Project Grant 30181RJ202

The Missouri Department of Conservation, through a $395,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685), will replace an existing road-stream crossing acting as an aquatic organism passage barrier with an open-span structure. This will facilitate fish passage, sediment transport, and reduce isolation of sub-populations of the Niangua darter in the Little Niangua River basin. The project will reconnect 25 miles of Judge...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through its National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685), awarded a $200,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Conservation Resource Alliance (CRA) to restore a road-stream crossing on Deer Creek. The project will replace a 7-foot diameter culvert with a 33-foot span timber bridge, reconnecting 5 miles of upstream channel to over 4 miles downstream. This will halt the annual input of up to 15 tons of sediment from road runoff entering Deer Creek, improving stream...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $2,100,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Golden Triangle Resource Conservation & Development Area, Inc. under the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR) Program (CFDA 15.658) on March 10, 2025. The project aims to reduce water quality degradation within the Telogia Creek subbasin in Georgia through a combination of GIS data analysis and on-the-ground restoration activities. Key activities include...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) awarded a $2,250,000 Project Grant under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission (AGFC) to mitigate five low water crossings in the Robinson Creek watershed. The project aims to restore Robinson Creek as a free-flowing stream for approximately 150 miles by removing or replacing the crossings with box culverts or span bridges. This will improve sediment transport, water quality, and aquatic habitat...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Habitat Partnership (CFDA 15.686) program aims to restore aquatic habitat and connectivity within the War Eagle Creek watershed in Arkansas. The $200,000 award will fund four stream barrier removals, reconnect 493 miles of waterway, restore over 3,000 linear feet of streambanks, create wetlands and riparian zones, and improve habitat for 27 species of greatest conservation need, including the federally...

This $860,000 Cooperative Agreement, awarded on May 1, 2024 by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Coastal Program (CFDA 15.630), will fund the restoration of a degraded portion of Kingsbury Creek, a trout stream in Proctor, Minnesota. The project aims to reshape the stream channel, plant native vegetation, and construct a floodplain to enhance the ecological value and community benefits of the waterway. Key outcomes include improved habitat for native fish species, increased recreational...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) provides $100,000.00 to the Rhode Islands Chapter of Trout Unlimited to support the removal of the Capwell Mill Pond Dam on the Carr River in West Greenwich, Rhode Island. The dam removal project aims to restore 8 miles and 24 acres of aquatic habitat for native brook trout and other species by reconnecting fragmented stream ecosystems within the Big River...

The Cawaco Resource Conservation & Development Council, Inc. will receive $156,392.50 under a Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 to implement the Trispot Darter Etheostoma trisella Cooperative 3 for 1 Barrier Removal Project. The project involves removing a 36-inch diameter concrete culvert and replacing it with a bottomless arch structure on a private road crossing of an unnamed tributary to Little Canoe Creek in St. Clair...

The Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage District will receive $315,000 from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 under the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR) federal grant program to restore riparian corridors along 16 miles of Ashwaubenon Creek and 10 miles of Dutchman Creek in Wisconsin. Over the next three years, the Sewerage District will address water quality, riparian and instream habitat fragmentation, and degraded aquatic habitat through...

The Targhee Creek Instream and Riparian Habitat Restoration Project on the Slash E Ranch is a $288,642 federal grant award made by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685). The grant, which started in 2023 and will be completed by September 2026, aims to restore ecological integrity by reconnecting historic stream channels, enhancing 1.6 miles of Yellowstone cutthroat trout habitat, and restoring 45 acres of wetland....