Project Grant F21AP01781

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...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Alaska Department of Fish & Game received a $164,450 cooperative agreement from the Department of the Interior's Office of Subsistence Management under the Alaska Subsistence Management program (CFDA 15.636) for the period July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026. The project documents traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) from residents of Ambler, Noorvik, and Kotzebue regarding changes in salmon distribution, abundance, migration, and timing in the...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Award Summary The University of Alaska Fairbanks received a $197,595 cooperative agreement from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Cooperative Research Program (CFDA 11.472), effective May 1, 2025 through October 31, 2026. This agreement supports the second phase of a multi-year project to reduce killer whale mortalities and serious injuries caused by net entanglements in the A80 deep-water flatfish trawl fishery in the Bering...

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...

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,...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 7 awarded the University of Calgary $186,865 on June 1, 2025, under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination and Assistance Program (CFDA 15.664) to develop novel methods for differentiating coastal Western Alaskan chum salmon stocks. This two-year cooperative agreement, in collaboration with the Sitka Sound Science Center and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, addresses critical management challenges resulting from recent...

This $758,500 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 fund the Alaska Department of Fish & Game (ADF&G) to maintain or increase coded-wire-tag sampling rates for chinook salmon caught in Southeast Alaska commercial fisheries. The key objective is to ensure that at least 20% of chinook salmon caught in the commercial fisheries of Southeast Alaska are...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $1,300,000 Cooperative Agreement under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to Trout Unlimited, Inc. to improve fish passage and restore aquatic habitat along the upper Clark Fork River in western Montana. The project aims to reconnect 27 miles of critical bull trout habitat by constructing fish passage improvements and installing fish screens at four remaining irrigation diversions that currently impede upstream passage and entrain...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded the Matanuska-Susitna Borough $120,000 under the National Fish Habitat Partnership (NFHP) program (CFDA 15.686) through a Cooperative Agreement effective October 1, 2025, with a completion date of December 31, 2026. The funding supports the removal of a fish passage barrier at the Cottonwood Creek and Fern Street crossing within the Mat-Su Borough, Alaska. This culvert replacement project will restore access...

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game will receive $313,000 through a Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 7. The award is provided under the Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance program (CFDA 15.608) to support a Kenai River coho salmon telemetry project from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2026. Funding will allow Alaska DFG to implement activities such as tagging coho salmon with telemetry devices to study migration...