Project Grant F20AP10125

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game was awarded a $179,540 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Alaska Subsistence Management program (CFDA 15.636) to document contemporary salmon harvest and use patterns in Manokotak, Alaska. Over the three-year period from April 2022 to December 2025, ADF&G will collaborate with the Bristol Bay Native Association and Manokotak Nunaniq School to administer a comprehensive household harvest survey, conduct key respondent...

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has awarded a $238,550 Cooperative Agreement to the Arizona Department of Game and Fish (AZGFD) under the USGS Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808). The purpose of this Cooperative Agreement is to monitor the status and trends of the fish community downstream of Glen Canyon Dam along the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon area. The main objectives are to: 1) Estimate the relative abundance and distribution of key fish species like rainbow trout,...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Alaska Subsistence Management Program (CFDA 15.636) provides $215,000.00 to the Native Village of Eyak to monitor the inriver abundance of Copper River Chinook salmon from 2022-2025. The project will use fishwheels and two-sample mark-recapture methods to estimate the annual inriver abundance of Copper River Chinook salmon within 25% of the true abundance 95% of the time. The direct...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) provides $4,000,000 to restore fish passage to up to 14 miles of high-quality habitat in Southeast Alaska. The project will address barriers at 11 culverts on Native-owned and non-federal lands to improve passage for salmonid species, which are regional priorities. The Southeast Alaska Watershed Coalition, a non-profit organization based in...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) provides $122,108 to Miami University to investigate how river fragmentation impacts the genetic diversity and gene flow of brook trout populations in the Upper Black River watershed in Michigan. The project will compare genetic variation in brook trout populations between stream segments with and without restored connectivity due to previous culvert replacement efforts....

This $564,298 federal Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Pacific Salmon Treaty Program (CFDA 11.438) will support key activities of two salmon harvest monitoring programs in Southeast Alaska (SEAK). Specifically, the grant will fund the SEAK Marine Harvest Studies (MHS) program, which will coordinate the estimation of Chinook salmon harvest by port and increase sampling rates for coded wire tags in marine...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $2,500,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Robinson Rancheria Citizen's Business Council under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to implement the Tejada Ranch Habitat Management Project. The project aims to remove fish passage barriers, enhance stream habitat, and reduce flood risk in a portion of Scotts Creek in Lake County, California. Key project activities include removing instream barriers to support successful spawning migration of...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631) provides $185,555.00 to the Mid Klamath Watershed Council (MKWC), a non-profit organization, to create off-channel rearing habitat and enhance spawning habitat for coho salmon in Middle Creek, a tributary of the Klamath River in California. The project objectives are to construct a 1,200 square foot off-channel rearing pond...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded the Town of Falmouth, MA a $1,052,500 Project Grant under the National Fish Passage program (CFDA 15.685) to restore diadromous fish habitat and improve public access along the Coonamessett River watershed. During the grant period from July 2023 to September 2025, the Town will remove 7 culverts, replace 4 with river crossings connected by public trails, and restore 2,700 linear feet of riparian and in-stream habitat across 5 former cranberry bogs,...

This $620,300 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) supports a project to remove a pair of culverts in Chimacum Creek, Washington. The project aims to re-establish access to 2.59 miles of significant upstream habitat for coho, fall chum, steelhead trout, and other anadromous fish species. The existing culverts have a Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife passability rating of only 33%, limiting access to the upper...