Cooperative Agreement R16AC00027

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service (CFDA 15.685 - National Fish Passage Program) provides $2,500,000.00 to the Robinson Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California to implement the Tejada Ranch Habitat Management Project. The project aims to remove fish passage barriers, enhance stream habitat, and reduce flood risk in a portion of Scotts Creek in Lake County, California. Key activities include removing instream barriers to enable...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $1,300,000 Cooperative Agreement under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to Trout Unlimited, Inc. to improve fish passage and restore aquatic habitat along the upper Clark Fork River in western Montana. The project aims to reconnect 27 miles of critical bull trout habitat by constructing fish passage improvements and installing fish screens at four remaining irrigation diversions that currently impede upstream passage and entrain...

This $260,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program (CFDA 15.631) will fund the removal and replacement of an undersized culvert on Little Grass Valley Creek in Weaverville, California. The new 13x10 elliptical culvert will provide full, unimpeded fish passage for anadromous species like coho salmon, steelhead, and Pacific lamprey to access five miles of cold water spawning and rearing...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded a $137,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife (CFDA 15.631) program to the Watershed Research and Training Center (WRTC) to improve fish passage in West Tule Creek, California. The project aims to remove a private agricultural diversion concrete dam, reduce diversion rates, and install an improved fish screen to enhance habitat for all species and life stages of anadromous fish. Key activities include removing the...

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. Fish and Wildlife Service, under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685), awarded a $1,050,000 Cooperative Agreement to Waterwatch of Oregon on June 2, 2025, to be completed by June 2, 2028. The project aims to remove the ODFW-identified statewide fish passage priority barrier, Murphy Dam, and significantly improve access to 100 miles of spawning and rearing habitat on the Applegate River. It will also improve fish passage in the nearby Onion and Stringer Creek tributaries...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $1,250,000 Cooperative Agreement through the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to Trout Unlimited, Inc. to work with the Jones Shotwell Ditch Company in Wenatchee, WA. The project will replace an open earthen irrigation ditch with a pressurized pipe system and upgrade the associated pump station. This will improve water and energy use efficiency, enhance instream flows in 6.5 miles of the lower Wenatchee River by up to 15 cubic feet per...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $999,929 Project Grant under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (CFDA 15.517) program to California Trout, Inc. for a 3-year project. The purpose of this grant is to monitor and evaluate the ecological impacts of removing the Klamath River dams, which will open over 400 miles of previously blocked fish habitat. Key project activities include using sonar, species composition sampling, and radio telemetry to estimate salmon and steelhead abundance and...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685), awarded a $2,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Wallowa Lake Irrigation District in Oregon. The funding will be used to replace an existing diversion structure on the Wallowa River with a new adjustable diversion and fish ladder system. The project will also upgrade the intake structure for the Consolidated Ditch to include a vertical plate system with a fish bypass facility. This will improve water...

This $276,689 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) under the National Fish Habitat Partnership (CFDA 15.686) program will support the continued operation and coordination of the California Fish Passage Forum. The key products and services to be delivered include: Facilitating and supporting the California Fish Passage Forum, including organizing and managing regular forum meetings Distributing funding to Forum-specific projects focused on fish habitat...