Cooperative Agreement R15AC00015

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation provides $228,000.00 in funding from Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2029 to the State of Utah, Division of Wildlife Resources (UDWR) for the operation and maintenance of the June Sucker Interim Fish Hatchery. The purpose is to increase production of young June Sucker, a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act, in support of the June Sucker Recovery Implementation Program. UDWR will perform routine...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation, under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act Program (CFDA 15.517), provides $146,916.91 to the Arizona Department of Game and Fish to monitor and assess the relative abundance, distribution, and movement of native and non-native fishes in the Colorado River upstream and downstream of the Pearce Ferry Rapid. The project will investigate fish movement in relation to factors such as Lake Mead water...

This $1,929,918 Formula Grant awarded by the Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service Region 6 on July 1, 2023 funds operations at the Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) Native Fish Hatchery in the San Luis Valley. The hatchery rears a variety of native threatened, endangered, and at-risk aquatic species, including the boreal toad. The hatchery is a pioneer in researching and implementing specialized rearing and breeding techniques for these often little-understood aquatic...

Under this U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) Cooperative Agreement award, Trout Unlimited, Inc. and its partner organizations are implementing a $170,000 project to eliminate the risk of bull trout and redband trout entrainment in Long Creek on the Sycan Marsh Preserve in Oregon. The project involves designing, fabricating, and installing a fish screen on an unscreened irrigation diversion that currently poses a threat to the last remaining bull...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded a $10,000,000 Project Grant under the Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance program (CFDA 15.608) to the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission (Agfc), a state government agency. The funding will be used over a 4-year period from Aug 1, 2023 to Jun 30, 2027 to design, engineer, and construct crucial infrastructure upgrades at two state fish hatcheries operated by Agfc. The project aims to modernize the water usage and recirculation capabilities at...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through its National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685), awarded a $342,000 project grant to the Eagle Valley Soil And Water Conservation District in Oregon. The grant supports the removal of fish passage barriers and implementation of habitat restoration projects within the East Pine Creek watershed, which is designated critical habitat for threatened bull trout. The project aims to restore aquatic connectivity and improve migratory corridors for bull trout...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 awarded a $480,506.87 Cooperative Agreement under the National Fish Passage program (CFDA 15.685) to Michigan Trout Unlimited, a non-profit organization. The funding will support a project to provide aquatic organism passage to 23 miles of the East Branch of the Au Sable River at the Grayling Fish Hatchery, where passage has been blocked for over 100 years. This will allow brook trout and other species to move freely...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Habitat Partnership (CFDA 15.686) program aims to restore aquatic habitat and connectivity within the War Eagle Creek watershed in Arkansas. The $200,000 award will fund four stream barrier removals, reconnect 493 miles of waterway, restore over 3,000 linear feet of streambanks, create wetlands and riparian zones, and improve habitat for 27 species of greatest conservation need, including the federally...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) awarded a $456,244 Cooperative Agreement to the Las Vegas Valley Water District (LVVWD) under the FWS Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657). The objective is to recreate a 100-meter desert spring refugium for the federally endangered Pahrump poolfish at the Springs Preserve in Las Vegas, Nevada. This project aims to establish an additional population of the Pahrump poolfish to increase the species' redundancy and...

This U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Formula Grant award, provided under the Sport Fish Restoration program (CFDA 15.605), will fund $681,987 for the Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG) to operate the Hagerman and Henry's Lake State Fish Hatcheries. These hatcheries help meet Idaho's recreational fisheries demands by producing over 4.4 million fish annually, supporting approximately 23% of the state's 4.4 million annual angler days. The project aims to maintain...