Cooperative Agreement S19AC20004

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) awarded a $6,604,164.30 Formula Grant to the West Virginia Division of Highways (WVDOH) under the Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205). The grant supports a project titled "HARTS RUN-WHITE SULPHUR" located in Greenbrier County, West Virginia on U.S. Route 60 from mile post 37.49 to 40.33. The project scope includes road resurfacing and other infrastructure improvements along this 2.84-mile segment of the highway. As a state...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) awarded a $939,499.54 Cooperative Agreement to Trout Unlimited, Inc. through the National Fish Passage program (CFDA 15.685) to fund the Upper Greenbrier River Watershed Fish Passage Project in West Virginia. The project will remove 7 culverts acting as fish passage barriers and replace them with stream simulation-designed span structures, reconnecting 25 miles of habitat for priority species including brook trout, green floater, eastern hellbender, and...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $270,181 Cooperative Agreement to American Rivers, a non-profit organization, through the National Fish Passage program (CFDA 15.685). The funding supports engineering design and stakeholder engagement for the removal of the Hartland Dam on the West Fork River and the Wells Lock Dam on the Little Kanawha River in West Virginia. The dam removals are critical for the recovery of two federally-listed endangered freshwater...

The West Virginia Division of Highways (WVDOH) received a $1.12 million Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration (DOT FHWA) on August 2, 2022. The funding supports the Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205) to conduct stream monitoring associated with wetlands mitigation for the Berkeley Springs Bypass project along U.S. Route 522 in Morgan County, West Virginia. As part of the larger effort to construct a bypass route...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), through its Coastal Program (CFDA 15.630), awarded a $1,301,886.79 Cooperative Agreement to the Western Maryland Resource Conservation and Development Area, Inc. (WMRCD) on August 1, 2024. The purpose of this award is to assist FWS and the U.S. Army Garrison Fort George G. Meade (FMMD) in implementing stream restoration and conservation projects on FMMD in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. The scope of work includes the construction of stream restoration...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5 awarded a $302,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR) Program (CFDA 15.658) to the Housatonic Valley Association, Inc. to develop preliminary designs for replacing two barrier culverts on Pond Mountain Brook in Kent, Connecticut. The project aims to reconnect over 3 miles of high-quality cold-water habitat for Eastern Brook Trout within the Macedonia Brook watershed. The culvert replacements...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) awarded a $753,032 Cooperative Agreement to the Town of Newburg, West Virginia under the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention program (CFDA 10.904). The funding supports the completion of a Plan-Environmental Assessment (Plan-EA) for the Three Forks Creek Watershed to address watershed protection, public recreation, and public fish and wildlife. The project has a scheduled completion date of February 2026....

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...

This $1.2 million Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5 will fund the restoration of aquatic connectivity in the North Branch Potomac River (NBPR) watershed in Maryland. The project, under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685), will remove eight barriers to improve connectivity along 30 miles of stream habitat that supports Eastern Brook Trout populations. Key activities include replacing two culverts, removing a dam,...

The Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service awarded a $955,608.26 Cooperative Agreement to Potomac Valley Soil Conservation District under the Watershed Rehabilitation Program (CFDA 10.916) for the period of January 23, 2023 through December 14, 2027. The funding will support the design phase for rehabilitation of the New Creek Site 1 Watershed Structure in Mineral County, West Virginia. The Watershed Rehabilitation Program aims to extend the useful life of dams...