic Valley Association, Inc. to develop preliminary designs for replacing two barrier culverts on Pond Mountain Brook in Kent, Connecticut. The project aims to reconnect over 3 miles of high-quality cold-water habitat for Eastern Brook Trout within the Macedonia Brook watershed. The culvert replacements...

This $145,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Department of the Interior National Park Service under the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System (CFDA 15.962) program supports the Delaware River Greenway Partnership, Inc. in implementing the Comprehensive River Management Plan for the Lower Delaware Wild and Scenic River. The key activities funded include land protection, community grants, public outreach, historical surveys, invasive species management, and river access improvements. This...

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 Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point was awarded a $11,992,935 Cooperative Agreement from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Habitat Conservation grant program (CFDA 11.463). The funding will support efforts to increase fish passage at the Woodland Dam on the Skutik River (St. Croix River) over a 3-year period from August 2024 to July 2027. With the downstream Milltown Dam currently being removed, the Woodland Dam is one of the last remaining barriers to...

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 Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631), awarded a $100,000 Cooperative Agreement to enhance riparian and instream habitat along one mile of the Wood River in Oregon. The project aims to add approximately 50 large woody debris structures to the river to increase habitat complexity and benefit species like bull trout, Lost River and shortnose suckers, and redband trout. Additional benefits are expected for riparian-dependent birds,...