The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation has awarded a $816,723 Project Grant under the Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Program (CFDA 15.580) to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) and the Hood River Watershed Group (HRWG). The funding will be used to complete the study and design of five stream restoration projects across the East Fork Hood River, Neal Creek, and Baldwin Creek sub-watersheds in north-central Oregon. The projects aim to remove two fish passage...
This $185,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631) supports Trout Unlimited, Inc. in the restoration of Crane Creek in Oregon. The key activities to be delivered include: Designing the removal and replacement of a culvert that currently acts as a complete barrier to fish passage, including obtaining necessary approvals from the Natural Resources Conservation Service. The next phase will then implement...
The Freshwater Trust will provide habitat restoration and monitoring services under a $1.1 million cooperative agreement awarded by the Bureau of Reclamation from the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act program. Through September 2027, The Freshwater Trust will monitor and maintain instream habitat and riparian zone enhancement projects constructed on the Rogue River to support habitat requirements under the Rogue Basin Biological Opinion. Specific activities include visually assessing instream...
This $692,624.14 Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Reclamation under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (CFDA 15.517) program aims to restore ESA-listed salmon and steelhead populations in the Grande Ronde Basin of Oregon. The key activities include: Targeted PIT tagging of juvenile salmonids to estimate hatchery and natural origin predation Developing a release group study to address overall mortality in the valley Evaluating the impacts of hatchery release pulses on...
The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $199,045.75 Project Grant under the Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554) to Trout Unlimited, Inc. to coordinate the development of a restoration plan for the Salt River Watershed in western Wyoming and eastern Idaho. The project will involve meeting with landowners, conducting habitat surveys and water quality monitoring, and developing a prioritized project list to address degraded aquatic, riparian, and wetland habitats within the...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $967,781 Project Grant under the Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Program (CFDA 15.580) to the Lake County Umbrella Watershed Council. The grant will fund the development of restoration project designs to benefit the native Chewaucan redband trout across 13 tributaries of the Upper Chewaucan River in south-central Oregon. Key project activities include replacing fish passage barrier culverts, modifying irrigation diversions for...
The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $4,884,753 Project Grant under the Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Program (CFDA 15.580) to the State of Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW). The grant will fund the restoration of fish passage in the North Fork Klaskanine River by providing a fish passage structure at the Ogee Dam. This project builds upon previous efforts to remove one dam and install a fish passage structure at another dam, and will provide access to...
This Project Grant award 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) will provide $489,454 to the Nez Perce Soil and Water Conservation District to improve anadromous fish habitat for federally listed steelhead trout in the Tom Beall Creek watershed, a tributary to Lapwai Creek in northern Idaho. The key project activities include removing an existing box culvert that prohibits...
The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $999,929 Project Grant under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (CFDA 15.517) program to California Trout, Inc. for a 3-year project. The purpose of this grant is to monitor and evaluate the ecological impacts of removing the Klamath River dams, which will open over 400 miles of previously blocked fish habitat. Key project activities include using sonar, species composition sampling, and radio telemetry to estimate salmon and steelhead abundance and...
This $10,000,000 federal Cooperative Agreement award, granted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Habitat Conservation Program (CFDA 11.463), supports Trout Unlimited, Inc. in designing and installing engineered log jams, as well as conducting riparian restoration treatments, in the Queets-Clearwater watershed. The project aims to increase wild coho salmon output, which was previously subject to a declared fisheries disaster, by restoring critical floodplain...