This federal Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Pacific Salmon Treaty Program (CFDA 11.438) provides $2,395,380 in funding for habitat restoration actions targeted at increasing the productivity and abundance of several depressed salmon populations within Puget Sound watersheds. The award supports discrete restoration projects within the Nooksack, Skagit, Stillaguamish, Snohomish, Dungeness, and Mid-Hood...
This $25.3 million project grant from the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, under the Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Pacific Salmon Treaty Program (CFDA 11.438), will fund salmon habitat restoration and monitoring efforts in Washington state through 2026. The Recreation & Conservation Office will oversee projects identified in NOAA-approved recovery plans to improve habitat for listed salmon populations and support tribal treaty rights. Eighty-six...
The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $765,600 Project Grant under the Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Program (CFDA 15.580) to the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation. The grant will fund the development of final construction designs to remove and re-route a 0.65-mile segment of State Route 207 away from the Nason Creek floodway in Chelan County, Washington. This will restore approximately 13 acres of floodplain habitat, including side channels and wetlands, to benefit endangered...
This $682,107 Project Grant awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Pacific Salmon Treaty Program (CFDA 11.438) is funding a multi-faceted effort to mitigate economic impacts from reductions in Chinook salmon harvests in Southeast Alaska. The key components of the program include: Hatchery fish marking, tagging, and evaluation; hatchery enhancement projects; and hatchery research. Sub-awards to entities like the Alaska...
The Nisqually Indian Tribe was awarded $501,892 under a Cooperative Agreement from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Habitat Conservation federal grant program (CFDA 11.463) to build capacity for habitat restoration in the Nisqually River Delta. Specifically, the funding will support the Tribe in incorporating their traditional ecological knowledge and priorities into habitat restoration and nature-based solutions to reduce flooding and increase climate resilience, with a...
This $69,160,000 Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Pacific Salmon Treaty Program (CFDA 11.438) supports Washington state's efforts to recover federally listed salmon statewide and support treaty fishing rights. Key activities include habitat projects that protect and restore habitat statewide, hatchery reform actions, monitoring to evaluate fish and habitat status, and implementation of recovery plans...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Habitat Conservation Federal Grant Program (CFDA 11.463) provides $3,798,206 to the Tyonek Tribal Conservation District (TTCD) to restore spawning and rearing habitat for Pacific salmon by removing four fish passage barriers in West Cook Inlet, Alaska. The project aims to sustain the subsistence salmon fishery for the Native Village of Tyonek and benefit the endangered Cook Inlet beluga...
This $788,489 Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Pacific Salmon Treaty Program (CFDA 11.438) supports the South Fork Stillaguamish Fall Chinook Conservation Program implemented by the Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians. The key objectives are to: 1) seine up to 900 wild juvenile Chinook fry from the South Fork Stillaguamish River and its tributaries, 2) obtain tissue samples to identify fall-run Chinook, 3) rear...
This $806,403 federal Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Pacific Salmon Treaty Program (CFDA 11.438) supports two key activities: Hatchery operations and maintenance at the Skookum Creek Hatchery to aid salmon conservation efforts. Monitoring and evaluation of natural production of South Fork Chinook salmon related to the South Fork Hatchery Conservation Program. The award period runs from April 1, 2025 to...
This federal Project Grant award, with ID NA24NMFX438G0072, was provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Pacific Salmon Treaty Program (CFDA 11.438). The $428,453 award, effective from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027, aims to meet U.S. obligations for joint enhancement efforts on the Transboundary Rivers as specified in the Pacific Salmon Treaty. The grant funds a program to supplement the number of sockeye salmon...