Project Grant 25DG11100400002

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 7 awarded a $3 million cooperative agreement to the Copper River Watershed Project Inc. from February 2021 through January 2026 under the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration program. The purpose of this award is to support the EVOS COPPER RIVER WATERSHED FISH PASSAGE PROJECT 2026, which will fund efforts to restore natural resources and their services that have been injured by an oil spill or hazardous substance...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded a $1,415,000 Cooperative Agreement under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to the Kenai Peninsula Borough (KPB) in Alaska. The purpose of this project is to provide improved fish passage to high priority salmon species by replacing priority culverts that currently act as barriers with properly sized and engineered structures allowing passage for all life stages of these species. During the 2024 field seasons, KPB will manage the...

The Copper River Watershed Project will receive $1,372,937 through a Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Habitat Conservation federal grant program (CFDA 11.463) to remove two culverts and design the removal of seven additional culverts in Alaska. The project aims to reduce flood risks, maintain emergency access, and protect important fisheries valued at $40 million annually in the Copper River Delta region, which has experienced...

This $215,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service (under CFDA #15.685 - National Fish Passage Program) to the Kenai Soil & Water Conservation District is focused on improving fish passage for high priority salmon species in Alaska. The project aims to replace priority culverts that currently act as fish passage barriers with properly sized and engineered structures designed to mimic natural stream characteristics and allow passage...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) provides $268,500 to Trout Unlimited, Inc. to finalize engineering designs and implementation plans to replace an undersized concrete box culvert on Strawberry Creek in McKinleyville, CA. The existing structure is a complete barrier to upstream fish passage for ESA-listed coho salmon and steelhead trout, as well as coastal cutthroat trout and...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) provides $4,000,000 to restore fish passage to up to 14 miles of high-quality habitat in Southeast Alaska. The project will address barriers at 11 culverts on Native-owned and non-federal lands to improve passage for salmonid species, which are regional priorities. The Southeast Alaska Watershed Coalition, a non-profit organization based in...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) provides $3,000,000 to the Chickaloon Native Village in Alaska to restore natural hydrologic and ecological function in the Moose Creek watershed. The key objectives of this 5-year project are to: 1) design salmon habitat restoration for up to 5 miles of the upper Moose Creek watershed, 2) implement Phase 1 of salmon habitat restoration by reducing velocity barriers,...

The Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities received a $200,000 project grant award on July 14, 2021 from the Federal Highway Administration under the Federal Lands Access Program. The grant will fund a Planning and Environmental Linkage study for the Copper River Highway from Cordova to beyond the Million Dollar Bridge. The goal of the study is to conduct environmental planning and analysis of transportation facility options that provide access within the Federal lands along...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Alaska Subsistence Management program (CFDA 15.636) provides $215,000.00 to the Native Village of Eyak to conduct long-term monitoring of adult Chinook salmon abundance in the Copper River, Alaska from 2022-2025. The key products of this project are annual estimates of the inriver abundance of Copper River Chinook salmon, which will be generated using fishwheel data and...

This $500,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) will mitigate threats to critical salmon habitat in the Yukon River Delta. The project aims to restore aquatic connectivity by removing a fish passage barrier in a Yukon River slough used by five Pacific salmon species. It will also involve inventorying and assessing fish passage barriers in the lower Yukon region, with community...