The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $535,270 Project Grant under the Indian Tribal Water Resources Development, Management, and Protection program (CFDA 15.519) to the Hoopa Valley Public Utilities District (HVPUD), a federally recognized tribal government entity. The grant funding will allow HVPUD to assess, upgrade, and repair irrigation systems within the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation to improve water efficiency for recreational, agricultural, and community uses. Key project activities...
This 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 provide $1,075,123 to the Hoopa Valley Tribe to monitor juvenile salmonid survival and migration rates in the Scott, Salmon, and Trinity Rivers and the Klamath River estuary. The project will involve surgically implanting acoustic tags in up to 400 juvenile Chinook salmon each year from 2023 to 2026...
The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $710,992 Project Grant under the Applied Science Grants program (CFDA 15.557) to the Snoqualmie Indian Tribe in Snoqualmie, Washington. The 2-year and 3-month award, effective from November 2024 to February 2027, will support the Snoqualmie Tribe's "Data Driven Headwaters Management Project." The grant funds will be used to collect flow and water quality data in the North Fork Tolt River watershed and produce databases, GIS maps, and a tailored...
The Hoopa Valley Tribe received a $183,048 project grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the Central Valley, Trinity River Division, Trinity River Fish and Wildlife Management federal grant program (CFDA 15.532). The award period is from July 1, 2021 through December 31, 2022 to address impacts of the Central Valley Project on fish, wildlife, and associated habitats in the Trinity River basin of California. Specifically, the funding will support efforts to...
The Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $373,000 Project Grant to the Coyote Valley Tribal Council, doing business as the Coyote Valley Band Of Pomo Indians, under the Indian Tribal Water Resources Development, Management, and Protection (CFDA 15.519) program. The grant will assist the tribe in developing, managing, and protecting their water and related resources through the following key activities: Developing a tribal water monitoring plan, including surface and...
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), provides $386,587 to the Big Pine Paiute Tribe of the Owens Valley in California. The grant will fund the replacement of two outdated standpipes and two cleanout structures that are integral to the tribe's irrigation water distribution system. This project aims to improve the efficiency,...
This $111,000 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 assist the Round Valley Indian Tribes in California to develop, manage, and protect their water and related resources. The key activities to be performed under this grant include: meeting with other basin users to prioritize water needs and allocation, developing a groundwater management plan to...
The 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) to implement restoration designs on the Williamson River Drought Resiliency Project and provide support for the Tribe's NEPA compliance work on various Klamath Basin Tribal Drought awards. The grant, awarded on September 19, 2024, will assist the Tribe in developing, managing, and protecting their water and related...
The federal Project Grant award R24AP00564, funded by the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Indian Tribal Water Resources Development, Management, and Protection program (CFDA 15.519), will assist the Tule River Indian Tribal Council in Porterville, California, to develop, manage, and protect their water and related resources. The $397,556 award, with a project period from September 2024 to September 2026, will support the following key objectives: Completion of...
The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $1,020,849 Project Grant to the Yurok Tribe under the Indian Tribal Water Resources Development, Management, and Protection program (CFDA 15.519). The grant will fund several drought mitigation and salmon habitat restoration projects in the Klamath Basin over a 2.5-year period ending in May 2027. Key deliverables include: McGarvey Creek Restoration Tribal Stewardship: 2 years of tribal stewardship of at least 6 beaver dam analogs,...