Project Grant F20AP11104

The Green River Greenbelt Task Force Restoration Project was awarded a $249,000 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation on October 1, 2022 through the Upper Colorado River Basin Fish and Wildlife Mitigation program. Under this award, the Green River Greenbelt Task Force will implement wetland and upland habitat restoration efforts along the Green River in Wyoming through September 30, 2025. As part of the Upper Colorado River Basin Fish and Wildlife Mitigation...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation has awarded a $816,723 Project Grant under the Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Program (CFDA 15.580) to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) and the Hood River Watershed Group (HRWG). The funding will be used to complete the study and design of five stream restoration projects across the East Fork Hood River, Neal Creek, and Baldwin Creek sub-watersheds in north-central Oregon. The projects aim to remove two fish passage...

Yakima County, in collaboration with the City of Yakima and the Washington State Department of Transportation, received a $1.9M Project Grant from the Bureau of Reclamation's Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Program (CFDA 15.580) to complete 60% design and study work for a comprehensive flood reduction and floodplain restoration project at the Naches River and Cowiche Creek confluence near Yakima, Washington. Award date: June 17, 2025; completion date: September 30, 2028. The deliverables include...

The Bureau of Reclamation has awarded the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation a $3,077,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Program (CFDA 15.580). The project will study, select, and design alternatives to improve fish passage and avoid entrainment at the Prosser Diversion on the Lower Yakima River in Washington. The goals are to create safer passage conditions for anadromous species like steelhead, Chinook, coho, and sockeye salmon, as well as Pacific...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Bureau of Reclamation awarded Riverrestoration.org, LLC a cooperative agreement valued at $296,726 on February 5, 2026, under the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins Endangered Fish Recovery program (CFDA 15.529). The award funds the advancement of the Bluff Wetland Project from a 30% conceptual design phase (completed in March 2025) to a 60% design level, with an ultimate completion date of April 1, 2027. Riverrestoration will deliver 60% level...

The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) received a $4.08 million Project Grant from the Bureau of Reclamation under the Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Program (CFDA 15.580), awarded August 25, 2025, with completion targeted for June 30, 2028. Under this award, DWR will conduct comprehensive study and design services for a floodplain habitat restoration project in northern Yolo County, California, focused on reconnecting the historic Colusa Basin Drain with the Sacramento River...

The Jefferson County Soil and Water Conservation District, in partnership with the Middle Deschutes Watershed Council, will receive $263,564 from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554) to remove western juniper trees from 460 acres of upland habitat surrounding Willow Creek in Oregon. This project aims to restore water connectivity between upland and in-stream habitats by removing juniper that has caused flows in...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Bureau of Reclamation, through its Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Program (CFDA 15.580), awarded $1.24 million to Chelan County Natural Resources Department on August 5, 2025, for design advancement and environmental compliance activities supporting a large-scale instream and floodplain restoration project in the lower Chiwawa River and Big Meadow Creek in Washington's Wenatchee Basin. In partnership with Yakama Nation Fisheries, the project will develop...

This Project Grant from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation, under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (CFDA 15.517) program, provides $21.6 million to the City of Yakima, Washington to remove Nelson Dam and construct several new elements improving fish passage, flood conveyance, sediment transport, and water delivery systems along the Naches River. Key deliverables include constructing a roughened channel, concrete sluiceway, and floodplain approach channel to naturalize...

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) was awarded a $2 million Project Grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Program (CFDA 15.614) to restore 193 acres of native habitat at the Mad Horse Creek Wildlife Management Area. The restoration will include excavating tidal channels and removing invasive plant species from 59 acres of salt marsh. An additional 8.5 acres will be planted as high marsh and tidal...