Project Grant 11DG11060600005

The Upper Sacramento River Salmon and Steelhead Resource Assessment project received $302,881 from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 under the Sport Fish Restoration Formula Grant program (CFDA 15.605) for the period of July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife will assess sport fish populations, public use and benefits, and boat access in the Upper Sacramento River to help restore, conserve, manage and enhance...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $187,234 Project Grant under its Applied Science Grants program (CFDA 15.557) to the Clark Fork Coalition in partnership with the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation. The purpose of this 17-month project is to develop a web-based decision support tool that integrates water data on key variables influencing instream flow and water quality in the Upper Clark Fork River basin in Montana. This decision support tool will help natural resource...

This federal Formula Grant award of $293,533.00, provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 under the Sport Fish Restoration program (CFDA 15.605), supports a long-term monitoring program of fish populations on the Wabash River in Illinois. The award will fund activities designed to restore, conserve, manage, and enhance sport fish populations, as well as provide public access to recreational fishing opportunities. The primary purpose of the...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 awarded $400,000 under the Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance program (CFDA 15.608) to the Genesee County Metropolitan Planning Commission for the Flint River Restoration project in Flint, Michigan. The two-year project will restore nearly 25 stream miles to improve fish habitat and passage for species of conservation concern in the Flint River watershed. Key activities include removing dams and installing constructed riffles...

This $261,984 Project Grant award from the U.S. Geological Survey under the Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes program (CFDA 15.805) will fund a study on the behaviors of trout anglers related to the spread of aquatic invasive species in the Upper Mississippi River Basin. The primary recipient, the University of Wisconsin System, will survey anglers in Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin to establish baseline data on their understanding, attitudes, beliefs, risks, and behaviors...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded a $250,000 Cooperative Agreement to the City of Green River, Wyoming under the National Fish Passage program (CFDA 15.685). The funding will be used to restore critical fish habitat along the Green River by widening a notch and lowering an in-stream sill. This will improve fish passage and safety in the Killdeer Wetlands area, which was previously impacted by the construction of the Fontenelle Dam upstream. The project partners include state and...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $999,929 Project Grant under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (CFDA 15.517) program to California Trout, Inc. for a 3-year project. The purpose of this grant is to monitor and evaluate the ecological impacts of removing the Klamath River dams, which will open over 400 miles of previously blocked fish habitat. Key project activities include using sonar, species composition sampling, and radio telemetry to estimate salmon and steelhead abundance and...

Summary The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 8, awarded $278,908 to the California Department of Fish & Wildlife (CDFW) under the Sport Fish Restoration program (CFDA 15.605) on July 1, 2025, for a performance period extending through June 30, 2026. The award funds the Upper Sacramento River Salmon and Steelhead Resource Assessment (USRSSRA), which provides essential population monitoring data for anadromous salmonid populations in the Upper Sacramento...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Pacific Southwest Region has awarded a $110,325.02 Cooperative Agreement to the Great Basin Institute (GBI) under the Fish and Aquatic Conservation - Aquatic Invasive Species (CFDA 15.608) federal grant program. Through this agreement, GBI will support a Hydrologist Research Associate to implement a project titled "Hydrologic Monitoring and Protocol Documentation to Support Water Assets". The key objectives are to: 1) Monitor water flow, water...

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...