Project Grant F22AP02380
- This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 under the National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements program (CFDA 15.654) provides $247,000.00 to the County of Bayfield, Wisconsin to address critical infrastructure issues and restore aquatic organism passage to a Class 1 premier brook trout stream in Bayfield County. The key activities under this award include replacing a 12-foot round culvert with a bottomless arch structure...
- This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage program (CFDA 15.685) provides $600,000 in funding to the Big Blackfoot Chapter of Trout Unlimited (BBCTU) and its partners to restore habitat for sensitive fish species in Montana's Blackfoot River watershed. Key project activities include removing one aging agricultural dam, replacing two culverts with aquatic organism passage structures, and eliminating fish...
- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to the Essex County Department of Public Works (Essex County DPW) to restore and reconnect riverine habitat within the Boquet River Watershed in Essex County, New York. The project will replace an existing dual culvert crossing over the North Branch of the Boquet River with a 120-foot bridge, which will remove an aquatic passage barrier and open 49 upstream...
- This $1.2 million Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5 will fund the restoration of aquatic connectivity in the North Branch Potomac River (NBPR) watershed in Maryland. The project, under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685), will remove eight barriers to improve connectivity along 30 miles of stream habitat that supports Eastern Brook Trout populations. Key activities include replacing two culverts, removing a dam,...
- 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...
- This Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) provides $6,433,628.00 to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to enhance aquatic connectivity in the Otter Tail River watershed. The project will replace two undersized culverts at a major highway river crossing with two span bridges to restore fish passage and enable movements between 42,000 acres of regional lake-chain habitats....
- This U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service cooperative agreement, awarded under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685), provides $200,000 to Trout Unlimited, Inc. to remove a fish passage barrier on the Little Bois Brule River and restore connectivity to 1.5 miles of coldwater habitat in the Bois Brule River watershed in Wisconsin. The project will reconnect spawning and thermal refuge habitat for native brook trout and other coldwater species, improving their resilience to climate change....
- This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service (under CFDA Program 15.608 - Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance) provides $329,464.74 to the University of Wisconsin System to study brook trout habitats and movements in Minnesota's Lake Superior tributary streams. The research aims to: 1) determine seasonal habitat use and movements of brook trout, brown trout, and steelhead trout; 2) assess habitat overlap and competition between native brook...
- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $262,003 Project Grant under the National Fish Habitat Partnership program (CFDA 15.686) to the River Country Resource Conservation & Development Council Inc. for stream habitat restoration projects in Buffalo and Trempealeau Counties, Wisconsin. The grant will fund stabilization of 0.28 miles of streambank on Creek 24-13 and 0.57 miles of streambank on Danuser Creek. The projects aim to reduce bank erosion, sediment inputs, and phosphorus levels,...
- This $101,500 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Habitat Partnership program (CFDA 15.686) will fund the removal and replacement of two aquatic barriers in the Savage River watershed in western Maryland. Specifically, the project will remove a vented concrete ford on Poplar Lick Run and a perched culvert and rock barrier on Big Run, which are tributaries of the Savage River. These barrier removal efforts will restore connectivity between the...
GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF PROPOSED PROJECT ARE TO INCREASE RESILIENCY IN PRIORITY NATIVE BROOK TROUT HEADWATER STREAM BY IMPROVING NATURAL STREAM HYDROLOGY, FLOW CONVEYANCE, PASSAGE OF BROOK TROUT AND OTHER AQUATIC ORGANISMS UNDER ALL STREAM FLOWS, AND PROVIDING A SAFER ROAD CROSSING FOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC TO MEET OBJECTIVES, BUFFALO COUNTY AND TOWNSHIP OF MONTANA ARE PROPOSING TO REMOVE TWO UNDERSIZED PIPE CULVERTS AND REPLACE THEM WITH A BRIDGE THAT SPANS DANUSER CREEK REPLACEMENT OF CULVERTS WITH A BRIDGE WILL RECONNECT 4 1 MILES OF STREAM FOR NATIVE BROOK TROUT AND SCULPIN IMPROVED HYDROLOGY AND UNINTERRUPTED FLOW ON THIS STATE DESIGNATED RESERVE STREAM WILL ALLOW BROOK TROUT TO FREELY MOVE TO SPAWNING, REARING, AND OVERWINTERING HABITAT REDUCTION IN STREAMBANK EROSION FROM CULVERTS AND IMPROVED SEDIMENT TRANSPORT WILL RESTORE NATURAL SUBSTRATE FOR TROUT SPAWNING AND RECOLONIZATION OF INVERTEBRATES THAT FISH AND OTHER ORGANISM FEED UPON THE BRIDGE WILL ALSO BENEFIT THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, REDUCING FLOODING EVENTS THAT IMPACT THE PRODUCTIVITY OF CROP FIELDS AND A LOW MAINTENANCE CROSSING THAT IS MUCH SAFER FOR LOCAL MOTORISTS AND USE BY HEAVY FARMING EQUIPMENT
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $0 | 9/12/23 | ||
| Not listed | $0 | 8/31/22 | ||
| Not listed | $80.0k | 8/26/22 |