Project Grant 109042006Q4551

This $500,000 federal Project Grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685), supports American Rivers Inc.'s efforts to remove the Lockville Dam on the Deep River in North Carolina. The dam removal is expected to reopen 56.5 river miles, reconnecting critical habitat for the federally endangered Cape Fear shiner and threatened Atlantic pigtoe. The project will also provide short-term job creation, improve...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685), awarded a $1,822,000 Cooperative Agreement to Duplain Township in Duplain, MI to remove the failing Elsie Dam on the Maple River. The primary objectives are to eliminate the public safety hazard posed by the dam, restore the river channel using natural design techniques, re-establish ecosystem function, and improve passage for aquatic organisms. Key deliverables include final design plans, an ecosystem...

The Lefthand Watershed Oversight Group, located in Longmont, Colorado, received a $500,616 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 15.507). The grant will support the development of engineered designs and specifications for a ditch enhancement and watershed health project at the Haldi Intake along the Left Hand Creek Ditch system. This project will...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded a $326,874 National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) project grant to the City of Forest City, Iowa. The funding will be used to remove a 3-foot high low-head dam in Pammel Park along the Winnebago River and construct two rock cross vanes to facilitate fish passage. This project will reconnect 99 upstream miles of the river's mainstem into southern Minnesota, improving upstream passage for channel catfish, northern pike, yellow perch, and...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685), provides $499,999 to the Canaan Valley Institute to collaborate with federal, state, and local partners to remove a hazardous low-head dam on the McClure River in Clinchco, Virginia. This dam removal project will fully reconnect 22 miles of the McClure River, benefiting the federally threatened Big Sandy crayfish within its critical habitat by allowing movement...

This $6,907,214 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Habitat Conservation Federal Grant Program (CFDA 11.463) will fund The Nature Conservancy's project to remove the Upper and Lower E.R. Collins Dams on the Pequest River, a tributary to the Delaware River. The dam removal will open access to mainstem and tributary habitat for American shad, river herring, and other migratory fish, while also helping to reduce flooding in the local...

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 Department of the Interior's National Park Service has awarded a $3,750,000 Land and Water Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.916) grant to the Colorado Department of Natural Resources to fund essential repairs and improvements to the Big Beaver Dam at the Oak Ridge State Wildlife Area. Key project components include rehabilitating the outlet pipe liner, constructing a new outlet structure and gate assembly, replacing the irrigation diversion structure, remediating seepage at the dam toe, and making...

The Raritan Headwaters Association was awarded a $4,655,738 Cooperative Agreement by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Habitat Conservation federal grant program (CFDA 11.463). The funding will support the removal of the Rockafellows Mill Dam on the South Branch Raritan River to open access to habitat for migratory fish species such as American shad and river herring. The project will also restore nearby floodplain and streamside habitats. The dam removal...

The Northwest California Resource Conservation & Development Council (NCRC&DC) will receive $100,000 through a five-year Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program to remove the 18-foot East Weaver Creek Dam in Weaverville, California by June 2028. Work will include demolishing the concrete and boulder dam, installing grade control structures and large woody debris, removing accumulated sediment, and repositioning...