Project Grant R12AP11015

This Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the Water Conservation Field Services (WCFS) program (CFDA 15.530) provides $102,383.00 to the Owyhee Irrigation District to develop the design for converting 5,880 linear feet of open Kingman Lateral canal to a piped canal system. The goal is to save water and eliminate the risk of canal failure, which would increase water availability and reduce risk to people and property in the vicinity. The expected...

The Weber Basin Water Conservancy District (WBWCD) in Utah received a $7,601,286 project grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514). Through this funding, WBWCD will construct a new outlet delivery conduit through an earthen dam, install a new water delivery conduit, and establish a 33.3 kW solar array at their Weber South Water Treatment Plant. These infrastructure upgrades will provide...

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, through its WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) grant program (CFDA 15.507), awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to the Upper Wood River Water Users Association, Inc. in Blaine County, Idaho. The funding will be used to line approximately one mile of an earthen bypass canal, which will conserve water by reducing seepage losses and improve water management, resulting in more reliable water deliveries. This project aligns with the...

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $839,000 Project Grant under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) to the Board of Control for the Triangle Irrigation District and Wood River Valley Irrigation District #45, a U.S. local government entity. The grant will fund a project to improve a diversion dam on the Big Wood River in Bellevue, Idaho. The project will add fish passage and sediment passage structures to the...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (CFDA 15.234) provides $112,888.00 to Applegate Partnership, Inc. to implement an irrigation efficiency project that will conserve water in Oregon. The project will replace 342 linear feet of open irrigation ditch with a buried pipeline, install a new clean-out facility, and add a new headgate at the point of diversion. This builds upon the Watts Toppin Fish...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) provides $1,200,000 to Waterwatch of Oregon to undertake a comprehensive river restoration project. The key products and services to be delivered include: removing the Pomeroy Dam and associated structures; relocating and upgrading 2 miles of irrigation water diversion to 2 new fish-friendly pumps; decommissioning 2 miles of...

This $150,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) will fund the design and implementation of an additional partial fish passage restoration project on the Wallowa River in Oregon. The project aims to remove two irrigation diversions identified as priority fish passage barriers, which will restore access to 10 miles of critical spawning and rearing habitat for species like spring Chinook...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $5,149,141 WaterSMART (CFDA 15.507) project grant to the Malheur Watershed Council, in partnership with the Vale Oregon Irrigation District, to convert 10.4 miles of open-earthen irrigation canals to plastic irrigation pipe in eastern Oregon. This project is expected to result in annual water savings of 4,888 acre-feet, which will benefit the federally listed bull trout by helping to achieve a carryover pool in Beulah...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202) provides $3,125,000.00 in funding to the Ochoco Irrigation District in Prineville, Oregon to implement the McKay Creek Infrastructure Improvement Project. The activities under this award include the construction of an irrigation pipeline to increase streamflow, improve habitat for steelhead, reduce stream temperatures, eliminate fish passage...

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $325,000 Project Grant to the Grande Ronde Model Watershed Foundation on August 27, 2021 to be completed by December 1, 2025. The grant is being provided under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act program (CFDA 15.517) to support the Relocation Design of Oregon Highway 203 Through Buffalo Flats Floodplain Project. Funds will support improving fish and wildlife habitat associated with water systems or supplies affected by Bureau...