The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded a $300,000 Cooperative Agreement grant under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631) to the Beaver Watershed Alliance, a non-profit organization, to restore aquatic habitat and populations in the War Eagle Creek watershed in Arkansas. The project aims to remove dams and low water crossings, stabilize streambanks, install in-stream structures, create wetlands, and establish public access points. This will benefit drinking water...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) awarded a $2,250,000 Project Grant under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission (AGFC) to mitigate five low water crossings in the Robinson Creek watershed. The project aims to restore Robinson Creek as a free-flowing stream for approximately 150 miles by removing or replacing the crossings with box culverts or span bridges. This will improve sediment transport, water quality, and aquatic habitat...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through its National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685), awarded a $342,000 project grant to the Eagle Valley Soil And Water Conservation District in Oregon. The grant supports the removal of fish passage barriers and implementation of habitat restoration projects within the East Pine Creek watershed, which is designated critical habitat for threatened bull trout. The project aims to restore aquatic connectivity and improve migratory corridors for bull trout...
This Project Grant award of $244,000 from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Habitat Partnership program (CFDA 15.686) will fund a comprehensive effort to improve water quality and fish habitat in the Lake Wawasee watershed in Indiana. The grant recipient, the Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation, Inc., will use the funding to restore two small sediment basins, construct a 0.5-acre wetland, plant 150-foot buffer strips and tile buffers in the...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded a $10,000,000 Project Grant under the Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance program (CFDA 15.608) to the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission (Agfc), a state government agency. The funding will be used over a 4-year period from Aug 1, 2023 to Jun 30, 2027 to design, engineer, and construct crucial infrastructure upgrades at two state fish hatcheries operated by Agfc. The project aims to modernize the water usage and recirculation capabilities at...
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...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631), awarded a $100,000 Cooperative Agreement to enhance riparian and instream habitat along one mile of the Wood River in Oregon. The project aims to add approximately 50 large woody debris structures to the river to increase habitat complexity and benefit species like bull trout, Lost River and shortnose suckers, and redband trout. Additional benefits are expected for riparian-dependent birds,...
This $6 million cooperative agreement was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service on July 12, 2022, to run through September 30, 2026. It is being administered under the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation program (CFDA #10.683), which provides funding and works with partners to implement conservation projects across the United States. Through 10 sub-awards, the agreement will support various habitat restoration, species protection, and forest management projects....
The Arkansas Wildlife Federation will receive $302,000 through a Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631). The funding will support efforts to restore, enhance and protect riparian, in-stream, springs and spring-run aquatic habitats on private lands in Arkansas and Louisiana. This will be accomplished through installing livestock exclusion fencing, conducting site...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Habitat Partnership (CFDA 15.686) program aims to restore aquatic habitat and connectivity within the War Eagle Creek watershed in Arkansas. The $200,000 award will fund four stream barrier removals, reconnect 493 miles of waterway, restore over 3,000 linear feet of streambanks, create wetlands and riparian zones, and improve habitat for 27 species of greatest conservation need, including the federally listed rabbitsfoot mussel. The project will also provide public education and outreach to over 20,000 stakeholders and contribute to the Beaver Lake Watershed Protection Strategy and other conservation plans. Sub-awardee Beaver Watershed Alliance, a non-profit organization, will lead the implementation of these activities to enhance water quality, watershed function, and habitat connectivity within the Beaver Lake watershed.