Project Grant 693JJ32640685
- This Project Grant award from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), under the Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205), provides $750,000 to the Idaho Department of Transportation (IDT) to remove existing culverts and construct aquatics organism passages at various locations on SH 14 in Idaho County. The project aims to improve transportation infrastructure and environmental sustainability by addressing culvert replacement and aquatic organism passage issues along this...
- <p>This Project Grant award from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) under the Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205) provides $620,080.00 to the Idaho Department of Transportation to replace existing culverts at two locations in Idaho County. Specifically, the project will replace the culverts at Big Smith Creek at mile post 90.05 and Swede Creek at mile post 165.90 with aquatic organism passages. The award date for this project is October 23, 2024.</p>
- The Evans Creek Culvert project, funded through the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) under the Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205), provides infrastructure improvements to restore aquatic organism passage. Awarded to the Oregon Department of Transportation on July 29, 2025, with $124,850 in obligated federal funds, the project involves replacing an existing culvert with a larger structure designed to restore fish access to upstream locations. This work aligns with the...
- The Idaho Department of Fish and Game received a $1.54 million Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) on July 1, 2025, to implement the Miesen Creek Restoration Project in Idaho. The project will deliver comprehensive fish passage and habitat restoration services through December 31, 2027, including replacement of a failing, undersized culvert at St. Joe River Road with a fish-friendly culvert that will reconnect 1.9...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) awarded $260,000 to the Yakutat Tlingit Tribe on April 17, 2026, under the Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205) to design and replace three culverts on Federal Highway 10 in Yakutat, Alaska. The project, executed in partnership with the FH10 AOP (Aquatic Organism Passage) Improvement Initiative, will restore natural hydrologic conditions by replacing perched culverts to re-establish natural stream gradients,...
- This $420,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) will fund the replacement of a culvert on the South Fork of Running Creek in Idaho. The project aims to restore fish passage, improve riparian function, and increase climate resilience for endangered Snake River steelhead and bull trout. Removing the passage barrier will open up 3.84 miles of designated critical habitat with high intrinsic potential, nearly all of which...
- The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) awarded $980,000 to the Cowlitz Indian Tribe under the Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205) on September 19, 2025, to remove a documented fish passage barrier on Hardy Creek, a tributary to the Columbia River in Skamania County, Washington. The project scope includes removal of a culvert barrier beneath the BNSF (Burlington Northern Santa Fe) Railway at the Hardy Creek crossing and installation of a new bridge span to replace the...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) awarded $2,243,000 to the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) on May 19, 2025, under the Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205). This Formula Grant funds the replacement of an existing box culvert with a fish-passable culvert at LaBree Road in Berwick Creek, Washington, along with associated infrastructure work. The project supports FHWA's broader mandate to improve transportation...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Coquille Indian Tribe received a $1.49 million Project Grant from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) under the Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205), awarded on September 24, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of November 1, 2028. The award funds the removal and replacement of five culverts and removal or modification of 87 weirs in the Lower Umpqua River Watershed near North Bend, Oregon. These infrastructure improvements will restore...
- Grant Award Summary The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) awarded Idaho Department of Transportation a $48.2 million Project Grant on September 23, 2025, under the Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205) to mitigate wildlife-vehicle collisions on U.S. Route 30 at Rocky Point in Bear Lake County. The project will install fencing and deer undercrossings at this location to address approximately 100 deer-vehicle collisions occurring annually due to seasonal deer migration...
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) awarded $525,000 to the Species Conservation Office of Idaho on July 30, 2026, under the Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205) for the Tower Creek Project. This Project Grant, with a completion date of March 31, 2027, funds culvert replacement and fish passage restoration activities under the Culvert Aquatic Organism Passage (AOP) Program component. The award supports habitat restoration and aquatic organism passage improvements in Boise, Idaho, consistent with FHWA's authorization to fund culvert replacement for fish passage and aquatic organism passage on public roads. The Species Conservation Office of Idaho, a U.S. local government entity based in Boise, serves as the implementation body for this environmental infrastructure project. The organization brings substantial expertise in managing complex conservation programs, including prior administration of approximately $68 million in federal grants focused on Pacific salmon and steelhead recovery, habitat restoration, and fish passage improvement. Implementation of the Tower Creek Project will contribute to broader ecosystem restoration objectives while leveraging the recipient's established partnerships with state agencies, tribal entities, and conservation organizations.Tower Creek Project - Culvert Aquatic Organism Passage Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $525.0k | 7/30/26 |