Project Grant F14AP00085

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) provides $600,000 in funding to the Big Blackfoot Chapter of Trout Unlimited (BBCTU) and its partners to restore habitat for sensitive fish species in Montana's Blackfoot River watershed. Key project activities include removing one aging agricultural dam, replacing two culverts with aquatic organism passage structures, and eliminating fish...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $1,300,000 Cooperative Agreement under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to Trout Unlimited, Inc. to improve fish passage and restore aquatic habitat along the upper Clark Fork River in western Montana. The project aims to reconnect 27 miles of critical bull trout habitat by constructing fish passage improvements and installing fish screens at four remaining irrigation diversions that currently impede upstream passage and entrain...

Federal Grant Award Summary The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded $3.86 million to the Montana Fish, Wildlife, & Parks Division on May 19, 2026, under the Forest Legacy Program (CFDA 10.676) to establish a conservation easement protecting approximately 1,131 acres of working forestlands in the Foy's to Blacktail Forest near Kalispell, Montana. The conservation easement will prevent conversion of this property to non-forest uses such as residential subdivision and home...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $300,000 Project Grant to The Blackfoot Challenge, a non-profit organization in Ovando, Montana, under the Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554). The grant will support the organization's efforts to update their existing watershed-wide restoration plan and complete design work on several high priority restoration projects. These projects aim to improve habitat conditions for culturally important, imperiled native fish species while also...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $187,234 Project Grant under its Applied Science Grants program (CFDA 15.557) to the Clark Fork Coalition in partnership with the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation. The purpose of this 17-month project is to develop a web-based decision support tool that integrates water data on key variables influencing instream flow and water quality in the Upper Clark Fork River basin in Montana. This decision support tool will help natural resource...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $300,000 Cooperative Agreement under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to The Centennial Valley Association Inc., a non-profit organization in Montana. The purpose of the grant is to open 7.5 miles of stream habitat for Arctic grayling and westslope cutthroat trout by removing or replacing four culverts in the French Creek drainage. The project will also restore connectivity between Smith Springs and the North Fork of the Big Hole...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $1,501,300 Project Grant under the North American Wetlands Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.623) program to The Nature Trust of British Columbia. The grant supports the permanent protection of up to 500 acres of critical wetland, grassland, and upland habitats in British Columbia's Columbia River Valley and Wycliffe Wildlife Corridor. Key activities include acquiring fee simple private lands to safeguard breeding and nesting...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters awarded $241,500 under the North American Wetlands Conservation Fund program to acquire a 292-acre conservation easement in northeastern Montana. The Nature Conservancy will use the June 28, 2022 award to prohibit destructive land uses that could degrade critical habitat along the migration pathway for northern sage steppe pronghorn. The easement encompasses wetlands, riparian woodlands, and grasslands important to...

Trout Unlimited, Inc. received a $1,741,180 Project Grant award from the Bureau of Reclamation under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) on September 10, 2025, with a completion deadline of December 31, 2028. In collaboration with the Montana Natural Resource Damage Program and the Montana Department of Environmental Quality, Trout Unlimited will deliver comprehensive stream and riparian habitat restoration services on Flint Creek in western...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Montana Technological University received a $1,444,885 cooperative agreement award dated August 19, 2025, under the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (NCGMP, CFDA 15.810) administered by the U.S. Geological Survey. The award supports the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology's (MBMG) geologic mapping initiative for fiscal year 2025 through August 17, 2026. The project delivers comprehensive geologic maps and databases addressing Montana's need...