The City of Pocatello, Idaho was awarded a $522,500 WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) grant (CFDA #15.507) from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation. The grant will fund the design of the Portneuf River Oxbow Restoration Project, which aims to reactivate over 100 acres of floodplain along the Portneuf River. The project design will include diversions under railroad tracks and adjacent land grading and planting with native species to improve...
The City of Pocatello, Idaho received a $2,159,277.49 Bureau of Reclamation WaterSMART grant (CFDA 15.507) to implement a river restoration project on the Portneuf River in downtown Pocatello. The project will move existing flood protection levees, install wetlands and a side channel, and construct a stormwater pond to improve hydrologic functions, increase wetland and riparian habitat, and enhance water quality. This grant award is part of a multi-phase effort to restore the Centennial and...
This $2,018,051 federal Project Grant award, funded by 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), will support the Sage Creek Watershed Restoration for Drought Resilience and Sediment Control project. Key activities include: 1) construction of 50 new beaver dam analogs, expansion of 20 existing beaver dam analogs, and material supplements to 15 naturally occurring beaver dams on 2...
The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $3,809,147.32 Project Grant under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) to the Wood River Land Trust Company to enhance and improve the ecological function of the 65-acre Warm Spring Preserve in Blaine County, Idaho. The project will restore 1.3 miles of Warm Springs Creek through instream earthwork to create pools, point bars, and constructed riffles, as well as install woody debris structures to promote...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $2,257,000 Project Grant under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) to the Uintah Water Conservancy District in Uintah County, Utah. The funding will be used to reconstruct an existing diversion structure, pipe an open channel canal, and install flow meters along an existing pipeline. This project is expected to result in annual water savings of 2,563 acre-feet that are...
The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $2,906,894.92 WaterSMART Program (CFDA 15.507) Project Grant to Friends of the Teton River, Inc., a non-profit organization located in Driggs, Idaho. The grant funding will be used to improve agricultural water reliability and restore instream flows to Canyon Creek by relocating diversions from the creek to the larger Teton River. Specifically, the project will make infrastructure improvements and management changes at three...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $1,188,663 Project Grant under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 15.507) to Chelan County, Washington to complete the study and design of a comprehensive restoration project for Peshastin Creek. The project will relocate and reconnect the creek channel with its historic floodplain and construct two highway bridges across the rerouted waterway. Key project...
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 U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $137,098.71 Project Grant under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA #15.507) to the Bilbrey Ditch Company in Emmett, Idaho. The grant will be used to automate one headgate and two check structures on the company's main canal. This automation project will enable the Bilbrey Ditch Company to better match available water supply to the demand of its agricultural users, maintain...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $200,000 Project Grant under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) to the Upper Wood River Water Users Association, Inc. in Blaine County, Idaho. The grant will fund the lining of approximately one mile of an earthen bypass canal. This project aims to conserve water by reducing seepage losses and improve water management, resulting in more reliable water deliveries. The...