Project Grant R16AP00168

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $199,045.75 Project Grant under the Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554) to Trout Unlimited, Inc. to coordinate the development of a restoration plan for the Salt River Watershed in western Wyoming and eastern Idaho. The project will involve meeting with landowners, conducting habitat surveys and water quality monitoring, and developing a prioritized project list to address degraded aquatic, riparian, and wetland habitats within the...

The Targhee Creek Instream and Riparian Habitat Restoration Project on the Slash E Ranch is a $288,642 federal grant award made by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685). The grant, which started in 2023 and will be completed by September 2026, aims to restore ecological integrity by reconnecting historic stream channels, enhancing 1.6 miles of Yellowstone cutthroat trout habitat, and restoring 45 acres of wetland....

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department will restore 1.4 miles of the New Fork River in western Wyoming through a $133,400 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation's WaterSMART program. The Game and Fish Department, in collaboration with Trout Unlimited and the Bureau of Land Management, will complete habitat restoration along the stretch of river characterized by high sedimentation and poor water quality. Restoration activities will include installing engineered...

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...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $4,335,961 Project Grant under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) to Trout Unlimited, Inc. to construct a water storage and delivery system in Portola Redwoods State Park, California. The project aims to improve water supply reliability for park visitors while decreasing summer diversions from Peters Creek, which will benefit endangered coho salmon and steelhead populations. Specifically, the grant will fund the...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage program (CFDA 15.685) provides $600,000 in funding to the Big Blackfoot Chapter of Trout Unlimited (BBCTU) and its partners to restore habitat for sensitive fish species in Montana's Blackfoot River watershed. Key project activities include removing one aging agricultural dam, replacing two culverts with aquatic organism passage structures, and eliminating fish...

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $299,668 Project Grant under the Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554) to Trout Unlimited, Inc. The grant will support the Priest River Watershed Group's efforts to preserve the native cold-water fishery and water quality of the lower Priest River watershed in northern Idaho. Key activities include education, outreach, and development of a watershed restoration plan focused on protecting critical habitat for the endangered bull trout. The...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $299,319 Project Grant under the Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554) to Trout Unlimited, Inc. to continue coordination of watershed restoration planning in the Lower South Fork Boise Watershed in Idaho. The grant supports stakeholder and community outreach, research on project feasibility, and production of a stakeholder-driven watershed restoration plan. The project aims to address concerns over water supplies, aquatic and riparian...

The Green River Greenbelt Task Force Restoration Project was awarded a $249,000 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation on October 1, 2022 through the Upper Colorado River Basin Fish and Wildlife Mitigation program. Under this award, the Green River Greenbelt Task Force will implement wetland and upland habitat restoration efforts along the Green River in Wyoming through September 30, 2025. As part of the Upper Colorado River Basin Fish and Wildlife Mitigation...

This $1.39 million cooperative agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 6 will fund habitat restoration and fish passage improvement projects in the Upper Bear River watershed located in Wyoming and Utah. Trout Unlimited, Inc. will deliver products and services to remove four fish passage barriers on the Bear River mainstem or tributaries, reconnecting 44.7 miles of riverine habitat for native fish species. An impassable culvert will also be...