Project Grant F20AP00109

The City of Manitowoc received a $244,200 Project Grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance program (CFDA 15.608) to stabilize eroding streambanks, enhance riparian habitat, and improve water quality and aquatic habitats along Silver Creek and its estuary. The project activities will include final design, permitting, construction, oversight, and native revegetation within the stabilization areas and the larger riparian corridor. The key objectives...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $262,003 Project Grant under the National Fish Habitat Partnership program (CFDA 15.686) to the River Country Resource Conservation & Development Council Inc. for stream habitat restoration projects in Buffalo and Trempealeau Counties, Wisconsin. The grant will fund stabilization of 0.28 miles of streambank on Creek 24-13 and 0.57 miles of streambank on Danuser Creek. The projects aim to reduce bank erosion, sediment inputs, and phosphorus levels,...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR) Program (CFDA 15.658), awarded a $1,105,000 Project Grant to Brown County, Wisconsin on April 1, 2024. The grant aims to develop a water trail along the East River and enhance the instream fishery by removing impediments and creating aquatic habitats. Key project goals include: Increasing public access by creating two new ADA-compliant launch sites for canoes, kayaks, and paddleboards along...

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency will evaluate habitat improvement of the St. Louis River Area of Concern through collecting and analyzing habitat construction and sediment quality data under a $396,586 Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 Project Grant awarded September 30, 2021. Deliverables will include data sets to generate biological metrics, sediment quality assessments, and biological and stream parameter measurements to quantify restoration efforts and evaluate progress...

The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi will restore sections of the Dowagiac River located on tribal lands upstream of the former Pucker Street Dam site with $2.3 million in funding from the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Habitat Conservation grant program (CFDA 11.463). Building on previous habitat restoration work, the Band will restore historic river meanders and wetland hydrology to improve habitat for fish species including smallmouth bass, walleye and...

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...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through the National Fish Habitat Partnership (CFDA 15.686) program, awarded a $145,267 Project Grant to the Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center, Inc. in Lanesboro, MN. The grant will fund the restoration of 230 linear feet of the Root River that has been damaged by flood conditions, which created highly erosive stream banks and a loss of fish habitat. The project will take place from July 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026. The National Fish Habitat...

The Stearns County Soil and Water Conservation District (Stearns County SWCD) was awarded a $161,400 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 under the National Fish Habitat Partnership (CFDA 15.686) program. This grant will fund the Stearns County Shoreline Streambank Habitat Restoration Project Phase 2, which aims to continue the district's efforts to restore and protect fish and wildlife habitats along glacial lakes in Stearns County,...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) provides $191,320.00 to the Lake County Soil and Water Conservation District (LCSWCD) in Minnesota to conduct feasibility studies and design plans for restoration projects on the Beaver and Baptism Rivers. The goal is to address significant erosion and habitat degradation in these Minnesota Lake Superior North Shore streams that provide...

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...