Project Grant F20AP10517

The Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) of Maine has received a $2,000,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Interior Fish and Wildlife Service's National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to construct a new state-of-the-art fish lift at the Woodland Hydroelectric Project. This project aims to significantly improve access to over 600 miles of historic sea-run fish habitat and 60,000 acres of alewife habitat by modernizing the outdated 1960s-era fish passage at this...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) a $7,785,000 Project Grant under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination and Assistance program (CFDA 15.664) to build a new state-of-the-art fish lift at the Woodland Dam in Maine. This project aims to significantly improve access to over 600 miles of historic sea-run fish habitat and 60,000 acres of alewife habitat, with the potential to produce over 14 million adult alewife...

This $56,476,862 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 fund the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) to build new state-of-the-art fishways at the Woodland and Grand Falls dam sites. These improvements will significantly enhance access to over 600 miles of historic sea-run fish habitat and 60,000 acres of alewife habitat, with the potential to create the largest river herring run...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) provides $100,000.00 to the Rhode Islands Chapter of Trout Unlimited to support the removal of the Capwell Mill Pond Dam on the Carr River in West Greenwich, Rhode Island. The dam removal project aims to restore 8 miles and 24 acres of aquatic habitat for native brook trout and other species by reconnecting fragmented stream ecosystems within the Big River...

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. Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) provides $1,505,814 to Trout Unlimited, Inc. for a project to remove the Breached Cannondale Dam on the Norwalk River in Connecticut. The project will reconnect over 6 miles of stream habitat for priority migratory fish species such as sea lamprey, alewife, blueback herring, American eel, American shad, and gizzard shad. Additional work will target the next upstream...

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 Town of Westerly was awarded a $1,365,600 Cooperative Agreement from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Habitat Conservation Program (CFDA 11.463) to assess and implement a fish passage solution at the Potter Hill Dam on the Pawcatuck River. This project will restore access to over 3,000 acres of spawning habitat and 120 miles of stream habitat for river herring and other migratory fish. The work is part of a larger redevelopment effort to convert a former mill site...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded a $326,874 National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) project grant to the City of Forest City, Iowa. The funding will be used to remove a 3-foot high low-head dam in Pammel Park along the Winnebago River and construct two rock cross vanes to facilitate fish passage. This project will reconnect 99 upstream miles of the river's mainstem into southern Minnesota, improving upstream passage for channel catfish, northern pike, yellow perch, and...

The Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point was awarded a $11,992,935 Cooperative Agreement from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Habitat Conservation grant program (CFDA 11.463). The funding will support efforts to increase fish passage at the Woodland Dam on the Skutik River (St. Croix River) over a 3-year period from August 2024 to July 2027. With the downstream Milltown Dam currently being removed, the Woodland Dam is one of the last remaining barriers to...