Project Grant F21AP02304

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $270,181 Cooperative Agreement to American Rivers, a non-profit organization, through the National Fish Passage program (CFDA 15.685). The funding supports engineering design and stakeholder engagement for the removal of the Hartland Dam on the West Fork River and the Wells Lock Dam on the Little Kanawha River in West Virginia. The dam removals are critical for the recovery of two federally-listed endangered freshwater...

This $500,000 federal Project Grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685), supports American Rivers Inc.'s efforts to remove the Lockville Dam on the Deep River in North Carolina. The dam removal is expected to reopen 56.5 river miles, reconnecting critical habitat for the federally endangered Cape Fear shiner and threatened Atlantic pigtoe. The project will also provide short-term job creation, improve...

The Cawaco Resource Conservation & Development Council, Inc. received a $927,694.83 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 under the Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance federal grant program (CFDA 15.608). The grant will fund dam removal and aquatic habitat restoration activities on Big Wills Creek in Etowah County, Alabama. Specifically, Cawaco RC&D will oversee the mechanical removal of the hazardous Big Wills Creek Dam owned...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685), provides $499,999 to the Canaan Valley Institute to collaborate with federal, state, and local partners to remove a hazardous low-head dam on the McClure River in Clinchco, Virginia. This dam removal project will fully reconnect 22 miles of the McClure River, benefiting the federally threatened Big Sandy crayfish within its critical habitat by allowing movement...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service (CFDA 15.685 National Fish Passage Program) will provide $1,931,465.00 to remove the inoperable Elba Hydroelectric Dam, which is the only fish passage barrier in the Choctawhatchee River Basin. The award, effective December 1, 2024 through August 31, 2027, will be implemented by the Choctawhatchee, Pea, And Yellow Rivers Watershed Management Authority located in Troy, Alabama. The project aims...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded a $1,600,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources to remove the Steamboat Rock Dam on the Iowa River and implement associated habitat restoration activities. This project, funded through the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685), aims to: 1) Improve public safety by eliminating the dam-related hazard, 2) Reduce flooding to a nearby county campground, 3) Restore upstream and downstream fish and mussel passage, and...

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...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, under the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (CFDA 15.658) program, provides $186,843.00 to the Raritan Headwaters Association to perform feasibility analysis and engineering design for the removal of the Rockafellows Mills Dam in New Jersey. The key products and services to be delivered include: (1) oversight of feasibility studies and engineering design for dam removal, (2)...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), through its Habitat Conservation Federal Grant Program (CFDA 11.463), awarded a $1,700,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Choctawhatchee, Pea, and Yellow Rivers Watershed Management Authority. The grant funding will support the initial planning and design steps to remove the defunct Elba Hydroelectric Dam, the only fish passage barrier in the Choctawhatchee River Watershed. Removing the dam will increase access to 34 miles of habitat on...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) provides $1,203,550.00 to American Rivers Inc. to implement a comprehensive aquatic habitat restoration project in Pennsylvania's Ohio and Susquehanna River basins. The key activities include removing 10 dams to reconnect 190 miles of aquatic habitat for species of conservation concern, imperiled, and federally endangered species. The project will also restore approximately 28...