Project Grant R19AP00074

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 6, administering the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615), awarded the State of Utah, Division of Wildlife Resources a $133,333.33 Project Grant effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. This award supports the conservation and recovery of June Suckers, a threatened species native to Utah Lake. The primary deliverables include the annual propagation and rearing of 20,000 to 25,000 June Suckers to a minimum size of 300...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $133,333.34 Project Grant under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) program to the State of Utah, Division of Wildlife Resources. The grant supports efforts to raise 20,000 June Sucker, a threatened fish species native to Utah Lake, over a one-year period from July 2024 to June 2025. The goal is to safeguard the species from extinction by growing the fish to 300 mm in length at a hatchery and...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657), awarded a $164,350 Cooperative Agreement to the Nevada Department of Wildlife. The funds will be used to generate feasibility assessments and design alternatives for constructing fish passage barriers and irrigation diversion structures to protect the federally threatened Lahontan cutthroat trout. Specific deliverables include: Evaluation of the feasibility and design alternatives...

Federal Grant Award Summary The Bureau of Reclamation awarded $959,925.80 to the Central Utah Water Conservancy District under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act program (CFDA 15.517) on July 1, 2025, for the June Sucker Recovery Implementation Program (JSRIP). The project, extending through September 30, 2029, delivers comprehensive endangered species recovery and habitat restoration services in Utah Lake and associated waterways. Key products and services include research, monitoring,...

The Nevada Department of Wildlife received a $258,350 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Habitat Partnership (NFHP, CFDA 15.686) program, effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2027. This award funds Phase 2 of the Wall Canyon Sucker Barrier Project, which aims to protect an endangered endemic fish species found exclusively in Wall Creek and Mountain View Creek in northern Washoe County, Nevada. The project addresses...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $1,100,000 Project Grant under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to the Jicarilla Apache Nation to remove a man-made velocity and grade barrier on Amargo Creek in the San Juan River watershed. This project aims to restore volitionary fish movement and provide access to 50% more high-quality on-reservation stream miles for three native fish species - roundtail chub, bluehead sucker, and flannelmouth sucker. By removing the barrier and...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), through the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631), awarded a $490,000 Cooperative Agreement to Trout Unlimited, Inc. to support habitat restoration activities on the Sunrise Mountain Ranch in Klamath County, Oregon. The 5-year project, running from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2028, will focus on restoring aquatic, riparian, and floodplain habitats along the Sprague River and its tributaries on the 15,000-acre ranch. Key restoration...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded a $200,000 Project Grant under the National Fish Habitat Partnership (CFDA 15.686) program to the Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) for the Wall Canyon Sucker Barrier Project. The overarching goal of this multi-year project is to permanently exclude non-native salmonid species, including brown and rainbow trout, from the upper reaches of Wall Creek in northern Washoe County, Nevada, in order to protect the population and occupied habitat of the...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 awarded a $133,000 Cooperative Agreement to Trout Unlimited, Inc. under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife federal grant program (CFDA 15.631). The award will support restoration of 2.7 river miles of Meryl Creek located on Sunrise Mountain Ranch in Beatty, Oregon from June 1, 2023 through May 31, 2028. Key products and services include reversing channel incision, reconnecting approximately 100 acres of historic floodplain...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 awarded a $124,345 cooperative agreement to the Klamath Watershed Partnership under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631) to install low-tech process-based restoration structures in the North Fork Sprague River from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2027. The Klamath Watershed Partnership and Service will work together to install beaver dam analogs and post-assisted log structures to improve water quality for...