The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 awarded a $2,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the National Fish Passage program (CFDA 15.685) to the Resighini Rancheria, a federally recognized Native American tribe in California. The goal of the Lower Waukell and Junior Creeks Restoration Project is to replace two existing large culverts, elevate the roadway, and restore native vegetation to improve wetland habitat for at-risk fisheries and other tribal trust species,...
This $420,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) will fund the replacement of a culvert on the South Fork of Running Creek in Idaho. The project aims to restore fish passage, improve riparian function, and increase climate resilience for endangered Snake River steelhead and bull trout. Removing the passage barrier will open up 3.84 miles of designated critical habitat with high intrinsic potential, nearly all of which...
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...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) provides $150,000 to the Nez Perce Tribe to fund the design, permitting, and construction of improvements to two priority fish passage barriers on the Wallowa River in Oregon. The project aims to remove the Wilson and Dorrance diversion dams to restore access for spring Chinook salmon, coho salmon, sockeye salmon, steelhead, bull trout, and Pacific lamprey to 10 miles of...
This $900,284 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) will fund the replacement of an existing concrete box culvert with a new concrete structure spanning the full bankful width of Kallio Creek at Skanee Road. The current culvert presents a full barrier to aquatic organism passage (AOP), disconnecting over 3 miles of high-quality trout habitat in Kallio Creek from 25 miles of the Silver River. The project will...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through its National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685), awarded a $200,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Conservation Resource Alliance (CRA) to restore a road-stream crossing on Deer Creek. The project will replace a 7-foot diameter culvert with a 33-foot span timber bridge, reconnecting 5 miles of upstream channel to over 4 miles downstream. This will halt the annual input of up to 15 tons of sediment from road runoff entering Deer Creek, improving stream...
This $200,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) will fund the Confederated Tribes Siletz Indians (C T S I) to perform habitat restoration and connectivity improvements on 40 acres of the valley floor and Fivemile Creek in Oregon. The project involves regrading the valley floor, removing cross-valley dikes, placing large wood structures, and establishing native plants to...
This U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 grant award under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA #15.685) will fund two key fish habitat restoration projects in Oregon. The $4,324,657.25 grant, awarded on October 1, 2024, will support the Union Soil and Water Conservation District in improving fish passage and habitat connectivity in the Grande Ronde River sub-basin. The first project will construct a fishway around the Elmer Dam on Catherine Creek to restore...
This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) will provide $5,000,000 to the Kittitas Conservation Trust to implement the Gold Creek Restoration Project in Easton, Washington. The key deliverables include: Restoring 30 acres of riparian and forested wetland habitat to increase the duration of streamflow in Gold Creek, which is designated as critical habitat for the ESA-listed bull trout. Installing 141 large wood...
This $620,300 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) supports a project to remove a pair of culverts in Chimacum Creek, Washington. The project aims to re-establish access to 2.59 miles of significant upstream habitat for coho, fall chum, steelhead trout, and other anadromous fish species. The existing culverts have a Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife passability rating of only 33%, limiting access to the upper...