Project Grant AM170100XXXXG059

This Project Grant award from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) under the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) program provides $112,000,000.00 to the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) to fund infrastructure improvements across multiple counties in eastern Washington. The project spans over 100 miles of rail lines, including the CW Branch, P L Branch, and PV Hooper Branch, with work activities scheduled from October 2024 through October...

The U.S. Geological Survey awarded a $1,124,784 Cooperative Agreement to the Washington State Department of Natural Resources under the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (CFDA 15.810) on December 1, 2025, with a completion date of November 30, 2027. The recipient will produce detailed surficial and bedrock geologic maps across five 7.5-minute quadrangles and one 1:48,000-scale map covering four regions in Washington State, with two areas incorporating potential-field geophysical...

The Western States Water Council (WSWC) was awarded a $786,181 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the Applied Science Grants program to continue development of the Western Water Rights and Aggregate Water Use Data Access and Analysis Tool (WestDAAT). WestDAAT aggregates water rights and use data from WSWC's 17 western state members and Alaska to enable consistent access and analysis in support of water resources planning and management. Under this...

The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) awarded Westland Irrigation District a $600,000 Cooperative Agreement on October 1, 2025, under the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention program (CFDA 10.904) to develop a comprehensive watershed plan and environmental assessment (EA). The primary deliverables include planning services and environmental documentation necessary to support subsequent infrastructure improvements, with an ultimate completion date of June 30, 2030. The...

This $184,781 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program supports a collaborative research effort to study the Mesozoic development of the North American Cordillera mountain range. The research team, led by Montana State University, will conduct a continental-scale analysis of sedimentary basins and mélange belts across four transects in California, British Columbia, southeast Alaska, and central Alaska. Key objectives include determining the age,...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded a $6,250,000 Project Grant under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731) to Sustainable Northwest, a non-profit organization based in Portland, Oregon. The grant, with a performance period from January 7, 2025 to January 6, 2030, will support climate mitigation and forest resilience practices for non-industrial private forest landowners in the western Oregon Cascades region. The key products...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 awarded a $456,250 Project Grant to Salmon-Safe under the Columbia River Basin Restoration Program (CFDA 66.962) from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2024. The grant will support Salmon-Safe's Columbia Basin Pledge initiative to scale up agricultural best practices across 250 farms in Idaho, Montana, Washington and Wyoming tributaries of the Columbia River Basin. Key deliverables include developing integrated pest management protocols for multiple...

Under a $4,500,000.00 Project Grant awarded on Dec 5, 2023 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service's Pacific Northwest Region, Prairie Wood Products, LLC will provide timber and biomass transportation services to haul material removed for hazardous fuels reduction to utilization sites from 2023 to 2026. This funding is provided through the Inflation Reduction Act Hazardous Fuels Transportation Assistance program (CFDA 10.728), which aims to mitigate wildfire risk by facilitating the...

The Northwest Regional Planning Commission (NWR) was awarded an $840,000 project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) under the Economic Development Support for Planning Organizations program (CFDA 11.302) to develop and implement a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for a ten-county region in northwest Wisconsin from January 2023 through December 2025. Through this funding, NWR will lead a collaborative, regional planning process to...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $5,372,599 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grant to MT. Adams Resource Stewards (MARS), a non-profit organization based in Glenwood, Washington. The grant is intended to support the development and implementation of comprehensive wildfire protection strategies for at-risk communities in the Pacific Northwest region. Specifically, the funding will enable MARS to develop community wildfire protection...