Project Grant F12AP00988

This Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) provides $6,433,628.00 to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to enhance aquatic connectivity in the Otter Tail River watershed. The project will replace two undersized culverts at a major highway river crossing with two span bridges to restore fish passage and enable movements between 42,000 acres of regional lake-chain habitats....

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...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) received a $170,000 Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) federal grant program. The grant will fund the development of a project design to restore 1.14 miles of aquatic connectivity for brook trout on a tributary to the St. Louis River in Duluth, Minnesota. Specifically, the design project will replace up to six culverts and...

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. Fish and Wildlife Service (DOI) awarded a $10,900,000 Cooperative Agreement under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to the Upper Minnesota River Watershed District. The project aims to restore fish passage and longitudinal connectivity in the Minnesota River watershed through a two-phase approach. Phase 1 involves modifying the Little Minnesota River floodway channel to decrease a flood control weir's slope and construct a rock arch rapids structure. Phase 2 will...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685), awarded a $1,822,000 Cooperative Agreement to Duplain Township on October 1, 2024 to remove the failing Elsie Dam on the Maple River in Clinton County, Michigan. The primary objectives are to eliminate the public safety hazard posed by the dam failure, restore the river channel through natural channel design, re-establish ecosystem function, and improve passage for aquatic organisms. Key deliverables...

This federal Project Grant award, provided by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469), will fund the restoration of Buckingham Creek in Duluth, Minnesota. The $990,000 award to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR), in collaboration with the City of Duluth and South St. Louis Soil and Water Conservation District, will restore approximately 3,500 feet of natural stream channels on the brook trout...

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...

Cooperative Agreement Summary The South St. Louis Soil & Water Conservation District received a $1.35 million Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469), awarded October 1, 2026, with a completion date of September 30, 2029. The district will design and implement aquatic connectivity restoration on Coffee Creek, a cold-water tributary to Lake Superior in Duluth, Minnesota,...

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) will provide $3,779,000 to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to replace 6 improperly sized failing road-stream crossings on DNR state forest lands in the Upper Manistee River watershed. The project aims to restore connectivity and improve approximately 25 miles of stream habitat, which is critical for the reintroduction of...