Cooperative Agreement R10AV40005

The Alaska Department of Fish & Game (ADF&G) was awarded a $486,067.87 Cooperative Agreement under the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Aquatic Resources Management program (CFDA 15.244) to coordinate with BLM staff and plan/execute a systematic field inventory of anadromous and resident fish distribution and associated aquatic/riparian habitat in select drainages of interior and Arctic Alaska. The goal is to identify and fill existing data gaps in the State of Alaska's Catalog of...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, under the Multistate Conservation Grant Program (CFDA 15.628), provides $105,490 to the American Sportfishing Association (ASA) to conduct two key initiatives. The first part of the project will pilot the use of mapping techniques to identify where anglers are geographically clustered, where public fishing sites are located, and which communities have high fishing interest but low license purchases. This...

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) received a $133,176 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Habitat Partnership program (CFDA 15.686). The funding will enable ADF&G to continue its efforts to quantify and protect instream flows for salmon-producing rivers in Southwest Alaska, specifically the Aniak River watershed. This is the third phase of the project, which will maintain a streamgaging...

This federal Formula Grant award of $6,093,943.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service (CFDA 15.605 - Sport Fish Restoration) to the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. The grant supports a range of activities aimed at restoring, conserving, managing, and enhancing sport fish populations and public access to recreational fishing opportunities in Alabama. Key products and services include: Fish population assessments and surveys...

This federal Formula Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Sport Fish Restoration program (CFDA 15.605), provides $220,900.00 in funding to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to support the stocking of community fishing ponds throughout Louisiana. This one-year grant, with a performance period from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025, will enable the department to undertake activities designed to restore, conserve, manage,...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded a $164,931 Formula Grant to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. This award is funded through the Sport Fish Restoration program (CFDA 15.605), which supports activities to restore, conserve, manage, and enhance sport fish populations and public access to these resources. The primary goal of this two-year project is to evaluate the catch rates of private access point anglers, including those fishing at...

This $299,124 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Fish and Aquatic Conservation - Aquatic Invasive Species program (CFDA 15.608) will support a monitoring project focused on the ecological restoration of the Klamath River in California. The primary objectives are to assess the reestablishment of salmon and steelhead populations as they return to their historical spawning grounds in the upper Klamath River basin following the removal of four dams. The...

This federal Formula Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Sport Fish Restoration program (CFDA 15.605), will fund the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to process age growth, reproductive, and mortality data, evaluate management options, develop recommendations, and create stock assessments and management plans for recreationally important sport fishes. The total award amount is $1,226,667.00 with a performance period...

This $2.5 million project grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4, under the Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance federal grant program (CFDA 15.608), will increase diagnostic capacity at the Auburn University Southeastern Cooperative Fish Parasite and Disease Laboratory and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Fish Health Center. Personnel from Auburn University and the Fish Health Center will collaborate on fish disease diagnostics to support state...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service (CFDA 15.628 Multistate Conservation Grant Program) provides $147,587 to the American Sportfishing Association (ASA) to conduct research on reducing "churn rates" - the high percentage of anglers who do not renew their fishing licenses each year. The project will survey anglers who purchased licenses in 2022 but did not renew in 2023 to understand their reasons and preferences, in order to...