The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation awarded the Yurok Tribe a $1,020,849 Project Grant under the Indian Tribal Water Resources Development, Management, and Protection program (CFDA 15.519) to mitigate drought impacts and restore salmon habitat in the Klamath Basin. The grant provides funding for the following activities over a period from September 2024 to May 2027: McGarvey Creek Restoration Tribal Stewardship: 2 years of tribal stewardship, installation of 20 Constructed...
The Karuk Tribe of California will receive $1,599,906 under a Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to support fisheries habitat restoration and project management activities through September 2027. Funded under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631), the award will allow the Karuk Tribe to hire a full-time Habitat Restoration Project Manager to lead planning, design, permitting, implementation and effectiveness monitoring for fisheries habitat...
The federal Project Grant award R24AP00566, funded by the Bureau of Reclamation under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act Program (CFDA 15.517), supports a comprehensive effort to rehabilitate and restore areas affected by a major forest fire in the Klamath River watershed. The $1,218,774 award, with a performance period from August 2024 to December 2026, will enable the Yurok Tribe to: Address decimated riparian vegetation on 12 stream reaches, restoring over 300 acres of riparian zones...
This federal Project Grant award of $449,324 from the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (CFDA 15.517) program will fund a 4-year study by the Karuk Tribe of California to monitor juvenile salmonid survival and migration rates in the Klamath River basin. The project will use acoustic tags to track wild and hatchery-raised Chinook salmon in the Scott, Salmon, Trinity, and Klamath Rivers, and install an array of 32 acoustic receivers...
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation awarded The Klamath Tribes a $780,000 Project Grant under the Indian Tribal Water Resources Development, Management, and Protection program (CFDA 15.519). The grant will fund two key activities: Implementation of final restoration designs for the Williamson River Drought Resiliency Project at Rocky Ford Ranch. This will help the Tribe develop, manage, and protect their water and related resources. Provide funding to the Tribe to complete their NEPA compliance...
This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the Indian Tribal Water Resources Development, Management, and Protection program (CFDA 15.519) will fund a $1,075,123 project to monitor juvenile salmonid survival and migration patterns in the Klamath River Basin in California over four years from 2023 to 2026. The Hoopa Valley Tribe will use acoustic tags to track the movement of wild and hatchery-raised juvenile Chinook salmon from the...
The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $261,870 Project Grant under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act Program (CFDA 15.517) to the Yurok Tribe in California. The grant will fund a 4-year project to monitor juvenile salmon survival and migration patterns in the Klamath River basin. The project will use acoustic tags to track up to 400 wild and hatchery-raised Chinook salmon from the Scott, Salmon, and Trinity Rivers to the Klamath River estuary. An array of 32 acoustic receivers will be...
This $999,929 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act Program (CFDA 15.517) will support a comprehensive monitoring and assessment effort associated with the removal of the Klamath River dams in Oregon. The project aims to quantify the abundance and migration patterns of salmon and steelhead as access to over 400 miles of previously blocked habitat is restored. Key activities include operating a...
This $1,000,000 Project Grant award from the Bureau of Reclamation under the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CFDA 15.512) will implement the Clear Creek Adaptive Restoration Program (CCARP) over a 5-year period from September 2024 to December 2028. The key activities to be performed include: Anadromous fish habitat restoration and management through annual spawning gravel augmentation in Clear Creek. Restoration of ecosystem processes and expansion of fish habitat in the Clear Creek...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through its Fish and Wildlife Coordination and Assistance program (CFDA 15.664), awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant to the Klamath Drainage District Inc. to conduct a feasibility analysis for hydrologically reconnecting the Klamath River to the historic Lower Klamath Lake. This effort aims to restore critical wetland habitat that was lost due to historical water management practices in the Klamath Basin. The grant will support the development of a conceptual...