Project Grant R19AP00262

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $298,000 Project Grant under the Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA #15.554) to the Contra Costa Resource Conservation District (CCRCD) to develop a community-supported Watershed Restoration Plan for the Walnut Creek Watershed in the San Francisco Bay region. The funding will enable CCRCD to engage diverse stakeholders, conduct extensive outreach, and collaboratively develop a plan that addresses critical issues such as enhancing fish and...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $484,533 Project Grant to Watershed Management Group, Inc., a non-profit organization based in Tucson, Arizona, under the Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554). The grant, which runs from September 2024 to December 2027, will support the development of a coordination blueprint for local drought response planning. The project aims to help diverse stakeholders in the region collaborate on solutions to address water management challenges,...

The Santa Cruz Irrigation District in Santa Cruz, New Mexico will establish a watershed group and develop a holistic watershed restoration and management plan through a $200,000 project grant from the Bureau of Reclamation's Cooperative Watershed Management Program. The watershed group will complete sedimentation modeling, post-fire debris flow analysis, and identify critical areas for watershed thinning and habitat improvement projects. It will also recruit diverse stakeholders to determine...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $300,000 Project Grant under the Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554) to the Mesa Soil Conservation District in Grand Junction, Colorado. The project aims to increase community awareness and engagement, develop a watershed management matrix to identify and prioritize projects, and complete design work on 2-4 projects within the Grand Valley watershed. The watershed is experiencing hotter, drier conditions, population growth, and increasing...

The Bureau of Reclamation has awarded a $300,000 Project Grant under the Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554) to Coalitions And Collaboratives, Inc. (Coalitions & Collaboratives Inc.), a non-profit organization based in Denver, Colorado. The grant will support the Clear Creek Forest and Health Partnership's efforts to strengthen its coalition of diverse stakeholders and develop local solutions to address current and future threats facing the Clear Creek Watershed. Key...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $299,196 Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554) project grant to the Lefthand Watershed Oversight Group, doing business as The Watershed Center, to expand watershed management planning in the St. Vrain watershed in Colorado. The funding will be used to develop a wildfire risk assessment, conduct a watershed-scale analysis, and identify, prioritize, and develop two to three key river restoration projects that complement ongoing forest mitigation...

The Project Grant award of $300,000 from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554) will enable Treepeople, Inc. to develop the Santa Clara River Watershed Regional Climate Collaborative. This new watershed group will create a strategic restoration plan to address issues of invasive plants, drought, flooding, and wildfires exacerbated by climate change within the Santa Clara River watershed in Southern California. The collaborative will bring together...

The Napa County Resource Conservation District, in collaboration with the Abuelitos Foundation nonprofit, will use a $300,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554) to establish a new watershed group for the Napa River watershed in California. The group will bring together stakeholders including agricultural users, residents, environmental organizations, and governmental water managers to improve sustainable water...

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $299,052 Project Grant under the Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554) to AG Innovations Network, a nonprofit organization in Sonoma County, California. The grant will support AG Innovations Network's partnership with the Conservation Biology Institute and Northern Sonoma County Fire Protection District to establish the Lake Sonoma West Watershed Group and develop a Lake Sonoma West Watershed Plan. The plan will focus on addressing...

The Norton Bay Inter-Tribal Watershed Council will receive $182,831 from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554) to complete a watershed restoration plan for the Norton Bay watershed in Alaska from March 2023 through December 2025. The Council will collect baseline data on water quality and quantity, map watershed features, review best practices, and engage stakeholders to identify high-priority restoration projects...