Project Grant F19AP00325

The Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation received a $3,077,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Program (CFDA 15.580). The award will fund a project to study, select, and design alternatives to improve fish passage and avoid entrainment at the Prosser Diversion on the Lower Yakima River in central Washington. The goal is to create safer passage conditions for anadromous species...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $765,600 Project Grant under the Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Program (CFDA 15.580) to the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation. The grant will fund the development of final construction designs to remove and re-route a 0.65-mile segment of State Route 207 away from the Nason Creek floodway in Chelan County, Washington. This will restore approximately 13 acres of floodplain habitat, including side channels and wetlands, to benefit endangered...

The Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation received a $3,092,698 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Program (CFDA 15.580). The purpose of this grant is to develop alternatives for restoring fish passage at the Wapato Diversion on the lower Yakima River in central Washington. This effort aims to support the migration of anadromous fish species, including federally threatened Middle Columbia River...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 awarded a $467,469 cooperative agreement to Klamath Watershed Partnership doing business as Klamath Watershed under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife federal grant program (CFDA 15.631). The award will support projects restoring and enhancing approximately 1 river mile utilizing 80 instream structures and planting, as well as installing 1.25 miles of electric fence to protect riparian environments at the Yamsi Ranch....

This $106,755 cooperative agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 will support stream habitat restoration along one mile of Lower Ah Pah Creek near Klamath, California. The Yurok Tribe will collaborate with the Arcata Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program to enhance stream and floodplain habitat through activities such as completing environmental and cultural compliance, physical monitoring, and reconfiguring impaired areas to increase...

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 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation, under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (CFDA 15.517) program, provides $21.6 million to the City of Yakima, Washington to remove Nelson Dam and construct several new elements improving fish passage, flood conveyance, sediment transport, and water delivery systems along the Naches River. Key deliverables include constructing a roughened channel, concrete sluiceway, and floodplain approach channel to naturalize...

The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) awarded the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation a $300,000 Project Grant under the Indian Tribal Water Resources Development, Management, and Protection program (CFDA 15.519). The grant funding will support a two-year assessment of current and future water supply and demand in the White Salmon River Basin in Washington state. The key activities and deliverables include: Defining current and future basin water supply and demand under...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 awarded a $124,345 cooperative agreement to the Klamath Watershed Partnership under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631) to install low-tech process-based restoration structures in the North Fork Sprague River from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2027. The Klamath Watershed Partnership and Service will work together to install beaver dam analogs and post-assisted log structures to improve water quality for...

The Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation was awarded a $478,708 Cooperative Agreement from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Habitat Conservation federal grant program (CFDA 11.463). The award will fund a project to relocate a portion of State Route 207 in Toppenish, Washington to improve fish passage, reduce roadway flooding, and reconnect 13 acres of critical floodplain habitat for endangered Upper Columbia spring-run Chinook salmon and...