Project Grant F20AP10164

This $499,025 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage program (CFDA 15.685) will enable American Rivers, a non-profit organization, to remove the Washburn Mill Dam on the Mohawk River in Colebrook, New Hampshire. The dam removal project will restore 39.3 miles of river connectivity and 10 acres of cold-water brook trout habitat. This will improve public safety, habitat connectivity, fisheries population resilience,...

The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) was awarded a $2,350,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5 National Fish Habitat Partnership (CFDA 15.686) program. This grant, awarded on June 9, 2023, will fund the removal of the Quinapoxet Dam in Boylston, Massachusetts and restoration of the river channel. The dam removal and river restoration work is expected to be completed by September 30, 2025. The project aims to improve habitat...

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 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service under the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention program (CFDA 10.904) provides $206,550.00 to the Town of Harwich, Massachusetts to design the Upper Cold Brook Fish Passage Project. The project aims to improve migratory fish passage to Grassy Pond by replacing a culvert and installing a water control structure. The award period runs from Aug 30, 2023 to Dec 30, 2026. The project...

The Town of Braintree, Massachusetts will receive a $2 million cooperative agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Habitat Conservation (CFDA 11.463) federal grant program. The funding will support two dam removal projects in the Monatiquot River watershed between April 1, 2023 and March 31, 2026. Specifically, the Town will completely remove two dams and restore river channels, improving habitat connectivity for fish and other aquatic species....

The U.S. Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service awarded the Town of Barnstable, a local government entity, a $100,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention program (CFDA 10.904). The grant funding will be used to design the Mill Pond Dam Fish Passage Project in Barnstable, Massachusetts, which will improve migratory fish passage to Mill Pond through replacement of an existing fish ladder. The project is expected to be completed by...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service awarded the Town of Barnstable, a local government municipality in Massachusetts, a $100,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention program (CFDA 10.904). The funding will support the design of the Long Pond Lower Channel Fish Passage Project ID# BA-FP-UP-4 to improve fish passage to Mill Pond. The project is intended to be completed by December 30, 2025. This federal grant award is...

The City of Ypsilanti received a $4,465,000 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to finalize the removal design and fully remove the Peninsular Paper Dam from the Huron River. The project will restore aquatic organism passage and connectivity by deconstructing this 21-foot concrete gravity dam. Key activities include engineering design, sediment management, habitat protection, and...

The Connecticut River Watershed Council, Inc. was awarded a $100,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5 under the Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance federal grant program (CFDA 15.608). The grant will support the removal of an old earthen dam and pump house on Kimball Brook in North Stratford, New Hampshire. This project aims to reconnect four miles of pristine brook trout habitat in Kimball Brook, a direct tributary to the Upper...

The Town of Harwich, Massachusetts was awarded a $246,150 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service under the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention program (CFDA 10.904). The funding will support the design of the RT 124 Bike Path Fish Passage Project ID# HA-FP-UP-2 to improve fish passage in the Herring River Long Pond. The project will be completed by December 30, 2026. The Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention program...