Project Grant 12DG11030501031

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) provides $400,000.00 to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) to continue and expand long-term monitoring and management of endangered, threatened, and special status ranid (frog) species in CDFW's North Central Region. The key objectives are to obtain current data on the distribution and relative abundance of...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded a $200,000 Project Grant under the National Fish Habitat Partnership (CFDA 15.686) program to the Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) for the Wall Canyon Sucker Barrier Project. The overarching goal of this multi-year project is to permanently exclude non-native salmonid species, including brown and rainbow trout, from the upper reaches of Wall Creek in northern Washoe County, Nevada, in order to protect the population and occupied habitat of the...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through its National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685), awarded a $342,000 project grant to the Eagle Valley Soil And Water Conservation District in Oregon. The grant supports the removal of fish passage barriers and implementation of habitat restoration projects within the East Pine Creek watershed, which is designated critical habitat for threatened bull trout. The project aims to restore aquatic connectivity and improve migratory corridors for bull trout...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $4,884,753 Project Grant under the Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Program (CFDA 15.580) to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW). The grant will fund the restoration of fish passage in the North Fork Klaskanine River by providing a fish passage structure at the Ogee Dam. This project builds on previous efforts to remove one dam and install a fish passage structure at another upstream dam. Once installed, the new...

The Nevada Department of Wildlife received a $258,350 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Habitat Partnership (NFHP, CFDA 15.686) program, effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2027. This award funds Phase 2 of the Wall Canyon Sucker Barrier Project, which aims to protect an endangered endemic fish species found exclusively in Wall Creek and Mountain View Creek in northern Washoe County, Nevada. The project addresses...

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) was awarded $246,154 under the State Wildlife Grants Formula Grant program by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to support conservation efforts for the Cascades frog in California's Lassen region through December 2026. The award will fund three key initiatives. First, CDFW will use anti-fungal treatment of juvenile frogs to enhance growth rates of remnant populations threatened by the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Second,...

Under this U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) Cooperative Agreement award, Trout Unlimited, Inc. and its partner organizations are implementing a $170,000 project to eliminate the risk of bull trout and redband trout entrainment in Long Creek on the Sycan Marsh Preserve in Oregon. The project involves designing, fabricating, and installing a fish screen on an unscreened irrigation diversion that currently poses a threat to the last remaining bull...

This $835,113 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the State Wildlife Grants (CFDA 15.634) program supports the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) in implementing strategic conservation efforts to address the declining Cascades frog populations across California. The funding will enable CDFW to conduct research, monitoring, and habitat restoration activities focused on this at-risk amphibian species over the 3-year grant...

Federal Formula Grant Award Summary The California Department of Fish & Wildlife (CDFW) received a $248,962 formula grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the State Wildlife Grants Program (CFDA 15.634) beginning July 1, 2025, and extending through June 30, 2028. The award funds a collaborative conservation initiative in partnership with the San Francisco Zoo to support the recovery of threatened and endangered ranid frog species (Rana sierrae and R. boylii) in California's...

The Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) received a $2.4M formula grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Sport Fish Restoration program (CFDA 15.605) for the period of July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026. The grant supports NDOW's core fisheries management operations, including the operation and maintenance of four state hatcheries—Mason Valley Fish Hatchery, Gallagher Fish Hatchery, Lake Mead Fish Hatchery, and Spring Creek Rearing Station—which collectively produce and stock...