Cooperative Agreement S05AP12239

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Department of the Interior, through its Minerals and Mining on Indian Lands program (CFDA 15.038), awarded $477,930 to the Round Valley Indian Tribes on September 22, 2025, to support hard rock aggregate resource development on the Round Valley Reservation in Covelo, California. Under the direction of Toni Whipple, Director of Natural Resources and Manager for the 7 Tribes Rock Quarry, LLC, the project will conduct continued testing and reserve...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded Kern Tulare Water District (KTWD) a $4.01 million Project Grant on July 31, 2025, under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Program (CFDA 15.514) to construct water banking infrastructure in Bakersfield, California. The project deliverables include drilling and equipping a new well, installing over 8,000 linear feet of pipeline to the Friant Kern Canal, and integrating an existing well into the recovery network. Upon completion by May 31, 2028, the...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $2,688,000 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202) supports the County of Clayton, Georgia in implementing a flood mitigation project along Camp Creek. The key activities funded include channel and culvert improvements to increase floodplain connectivity and reconnect the active creek channel to an expanded bankfull bench. Specifically, the project will modify 1,655 linear feet of...

The Teichert Pipeline Project is a $2,317,600 federal grant award made by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507). The project, awarded to the Hallwood Irrigation Company, a non-profit organization in Marysville, California, aims to convert the Teichert Ditch into an underground pipeline. The project will enhance water conservation, improve water diversion management, and increase...

This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation's WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program, CFDA No. 15.507, provides $3,017,964.00 to the Kittitas Conservation Trust to implement an in-stream restoration project on River Mile 2-3 of Gold Creek in Kittitas County, Washington. The project aims to restore the geomorphology and increase the habitat complexity of Gold Creek by installing engineered log jam...

This $600,000 cooperative agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 on July 7, 2022 will provide passage for migratory and anadromous fish in Johnson Creek. Trout Unlimited, Inc. will correct passage impediments at two creek crossings—State Route 97 and Greenacres—restoring access to approximately nine stream miles of habitat. Replacing outdated infrastructure at these sites will remedy the final three barriers within the lower 12 miles of the...

This Cooperative Agreement provides $1,250,000 in funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202) to the North Tahoe Public Utility District (NTPUD). The funding supports the implementation of NTPUD's 2025 Waterline Replacement Project (Water Improvement Project) in Kings Beach, California. Key project activities include the installation of approximately 2,700 linear feet of 8-inch water mains, new 2-inch service lines...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey's Cooperative Research Units (CFDA 15.812) program provides $117,680.19 to the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) to conduct research and monitoring work at Coal Creek in the Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve, Alaska. The key products and services to be delivered under this 2-year award include: A Masters student thesis at UAF focused on fish habitat and aquatic habitat assessment at Coal Creek, including supplementary...

This $998,323 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Aquatic Resources Management program (CFDA 15.244) will support Trout Unlimited, Inc. in conducting habitat restoration projects within the Muddy Creek watershed in Wyoming. The key activities to be delivered include: removing 4 fish passage barriers to allow access for native species like Colorado River cutthroat trout, roundtail chub, and sucker species to upstream spawning habitat; implementing a...

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...