Project Grant F21AP02255

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 awarded a $591,797.91 Project Grant to the Mid Klamath Watershed Council through the Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance federal grant program (CFDA 15.608) to improve conditions for native fish and aquatic species habitat in Siskiyou County, California. Under the award, set to be completed by March 31, 2025, the Mid Klamath Watershed Council will use a helicopter to place 120 pieces of large wood into 2.5 miles of West Fork...

This Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), supports a partnership development and planning project between four organizations in California's Sierra Nevada region. The goal is to generate ideas for informal STEM learning experiences that focus on socio-ecological issues, such as human-caused climate change, and integrate indigenous knowledge with Western environmental science. The partnership aims to establish a collaborative...

The Salinas Union High School District Community Science & Outdoor Learning Collaborative will receive $199,680 under a one-year Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Marine Sanctuary Program (CFDA #11.429). The collaborative partnership between the district's educational services team, Bird School Project, and Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History will create and implement annual multi-week educator seminars and ongoing outdoor learning and...

The federal Project Grant award of $1,687,299.00 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families, under the Head Start program (CFDA 93.600), supports the Siskiyou County Superintendent of Schools in California to provide comprehensive early childhood education and development services targeting low-income families. The five-year award, effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2030, will fund programs that enhance the cognitive, physical, behavioral,...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands program (CFDA 15.243), provides $122,934.19 to support the Redding Field Office Campground and Trail Maintenance Project. The awardee, American Conservation Experience (ACE), will deliver hands-on conservation services including habitat restoration, invasive species management, and public lands preservation through this 3-year project from September...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) provides $113,128.21 to The Student Conservation Association, Inc. (SCA) to support youth interns at Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve. The interns will lead cave tours and educational programs for visitors, delivering guided tours, providing informal visitor assistance, and executing educational programs for schools. This project...

The Siskiyou Resource Conservation District (SRCD) will receive $206,706.46 through a Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife federal grant program (CFDA 15.631). The funding will support a wood loading and floodplain connectivity project in the South Fork of the Scott River in Etna, CA from September 30th, 2022 through September 29th, 2027. Specifically, SRCD will excavate two side...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631) will provide $150,000 to the Northwest California Resource Conservation & Development Council to continue implementing erosion control treatments and expand inventory efforts to identify additional high-priority sediment source sites in the Scott River watershed and nearby watersheds in Northern California. The key objectives...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 awarded a $377,500 cooperative agreement to the Mid Klamath Watershed Council under the Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance program (CFDA 15.608) from January 2, 2023 through December 31, 2025. The funding will support replacement of a deteriorating culvert with a concrete single span bridge on a 250-foot section of Middle Creek in California to improve fish passage for threatened coho salmon. Replacing the culvert, which is...

The Lake County Watershed Protection will identify priority areas and watersheds and assist with watershed assessments for Clear Lake and Cache Creek in Lake County, California under a $100,000 cooperative agreement award from the United States Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service. The award is part of the Soil and Water Conservation CFDA 10.902 program, which provides conservation technical assistance to organizations through locally-based conservation...