The Columbia River Estuary Study Taskforce (CREST) will receive $249,781 through September 2027 under a Cooperative Agreement from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1. The funding is part of the National Fish Passage Program administered by the Service under Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number 15.685. CREST will work in partnership to restore aquatic connectivity in tidal wetland environments in the lower Columbia River estuary, benefiting federal trust...
The Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) awarded a $112,500 Cooperative Agreement to the Columbia River Estuary Study Taskforce (CREST) under the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP) CFDA 10.931. The agreement is for site feasibility, alternatives analysis, and design to address a fish passage issue on a Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) easement in Columbia County, Oregon. The project period runs from August 9, 2023 to September 30, 2025. CREST is...
This federal Project Grant award of $752,950.00 from the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters Region 9 under the North American Wetlands Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.623) program will restore 64 acres of degraded and drained peat wetlands in Clackamas County, Oregon. The project will involve filling drainage channels, constructing ponds and swales, weed control, and dense planting to restore hydrology and native wetland vegetation communities. The...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $1,600,577 Cooperative Agreement to the Tillamook Estuaries Partnership (TEP) under the Habitat Conservation Federal Grant Program (CFDA 11.463). The purpose of this award is to support the recovery of threatened Oregon Coast coho salmon by restoring estuary and river habitat in the Sand Lake Estuary. Key activities include breaching the Beltz Dike, replacing three culverts, and restoring tidal wetlands. The project will also...
This $543,000 Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the National Park Service (NPS) under the Natural Resource Stewardship program (CFDA 15.944), supports efforts to promote forest resiliency in priority natural landscape blocks and unique plant communities. The key activities to be performed include: 1) management of invasive plant species, 2) surveying and monitoring of forest pests, and 3) planting of native species such as trees, forbs, graminoids, and rare plants. This five-year project,...
This $210,292.50 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Park Service (CFDA 15.954 - National Park Service Conservation, Protection, Outreach, and Education) supports a project by Discover Your Northwest, a Seattle-based non-profit organization, to engage urban communities with their surrounding cultural and natural resources. The project will take a three-pronged approach, providing: 1) culturally responsive visitor services, including interpretive and educational programming, 2)...
This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the National Park Service (NPS) under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) program, will provide guidance to parks and land managers on science-based coastal marsh conservation, restoration, and migration planning in the face of climate change. The $1,233,888.71 award to the University of Rhode Island (URI) will synthesize existing ecological, restoration, and climate data, and incorporate...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is providing $4,851,805 in federal funding through the FY2023 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Coastal Zone Management Habitat Restoration and Conservation Competition (CFDA 11.473 - Office for Coastal Management) to the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD) Coastal Management Program. This cooperative agreement will increase climate resilience of coastal communities within Oregon's coastal counties through habitat...
This $1,599,860.90 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service under the National Park Service Conservation, Protection, Outreach, and Education program (CFDA 15.954) supports a project focused on enhancing climate resilience and reversing forest loss in National Park areas. The Rock Creek Conservancy, Inc., a non-profit organization based in Bethesda, Maryland, will lead the project from September 2024 through December 2028. The key products and services to be delivered include...
This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Park Service under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) provides $318,348.87 to Northwest Youth Corps to carry out natural and cultural resource conservation, education, volunteer service, and maintenance projects on Department of the Interior lands. Key activities include invasive species control, habitat restoration, trail maintenance, and educational programming that engage youth and veterans...