Cooperative Agreement R20AC00090

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 $599,701 Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Fish and Aquatic Conservation - Aquatic Invasive Species program (CFDA 15.608), supports comprehensive data collection, modeling, and analysis to identify options for upgrading and replacing the Coleman National Fish Hatchery's water intake structure on Battle Creek in California. The primary goal is to ensure a reliable water supply for the hatchery, which plays a crucial role in supporting an...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act Program (CFDA 15.517), provides $2,935,373 to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) for the Trinity River Hatchery (TRH) and Junction City Weir (JCW) Operations and Maintenance Project. The primary objectives of this award are to: 1) Operate the TRH to produce approximately 5 million juvenile anadromous salmon and steelhead...

The purpose of this $332,542.14 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Bureau of Reclamation under the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins Endangered Fish Recovery program (CFDA 15.529) is to monitor endangered small-bodied razorback suckers and Colorado pikeminnow in New Mexico. The project aims to determine if reproduction is occurring, locate nursery areas, and gauge the extent of annual reproduction. The data collected will provide information to the San Juan River Recovery Implementation...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $133,333.34 Project Grant under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) program to the State of Utah, Division of Wildlife Resources. The grant supports efforts to raise 20,000 June Sucker, a threatened fish species native to Utah Lake, over a one-year period from July 2024 to June 2025. The goal is to safeguard the species from extinction by growing the fish to 300 mm in length at a hatchery and...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $230,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Upper Colorado River Basin Fish and Wildlife Mitigation Program (CFDA 15.535) to the Central Utah Water Conservancy District. The agreement is intended to partially fulfill the Department of the Interior's obligations under the June Sucker Recovery Implementation Program (JSRIP), which has two main goals: (1) recovering the endangered June sucker to the point that it no longer requires federal protection, and (2)...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) under the Youth Engagement, Education, and Employment program (CFDA 15.676) provides $526,533 to Conservation Legacy's Southwest Conservation Corps to assist the Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office in Whiteriver, Arizona with recovery actions for the threatened Apache trout. Over the 4-year period from September 2023 to December 2026, Conservation Legacy will place intern crews, including a crew leader and 7...

This Project Grant award, valued at $175,000.00 and provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Tribal Wildlife Grants (CFDA 15.639) program, supports the Pyramid Lake Fisheries in operating, servicing, and maintaining the Pyramid Lake fishery production and biological ecosystem. The key objectives of this grant are to: 1) Replace six aged and worn rearing pools to provide efficient function for the final stage of rearing Lahontan Cutthroat Trout (LCT) and...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657), awarded a $164,350 Cooperative Agreement to the Nevada Department of Wildlife. The funds will be used to generate feasibility assessments and design alternatives for constructing fish passage barriers and irrigation diversion structures to protect the federally threatened Lahontan cutthroat trout. Specific deliverables include: Evaluation of the feasibility and design alternatives...

This $146,916.91 Project Grant award from the Bureau of Reclamation under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (CFDA 15.517) program supports the Arizona Department of Game and Fish in monitoring and assessing 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 elevations, Glen Canyon Dam operations,...