Project Grant F23AP02677

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Coastal Program (CFDA 15.630) provides $137,632 to the Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group (Hcseg), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, to support salmon habitat restoration, research, monitoring, and environmental education in the Hood Canal watershed of Washington state. The key products and services delivered through this ongoing project include: restoring and enhancing the genetic diversity and stocks of wild salmon, bull...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Award Summary The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded the Washington Department of Ecology $5.8 million through the Office for Coastal Management (CFDA 11.473) Coastal Zone Management Habitat Protection and Restoration Grant Competition for the Hoko Watershed Restoration Project. The award, obligated on October 1, 2025, with completion targeted for September 30, 2028, supports a multi-benefit habitat restoration initiative in Clallam...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration program (CFDA 15.614), awarded a $1,333,334 Project Grant to the Washington State Department of Ecology in partnership with the Great Peninsula Conservancy. The funding will support the permanent protection and conservation of 13.1 acres, including 11.1 acres of coastal wetlands, along 530 feet of the Eastern Hood Canal shoreline in Kitsap County, Washington. The protected habitat features...

This Project Grant award of $137,632 from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 provides funding through September 30, 2026 to support habitat restoration and species recovery efforts in Washington State. The funding will support Long Live The Kings, doing business as Long L Kings, to maintain a hatchery, conduct field work including monitoring and surveys, coordinate scientists assessing the Hood Canal Bridge, and contribute to the development of salmon and steelhead...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Coastal Program (CFDA 15.630) provides $150,000 to the Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Foundation to restore coastal processes and functions at Adelma Beach in Discovery Bay, Washington. The project will remove 530 square feet of wooden bulkhead, including two cabins, spanning 115 linear feet of shoreline. This will restore sediment transport and habitat connectivity, as well as remove non-native vegetation and...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $1,423,000 Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Program (CFDA 15.614) grant to the Washington State Department of Ecology, in partnership with the Squaxin Island Tribe as a sub-grantee, to restore approximately 73 acres of coastal wetland habitat in Mason County, Washington. The project will restore 1.2 miles of Skookum Creek by re-aligning the channel to its historic alignment, restoring streamside channels, removing a...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Award Overview The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded the University of Washington $1,116,897 through the Sea Grant Support program (CFDA 11.417) via Cooperative Agreement, effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. Washington Sea Grant will develop and deliver aquaculture workforce development services to strengthen the shellfish aquaculture industry and create career pathways for rural, coastal, and Tribal communities...

The Northwest Straits Foundation, Washington State Parks, and the Skagit and Whatcom County Marine Resources Committees will develop a feasibility study, design, permitting, and initiate community outreach for the restoration of over 1,200 linear feet of shoreline, 9 acres of backshore, and adjacent upland habitat at Clayton Beach in Larrabee State Park, Skagit County, WA under a $122,716 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1. The award...

The South Puget Sound Salmon Enhancement Group was awarded a $8.4 million Cooperative Agreement by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Habitat Conservation federal grant program (CFDA 11.463). The funding will support planning, design, and implementation of delta and floodplain channel restoration, culvert and road removal, and installation of engineered log jams in the Puyallup River Basin. This work aims to recover threatened Puget Sound Chinook salmon,...

The Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Foundation received a $152,500 Project Grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 under the National Fish Habitat Partnership (CFDA 15.686) program. The project will remove up to 1,200 linear feet of shore armor and pilings at the Clayton Beach site in Bow, WA to improve sediment transport processes and allow for the expansion of eelgrass beds and nearshore habitats. The project will also restore over 9 acres of beach and backshore habitat,...