Project Grant F21AP02681

The Midcoast Watersheds Council (MCWC) was awarded a $246,425 Project Grant under the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Fish Habitat Partnership (CFDA 15.686) program to develop designs for restoring 75 acres of tidal wetlands in the Alsea River estuary on the central Oregon coast. The objectives of this one-year design project are to assess site conditions, refine preliminary designs for a new bridge structure, update existing design plans, finalize flood modeling, submit the project...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is providing $2,135,667 in funding to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) through the FY2023 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Coastal Zone Management Habitat Restoration and Conservation Competition (CFDA 11.473 - Office for Coastal Management). This Cooperative Agreement award will support ODFW's project to protect 528 acres of tidal wetlands along the Coquille River on Oregon's southern coast. ODFW will purchase the...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, under its Coastal Program (CFDA 15.630), awarded a $3,260,366 Cooperative Agreement to the Columbia River Estuary Study Taskforce (CREST) to implement the Clear Creek Reconnection Project in Wahkiakum County, Washington. The project will remove a culvert fish passage barrier on Clear Creek, a tributary to the Elochoman River, to restore access to upstream spawning grounds for threatened salmon and steelhead species. Key project activities include...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through its National Fish Habitat Partnership (CFDA 15.686) program, awarded a $100,000 Cooperative Agreement to Delmarva R C & D Inc., a non-profit conservation organization, to restore degraded salt marshes in the Maryland Coastal Bays. The project aims to improve fish habitat, water quality, and coastal resiliency by reversing human impacts on at least 114 acres of salt marsh. Key restoration techniques include sediment addition to nourish degraded...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $1,600,577 Cooperative Agreement to the Tillamook Estuaries Partnership (TEP) under the Habitat Conservation Federal Grant Program (CFDA 11.463). The purpose of this award is to support the recovery of threatened Oregon Coast coho salmon by restoring estuary and river habitat in the Sand Lake Estuary. Key activities include breaching the Beltz Dike, replacing three culverts, and restoring tidal wetlands. The project will also...

The Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians received a $11,000,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Habitat Conservation Federal Grant Program (CFDA 11.463). The purpose of the award is to restore more than 200 acres of habitat for migratory fish, including threatened Oregon Coast Coho and Oregon Coast Chinook and Steelhead, in the Siuslaw River Estuary. The project will remove a dike, culvert, and tide...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $100,000 Project Grant under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) to the Human Access Project and Oregon State University (OSU) to remedy the harmful cyanobacteria bloom in the Ross Island Lagoon. The partnership aims to restore river flow to the lagoon by creating a flushing channel, which will reduce water temperature, increase mixing, and lower pH levels. This is expected to reduce the...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $4,851,805 Cooperative Agreement under the Office for Coastal Management grant program (CFDA 11.473) to the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development Coastal Management Program. This funding will support habitat restoration planning, engineering and design projects, habitat restoration implementation, and land conservation efforts to increase climate resilience of coastal communities in Oregon. Specifically, the...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $4,884,753 Project Grant (CFDA 15.580 - Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Program) to the State of Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) to restore fish passage in the North Fork Klaskanine River. The project will provide fish passage at the Ogee Dam, enabling access to 12 miles of critical spawning and rearing habitat for ESA-listed coho salmon, as well as benefiting other culturally significant species like coastal...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $733,200 Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Program (CFDA 15.614) grant to the Washington Department of Ecology to acquire and permanently protect 26 acres and 1,750 feet of riverine shoreline on the Samish River in Skagit County, Washington. The project, which has a planned completion date of December 31, 2026, will protect and restore nationally declining palustrine forested and scrub-shrub wetlands and lowland riparian forest...