Project Grant R23AP00332

This $303,200 Project Grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) will enable Vermejo Park LLC to address the last remaining fish passage barriers in the Upper Costilla Watershed in New Mexico. The key activities include: 1) Removing an obsolete fish migration barrier, 2) Replacing four undersized and perched culverts with modern structures such as open-bottom box culverts and a natural-bottom squash pipe, and 3) Restoring the impacted...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) awarded a $939,499.54 Cooperative Agreement to Trout Unlimited, Inc. through the National Fish Passage program (CFDA 15.685) to fund the Upper Greenbrier River Watershed Fish Passage Project in West Virginia. The project will remove 7 culverts acting as fish passage barriers and replace them with stream simulation-designed span structures, reconnecting 25 miles of habitat for priority species including brook trout, green floater, eastern hellbender, and...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $2,360,706 Project Grant under the Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554) to the Nfria-Wserc Conservation Center, Inc. (doing business as the Western Slope Conservation Center) on April 11, 2024. The project will modernize the Farmers Ditch diversion and headgate structures in west-central Colorado to improve upstream fish passage, increase diversion efficiency, and enhance safety for boaters. Key project...

Protectores De Cuencas Inc. was awarded a $1,664,909.78 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 to design and construct a customized fish passage at the Culebrinas River Dam in Puerto Rico. The project aims to address connectivity limitations and facilitate migration for native freshwater fish species in the river, which rely on a diadromous life cycle requiring migration between freshwater and marine environments. Through this two-year...

This $260,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program (CFDA 15.631) will fund the removal and replacement of an undersized culvert on Little Grass Valley Creek in Weaverville, California. The new 13x10 elliptical culvert will provide full, unimpeded fish passage for anadromous species like coho salmon, steelhead, and Pacific lamprey to access five miles of cold water spawning and rearing...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5 awarded a $100,000 Cooperative Agreement under the National Fish Passage (CFDA 15.685) program to the New River Land Trust. The project will implement an aquatic connectivity and habitat enhancement initiative along the North Fork Roanoke River in Blacksburg, VA. Key activities include removing one severe fish passage barrier, enhancing 0.5 mile of in-stream habitat through stream restoration and streambank stabilization, and...

This $1,411,634.35 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) supports the final phase of a 25-year fisheries restoration effort in the Rio Costilla watershed in New Mexico. The grant to Trout Unlimited, Inc. will address the remaining fish passage barriers within the watershed to establish the largest metapopulation of Rio Grande cutthroat trout within its historic range. Additionally, the project aims to expedite fish...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded Smith River Alliance Inc. a $348,199 cooperative agreement under the National Fish Passage program to replace an undersized culvert barrier with a fish-passable structure on a tributary to Morrison Creek in northern California. The culvert replacement will improve access to 1.1 miles of habitat and support the National Fish Passage program's goal of reconnecting habitat fragmented by barriers. Specifically, Smith River Alliance...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685), awarded a $2,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Wallowa Lake Irrigation District in Oregon. The funding will be used to replace an existing diversion structure on the Wallowa River with a new adjustable diversion and fish ladder system. The project will also upgrade the intake structure for the Consolidated Ditch to include a vertical plate system with a fish bypass facility. This will improve water...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) awarded a $2,250,000 Project Grant under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission (AGFC) to mitigate five low water crossings in the Robinson Creek watershed. The project aims to restore Robinson Creek as a free-flowing stream for approximately 150 miles by removing or replacing the crossings with box culverts or span bridges. This will improve sediment transport, water quality, and aquatic habitat...