The Illinois Valley Soil & Water Conservation District (Ivswcd) was awarded a $113,744 Project Grant by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720). The funding supports the development and updating of community wildfire protection plans in Oregon until August 2027. Additionally, Ivswcd has received sub-awards from the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board for initiatives focused on...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $5,149,141 WaterSMART (CFDA 15.507) project grant to the Malheur Watershed Council, in partnership with the Vale Oregon Irrigation District, to convert 10.4 miles of open-earthen irrigation canals to plastic irrigation pipe in eastern Oregon. This project is expected to result in annual water savings of 4,888 acre-feet, which will benefit the federally listed bull trout by helping to achieve a carryover pool in Beulah...
The Grant Soil & Water Conservation District was awarded a $237,109.25 cooperative agreement by the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act program. The award will support habitat improvement projects associated with water systems or supplies affected by Bureau of Reclamation projects in John Day, Oregon through December 31, 2025. Specifically, the Conservation District will work to improve fish and wildlife habitat in the area in...
The Deschutes River Conservancy (Conservancy) received a $199,500 Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation through the Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554). The Conservancy will support the Deschutes Basin Water Collaborative in developing the Upper Deschutes Sub-Basin Water Management Plan to guide implementation of watershed management projects. Recent studies identified water shortages up to 400,000 acre-feet affecting river function,...
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) provides $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 activities include removing an existing box culvert that prohibits upstream fish...
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) provides $604,078 to the Nez Perce Soil and Water Conservation District to improve watershed health across three sites in Idaho and enhance over 10,000 feet of stream for juvenile steelhead habitat. Key activities include installing approximately 108 small wood structures, replacing a culvert, and completing 129...
The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $299,319 Project Grant under the Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554) to Trout Unlimited, Inc. to continue coordination of watershed restoration planning in the Lower South Fork Boise Watershed in Idaho. The grant supports stakeholder and community outreach, research on project feasibility, and production of a stakeholder-driven watershed restoration plan. The project aims to address concerns over water supplies, aquatic and riparian...
This Bureau of Reclamation WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) Project Grant award of $931,402 to Trout Unlimited, Inc., in partnership with the Montana Natural Resource Damage Program (NRDP) and the Clark Fork Coalition, will fund the design of infrastructure improvements at ten irrigation diversion sites in the Upper Clark Fork River Basin in western Montana. The project aims to provide fish and recreational boat passage, screen irrigation ditches, and improve...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation, through the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 15.507), awarded $4,368,496.00 to Trout Unlimited, Inc. on September 17, 2024. The grant will fund a project in which Trout Unlimited, in collaboration with the Middle Colorado Agriculture Collaborative, will upgrade, relocate, or combine six diversion structures to remove in-stream barriers and open approximately five miles of...
The Trout Unlimited, Inc. was awarded a $231,714 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 under the Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance federal grant program (CFDA 15.608). The grant will support implementation of low-technology process-based restoration techniques throughout the Sprague River watershed in Oregon from September 30, 2022 to September 30, 2027. Activities will include providing technical support to local restoration crews,...