Project Grant R19AP00080

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $1.25 million cooperative agreement to the Salton Sea Authority under the Salton Sea Program (CFDA 15.571) from November 1, 2021 to December 31, 2025. The award will fund the Restoring Habitat and Improving Air and Water Quality at the Salton Sea Project, which aims to restore 30 acres of aquatic habitat in the Desert Shores Marina area of Imperial County, California to support bird and other wildlife species. Key activities...

The Monterey Bay Aquarium (Aquarium) was awarded a $397,569 Cooperative Agreement by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657). The project aims to revise the recovery plan and implementation strategy for the southern sea otter, a species listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The Aquarium, a leading authority on southern sea otter research and rehabilitation, will work with FWS to complete a draft...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) awarded a $456,244 Cooperative Agreement to the Las Vegas Valley Water District (LVVWD) under the FWS Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657). The objective is to recreate a 100-meter desert spring refugium for the federally endangered Pahrump poolfish at the Springs Preserve in Las Vegas, Nevada. This project aims to establish an additional population of the Pahrump poolfish to increase the species' redundancy and...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, under the National Fish Habitat Partnership (CFDA 15.686) program, awarded a 2-year, $218,746 Cooperative Agreement to The Nature Conservancy to restore the Kiholo Fishpond in North Kona, Hawaii. The project will focus on two key objectives: 1) Restoring estuarine and benthic habitat through vegetation management and sediment removal, and 2) Measuring and sharing the results of restoration efforts through scientific monitoring and...

The Imperial Irrigation District was awarded a $205,925.69 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the Salton Sea Program (CFDA 15.571) to conduct NEW AND ALAMO RIVER WETLANDS WATER QUALITY MONITORING from July 21, 2021 through July 18, 2026. The grant will support monitoring of water quality in wetlands areas along the New and Alamo Rivers to obtain data on factors impacting fish and wildlife health, air quality, and recreation opportunities at the Salton...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through its National Fish Habitat Partnership (CFDA 15.686) program, awarded a $100,000 Cooperative Agreement to Delmarva R C & D Inc., a non-profit conservation organization, to restore degraded salt marshes in the Maryland Coastal Bays. The project aims to improve fish habitat, water quality, and coastal resiliency by reversing human impacts on at least 114 acres of salt marsh. Key restoration techniques include sediment addition to nourish degraded...

This Project Grant award of $500,000.00 from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Program (CFDA 15.580) supports an assessment and design effort to address capacity constraints in the water supply system serving the Salmon Conservation and Research Facility (SCARF) in California. The key activities and deliverables include: 1) assessing the existing water supply system to identify capacity constraints, 2) conducting a field...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is providing a $6,000,000 Cooperative Agreement award through the FY2023 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Coastal Zone Management Habitat Restoration and Conservation Competition (CFDA 11.473 - Office for Coastal Management) to the California State Coastal Conservancy. This funding will support habitat restoration planning, engineering and design, habitat restoration implementation, and land conservation projects to increase climate...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $197,420 Cooperative Agreement under the Coastal Program (CFDA 15.630) to Friends of the San Juans, a non-profit organization located in Friday Harbor, Washington. The primary goal of this project is to restore the Eastsound Waterfront Park on Orcas Island to improve feeding and rearing habitat for out-migrating juvenile Chinook salmon, increase forage fish spawning habitat, and enhance prey for other protected marine species like bocaccio rockfish...

The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 awarded a $100,000 Project Grant under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation Federal Grant Program (CFDA 15.657) to the Human Access Project and Oregon State University (OSU) partnership. The award, effective from December 19, 2024 to December 19, 2027, supports a project to remedy the harmful cyanobacteria bloom in the Ross Island Lagoon. Key project activities include restoring river flow to the lagoon...