Project Grant F16AP00438

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 (USFWS) awarded a $326,874 National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) project grant to the City of Forest City, Iowa. The funding will be used to remove a 3-foot high low-head dam in Pammel Park along the Winnebago River and construct two rock cross vanes to facilitate fish passage. This project will reconnect 99 upstream miles of the river's mainstem into southern Minnesota, improving upstream passage for channel catfish, northern pike, yellow perch, and...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 6 awarded a $750,000 Cooperative Agreement to the State South Dakota Game Fish & Parks Wildlife Division under the National Fish Passage program (CFDA 15.685). This funding will support the Little Minnesota River Browns Valley Diversion Fish Passage Improvement Project. The project aims to address fish passage barriers created by a 2010 flood diversion project that limited fish movements and spawning in the Little Minnesota...

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....

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...

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...

This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685), provides $600,000 to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources to remove the deteriorating Upper and Lower Dams on the Upper Iowa River. The dam removals will reconnect 79.1 upstream miles and 40.2 downstream miles of the river to the Upper Mississippi River, enabling the passage and dispersal of fish species such as lake sturgeon, shovelnose sturgeon, freshwater...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded a $1,600,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources to remove the Steamboat Rock Dam on the Iowa River and implement associated habitat restoration activities. This project, funded through the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685), aims to: 1) Improve public safety by eliminating the dam-related hazard, 2) Reduce flooding to a nearby county campground, 3) Restore upstream and downstream fish and mussel passage, and...

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...

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...