The Bureau of Reclamation has awarded a $2,021,059 Project Grant under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (CFDA 15.517) to the Imperial Irrigation District (IID) in California. The funding will support additional staff and technical consultants to accelerate the implementation and monitoring of the Salton Sea Management Program (SSMP). This includes activities such as vegetation monitoring, real estate and engineering support, legal/environmental/administrative assistance, and hydrologic...
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...
This $157,286 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the SECURE Water Act - Research Agreements program (CFDA 15.560) supports a comprehensive project by the Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment and Security to inform current and future initiatives at the Salton Sea. Key objectives of the project include: 1) Identifying and analyzing relevant research on dust emissions, air quality, and related public health...
This $194,475 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation, under the Water Conservation Field Services Program (CFDA 15.530), will result in the development of design standards, details, and specifications for metered, irrigation water delivery structures. The project will cover four prioritized customer categories under varying field conditions, along with associated deployment cost estimates. Upon completion of these deliverables by December 31, 2025,...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) under the Capacity Building Grants for Non-Land Grant Colleges of Agriculture (CFDA 10.326) program, focuses on educational training and research related to water and wetlands in the Salton Sea region. The $300,000 award, spanning September 2024 to August 2027, supports a collaborative partnership between California State University, Los Angeles and California...
The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) awarded a $169,032.49 Project Grant to the Sierra Soil & Water Conservation District (SSWCD) under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (CFDA 15.517) program. The funding supports cooperative work between Reclamation and SSWCD, including mapping, monitoring, restoration through harvesting and planting of cottonwood and willow vegetation, and other natural resource management activities on Reclamation lands along the Rio Grande in New Mexico. This...
The Coachella Valley Water District will receive $404,000 under a Project Grant from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation's Applied Science Grants program to update the Coachella Valley Salt and Nutrient Management Plan. Working with seven partner agencies in Southern California's Coachella Valley Basin, the District will develop water management tools to model and forecast nitrate and total dissolved solids concentrations in groundwater. Products delivered under the award will...
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California received a $520,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Applied Science Grants program (CFDA 15.557). The grant will be used to expand surface water flow and temperature modeling capabilities for California's Central Valley, supporting salmonid restoration planning. Key deliverables include collecting and managing data as well as developing new models to inform regional...
The San Luis Water District in central California was awarded a $212,750 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507). The grant will fund the installation of water level monitoring instrumentation and programmable logic controllers at two canal locations in the district's irrigation system. This will allow the district staff to closely monitor canal levels and...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $183,914.60 Project Grant under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) to the Carlsbad Irrigation District in Carlsbad, New Mexico. The grant funding will be used to line 2,000 feet of the district's main canal to reduce excessive seepage and improve overall canal efficiencies. By reducing water loss through seepage, the project aims to conserve water and increase water...