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 $299,124 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Fish and Aquatic Conservation - Aquatic Invasive Species program (CFDA 15.608) will support a monitoring project focused on the ecological restoration of the Klamath River in California. The primary objectives are to assess the reestablishment of salmon and steelhead populations as they return to their historical spawning grounds in the upper Klamath River basin following the removal of four dams. The...
This $999,929 federal Project Grant award from the Bureau of Reclamation under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act program (CFDA 15.517) will support a study on the impacts of removing the Klamath Dams in Oregon. The project aims to evaluate the effectiveness of dam removal and inform future restoration efforts by monitoring the abundance, migration patterns, and habitat usage of salmon and steelhead populations in the Klamath River. Key activities include operating a sonar fish counting...
The Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $175,705 Project Grant to Oregon State University under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (CFDA 15.517) program. The grant will fund a 27-month research project to monitor the dispersal and spawning patterns of juvenile Chinook salmon in Catherine Creek. Specifically, the grant will enable Oregon State University to use genetics-based parentage-based tagging (PBT) techniques to track the spatial distribution and migration of...
This federal Project Grant award, valued at $300,000.00 and awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination and Assistance program (CFDA 15.664), seeks to further define the strontium isoscape in the Klamath Basin and use this information to assess changes in life history diversity, production, and migratory pathways of fall-run Chinook salmon associated with dam removal. The project will leverage existing data collected over...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, under the Fish and Aquatic Conservation - Aquatic Invasive Species (CFDA 15.608) federal grant program, awarded a $117,153.94 Project Grant to the Yurok Tribe for the "Assessment of Anadromous Salmonid Stocks in Blue Creek on the Lower Klamath River." This 1-year project, running from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025, involves conducting weekly and bi-weekly spawning ground surveys to collect data on live fish, redds, and carcasses in Blue...
The Bureau of Reclamation awarded the Karuk Tribe of California a $944,750 Project Grant under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (CFDA 15.517) program to improve instream water availability, enhance fish habitat, and reduce water temperatures in Klamath River tributaries. The 3-year project, running from August 2024 to December 2026, will restore natural channel processes, fluvial patterns, and riparian conditions in 12 stream reaches that have been damaged by past placer mining activities....
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...
This federal Project Grant award under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Pacific Salmon Treaty Program (CFDA 11.438) is intended to gather baseline data to inform the feasibility of salmon reintroduction upstream of Chief Joseph and Grand Coulee Dams. The $700,000 award, made on September 1, 2024, will support the Coeur D'Alene Tribe in conducting several key research objectives, including: Estimating survival and travel time of juvenile...