Project Grant NA20NOS4290078

This two-year, $298,908 project grant from the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will fund the Cascade Columbia Fisheries Enhancement Group to deliver meaningful watershed educational experiences and curriculum integration for all 5th grade students in the East Wenatchee, Washington school district. The goal is to increase authentic, locally relevant science education and student-led stewardship actions to improve local watersheds and recover imperiled salmon...

The Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association was awarded a $125,880 Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951). The grant will support the Association's Students for Salmon program, which aims to increase environmental literacy and stewardship among 1,000 fourth grade students in Whatcom County, Washington. Through hands-on activities like stream monitoring and salmon rearing tank installation in approximately 50...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 awarded a $456,250 Project Grant to Salmon-Safe under the Columbia River Basin Restoration Program (CFDA 66.962) from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2024. The grant will support Salmon-Safe's Columbia Basin Pledge initiative to scale up agricultural best practices across 250 farms in Idaho, Montana, Washington and Wyoming tributaries of the Columbia River Basin. Key deliverables include developing integrated pest management protocols for multiple...

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...

This project grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) provides $136,062 to the Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association (NSEA), a non-profit organization in Bellingham, Washington, to implement an environmental education initiative called "Future Leaders of Whatcom Waters (FLOW)". The key products and services to be delivered under this grant include: 1) Providing 24 university students majoring in...

This community-based project combines Indigenous knowledge with genomic study of three salmon species on the Kenai Peninsula through the generation of long-read de novo genomes from salmon remains recovered from archaeological contexts. These will be compared to present-day salmon genomes from the same location to explore genomic architecture and evolutionary history over two thousand years. Tribal members, students, and post-doctoral fellows will collaborate in salmon genome analysis, while...

This federal Project Grant award of $449,324 from the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (CFDA 15.517) program will fund a 4-year study by the Karuk Tribe of California to monitor juvenile salmonid survival and migration rates in the Klamath River basin. The project will use acoustic tags to track wild and hatchery-raised Chinook salmon in the Scott, Salmon, Trinity, and Klamath Rivers, and install an array of 32 acoustic receivers...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $300,000 Project Grant under the International Forestry Programs (CFDA 10.684) to the Wild Salmon Center, a non-profit organization based in Portland, Oregon. The grant, with a performance period from September 17, 2024 to August 31, 2027, will fund the organization's efforts to build freshwater conservation capacity abroad, particularly in Mongolia. The project aims to address critical environmental challenges related to salmon...

This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the Indian Tribal Water Resources Development, Management, and Protection program (CFDA 15.519) will fund a $1,075,123 project to monitor juvenile salmonid survival and migration patterns in the Klamath River Basin in California over four years from 2023 to 2026. The Hoopa Valley Tribe will use acoustic tags to track the movement of wild and hatchery-raised juvenile Chinook salmon from the...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $499,823 from the U.S. Geological Survey's National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CFDA 15.820) program supports a research project by the University of Alaska Fairbanks to document, quantify, and map the cumulative effects of climate change, food web changes, and habitat degradation on Yukon River salmon populations. The goal is to identify the most effective local and regional actions to support salmon recovery and the resilience of...