Project Grant F20AP00144

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has awarded a $170,000 Project Grant under the National Fish Habitat Partnership (CFDA 15.686) to the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (SEAFWA), a non-profit organization. The goal of this 4-year project is to implement the National Fish Habitat Plan in the Southeastern United States, with a focus on identifying and prioritizing high-value aquatic habitats in the region. Key activities include revising the Southeast Aquatic Habitat...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) awarded a $125,000 Cooperative Agreement under the National Fish Habitat Partnership (CFDA 15.686) to the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (SEAFWA). The goal of this 3-year project, with a period of performance from January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2028, is to implement the National Fish Habitat Plan in the Southeast United States within the Southeast Aquatic Resources Partnership (SARP) work area. Key...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 awarded a $170,000 Project Grant to the Southeastern Association Of Fish And Wildlife Agencies, a non-profit organization, to implement conservation and restoration of aquatic habitats in the Southeast through the National Fish Habitat Partnership (CFDA 15.686) program. The grant supports the organization's operations to carry out planning, outreach, habitat restoration, aquatic connectivity analysis and remediation, and...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $136,000 Project Grant to the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (AFWA) under the Multistate Conservation Grant Program (CFDA 15.628). The purpose of this grant is to update the National Fish Habitat Assessment by: 1) updating data layers used in past assessments to their most recent versions, 2) addressing known gaps in hydrology, forest harvest, and grazing intensity data with a focus on hydrology, and 3) generating new assessment product...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 awarded a $409,944 Project Grant to the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies under the Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance program (CFDA 15.608). The grant will support implementation of the National Fish Habitat Plan in the Southeast United States through two subprojects from March 1, 2023 to February 28, 2027. Subproject 1 will focus on enhancing riparian and streambank habitats in the Upper Chattahoochee...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $252,437 Project Grant under the National Fish Habitat Partnership (CFDA 15.686) program to the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC). The grant funding will be used to continue coordination and operations of the Pacific Marine and Estuarine Partnership (PMEP) and the Pacific Lamprey Conservation Initiative (PLCI), two formally recognized Fish Habitat Partnerships under the National Fish Habitat Action Plan. The grant activities include a...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, under the National Fish Habitat Partnership (CFDA 15.686) program, awarded a 2-year, $218,746 Cooperative Agreement to The Nature Conservancy to restore the Kiholo Fishpond in North Kona, Hawaii. The project will focus on two key objectives: 1) Restoring estuarine and benthic habitat through vegetation management and sediment removal, and 2) Measuring and sharing the results of restoration efforts through scientific monitoring and...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a 24-month, $100,400 Cooperative Agreement under the National Fish Habitat Partnership program (CFDA 15.686) to The Nature Conservancy. The agreement will fund the collection, processing, and analysis of high-resolution 3D imagery in West Hawaii to guide habitat restoration efforts at six coastal sites (four anchialine pools and two fishponds) in partnership with the Hui Loko Network. This methodology will enable assessment of...

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 Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) received a $133,176 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Habitat Partnership program (CFDA 15.686). The funding will enable ADF&G to continue its efforts to quantify and protect instream flows for salmon-producing rivers in Southwest Alaska, specifically the Aniak River watershed. This is the third phase of the project, which will maintain a streamgaging...