Project Grant 90CX7407

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act Program (CFDA 15.517), provides $2,935,373 to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) for the Trinity River Hatchery (TRH) and Junction City Weir (JCW) Operations and Maintenance Project. The primary objectives of this award are to: 1) Operate the TRH to produce approximately 5 million juvenile anadromous salmon and steelhead...

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) will receive $950,184 under a Project Grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to support the development and implementation of Hatchery and Genetic Management Plans (HGMPs) at two fish hatcheries in California. Specifically, CDFW will use the funding to provide staffing for HGMP coordination and development statewide, as well as staffing support at the North Central Region for HGMPs covering Central Valley...

This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care Federal Grant Program (CFDA 10.025), provides $187,602.00 to Texas A&M University-Kingsville to develop standardized operating procedures (SOPs) for a closed colony rearing system for the black pupal strain 10 fruit fly. The purpose is to optimize rearing strategies and improve the...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $2,500,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Robinson Rancheria Citizen's Business Council under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to implement the Tejada Ranch Habitat Management Project. The project aims to remove fish passage barriers, enhance stream habitat, and reduce flood risk in a portion of Scotts Creek in Lake County, California. Key project activities include removing instream barriers to support successful spawning migration of...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $654,973 Formula Grant on July 1, 2025 to the California Department of Fish & Wildlife (CDFW) under the Sport Fish Restoration program (CFDA 15.605). The grant supports CDFW's efforts to conduct research, hatchery operations, and release up to 350,000 juvenile white seabass annually to enhance recreational and commercial fisheries in Southern California. CDFW partners with Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute, which...

The Appalachian Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub (ARCH2) is a $29,681,912 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) program. The project will develop ten hydrogen production facilities, one hydrogen storage facility with connected pipelines, and offload capability for multiple hydrogen end-users. Hydrogen will be produced using auto-thermal reforming with carbon capture and storage, electrolysis, biomass pyrolysis, and...

The Rural Housing Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded PCH Truck Stop Center Inc. a $475,000 Project Grant under the Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program (HBIIP) on February 1, 2021. The grant period runs through February 1, 2023. The HBIIP aims to expand the availability of domestic ethanol and biodiesel by incentivizing the sale of renewable fuels. PCH Truck Stop Center Inc. will use the grant funding to support infrastructure expansion activities that increase the...

The Center for Aquaculture Technologies, Inc. was awarded a $499,996 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture to support research on Partial Inactivation of Maternal Gene technology for the genetic containment of genetically engineered fish. The award, made under the Biotechnology Risk Assessment Research program (CFDA #10.219), will fund the generation of new information to assist USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded a $1,615,400 Cooperative Agreement to the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation (CTBYN) to restore fish passage and wetland hydrology on Toppenish Creek and its tributaries in Washington. Under this National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) award, the project aims to open up 22 miles of downstream and over 100 miles of upstream habitat by removing two diversion dams, replacing a failing fish screen, and...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award of $950,000.00 from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Technology Transitions (OTT) Technology Deployment, Demonstration and Commercialization program (CFDA 81.010) supports the Arrowhead RenewTech Incubator at New Mexico State University's Arrowhead Center. The incubator is focused on emerging energy and water technologies, working with national laboratories, New Mexico communities, and industry to help startups in accelerator cohorts either...