Project Grant 11DG11100500094

The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 awarded a $200,000 Cooperative Agreement to the County of Lake, acting through its Lake County Soil & Water Conservation District, under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685). The project aims to restore full fish passage through the Lax Lake Road culvert on Lindstrom Creek, a high-quality cold water tributary to the Baptism River in Minnesota. This will benefit native brook trout populations that rely...

The Lake County Watershed Protection will identify priority areas and watersheds and assist with watershed assessments for Clear Lake and Cache Creek in Lake County, California under a $100,000 cooperative agreement award from the United States Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service. The award is part of the Soil and Water Conservation CFDA 10.902 program, which provides conservation technical assistance to organizations through locally-based conservation...

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $299,158 Project Grant to the Lower Clark Fork Watershed Group in western Montana under the Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554). The funding will support the group's continued collaboration with stakeholders to address water quality and temperature issues in the Lower Clark Fork Watershed. Key activities include reducing road impacts to the Thompson River, designing shovel-ready projects focused on revegetation and connectivity to...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202) provides $1,562,500 in federal funding to the North Tahoe Public Utility District (NTPUD) to implement its 2025 Waterline Replacement Project (Water Improvement Project). The project will install approximately 2,700 linear feet of 8-inch water mains, new 2-inch service lines, fire hydrants, valves, and other system improvements in Kings Beach,...

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $299,052 Project Grant under the Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554) to AG Innovations Network, a nonprofit organization in Sonoma County, California. The grant will support AG Innovations Network's partnership with the Conservation Biology Institute and Northern Sonoma County Fire Protection District to establish the Lake Sonoma West Watershed Group and develop a Lake Sonoma West Watershed Plan. The plan will focus on addressing...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 awarded a $591,797.91 Project Grant to the Mid Klamath Watershed Council through the Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance federal grant program (CFDA 15.608) to improve conditions for native fish and aquatic species habitat in Siskiyou County, California. Under the award, set to be completed by March 31, 2025, the Mid Klamath Watershed Council will use a helicopter to place 120 pieces of large wood into 2.5 miles of West Fork...

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department will restore 1.4 miles of the New Fork River in western Wyoming through a $133,400 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation's WaterSMART program. The Game and Fish Department, in collaboration with Trout Unlimited and the Bureau of Land Management, will complete habitat restoration along the stretch of river characterized by high sedimentation and poor water quality. Restoration activities will include installing engineered...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 awarded a $202,355.25 Project Grant to the Clear Lake Township Land Conservancy Inc., a non-profit organization, under the National Fish Habitat Partnership (CFDA 15.686) program. The grant will fund the installation of water quality gage stations at two major inflows and one outflow of Clear Lake in northern Indiana. The gage stations will collect water samples every 4 hours during April-June and weekly for the remainder...

The National Resources Conservation Service awarded a $908,000 cooperative agreement to the East Fork Irrigation District under the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention program (CFDA 10.904). The agreement will support planning and design for modernization projects groups 2 and 3 of the East Fork Irrigation District infrastructure in Hood River County, Oregon. Work will be completed between August 2022 and September 2027. The cooperative agreement furthers the Watershed Protection and Flood...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 awarded a $124,345 cooperative agreement to the Klamath Watershed Partnership under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631) to install low-tech process-based restoration structures in the North Fork Sprague River from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2027. The Klamath Watershed Partnership and Service will work together to install beaver dam analogs and post-assisted log structures to improve water quality for...