Cooperative Agreement R16AC00152

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $700,000 Cooperative Agreement (Grant Award ID R25AC00349) to the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (CFDA 15.517) program. This funding will support habitat improvement projects and fish research, monitoring, and evaluation activities in the Grande Ronde Basin to contribute to the recovery of endangered salmonids. Key projects include the Ronde River Ranch, McCoy Meadows, Catherine...

This $692,624.14 Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Reclamation under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (CFDA 15.517) program aims to restore ESA-listed salmon and steelhead populations in the Grande Ronde Basin of Oregon. The key activities include: Targeted PIT tagging of juvenile salmonids to estimate hatchery and natural origin predation Developing a release group study to address overall mortality in the valley Evaluating the impacts of hatchery release pulses on...

The Deschutes River Conservancy (Conservancy) received a $199,500 Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation through the Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554). The Conservancy will support the Deschutes Basin Water Collaborative in developing the Upper Deschutes Sub-Basin Water Management Plan to guide implementation of watershed management projects. Recent studies identified water shortages up to 400,000 acre-feet affecting river function,...

The Jefferson County Soil and Water Conservation District, in partnership with the Middle Deschutes Watershed Council, will receive $263,564 from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554) to remove western juniper trees from 460 acres of upland habitat surrounding Willow Creek in Oregon. This project aims to restore water connectivity between upland and in-stream habitats by removing juniper that has caused flows in...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $202,752 cooperative agreement to the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act program (CFDA 15.517) to investigate potential impacts of Reclamation operations and facilities on Pacific lamprey populations in the Umatilla River subbasin from August 31, 2022 through September 30, 2027. Key deliverables include evaluating adult and juvenile lamprey passage issues at Reclamation facilities, monitoring...

The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde was awarded a $729,465 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664) to support ecocultural oak forest management and fire landscape scale restoration in Oregon. The grant, which runs from September 17, 2024 to December 31, 2026, will fund projects focused on developing genetically improved tree seeds and seedlings, producing and distributing tree seedlings for...

The Curry County Soil And Water Conservation District, doing business as the South Coast Watershed Council, was awarded a $139,000 Cooperative Agreement under the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management's Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination (CFDA 15.234) program. The project aims to improve coho salmon rearing and refugia habitats within the Rogue River estuary in Oregon. Key deliverables include restoring instream complexity, enhancing floodplain...

The Grant County Conservation District, doing business as the Columbia Basin Conservation District, received a $202,703 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation's Applied Science Grants program (CFDA 15.557) to create the Columbia Basin Groundwater Cooperative website. The primary objective of this 14-month project, with a completion date of March 31, 2026, is to compile and make accessible existing groundwater data that was collected between 1998-2014 but has...

The federal Project Grant award from the Bureau of Reclamation under the Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554) will support the South Fork Boise Watershed Collaborative's continued coordination of restoration planning in the Lower South Fork Boise Watershed in Idaho. The $299,319 award will fund stakeholder and community outreach, research on project feasibility, and production of a stakeholder-driven watershed restoration plan. The goal is to help prioritize and implement...

The Oregon Desert Land Trust and partners received a $417,250 cooperative agreement award from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 through July 15, 2027. The funding is provided under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation federal grant program (CFDA 15.657) to assess, protect, and restore streams, springs, and wet meadows in Oregon's Trout Creek and Pueblo Mountains. Key activities over the five-year period include continuing to assess and prioritize wet...