This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Habitat Partnership (CFDA 15.686) provides $303,332 to the Kenai Watershed Forum (KWF), a non-profit organization in Soldotna, Alaska. The award period is from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026. The primary products and services supported by this funding include: Coordination services for the Kenai Peninsula Fish Habitat Partnership, including meeting facilitation, website maintenance, and an...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 awarded Kenai Watershed Forum Inc. a $131,497 Project Grant under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951). The grant will support the grantee's implementation of a project to design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices in Kenai Peninsula, Alaska through July 2025. Specifically, Kenai Watershed Forum will expand delivery of its Adopt-a-Stream curriculum to underserved youth and communities. Activities will...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $359,208 Cooperative Agreement to the Kenai Watershed Forum (doing business as Kenai Watershed Forum Inc.), a non-profit organization in Alaska, under the National Fish Habitat Partnership program (CFDA 15.686). This funding supports the Kenai Watershed Forum's efforts to coordinate the Kenai Peninsula Fish Habitat Partnership, conduct invasive species surveys and eradication, deliver environmental education programs like Adopt-a-Stream, recruit and...
The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $299,158 Project Grant under the Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554) to the Lower Clark Fork Watershed Group in western Montana. The funding will enable the group to continue collaborating with stakeholders to address water quality and temperature issues in the Lower Clark Fork Watershed. Planned activities include engaging stakeholders to reduce road impacts, designing shovel-ready projects focused on revegetation and connectivity to...
The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $321,118 Project Grant under the Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA #15.554) to the Upper Merced River Watershed Council. The grant will support the Council's efforts to protect water quality and biodiversity within the Upper Merced River Watershed in central California. Key project activities include expanding the Council's volunteer base, launching a community awareness program, and establishing a comprehensive monitoring plan. The Council will...
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $300,000 Project Grant under the Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554) to the Watershed Restoration Coalition of the Upper Clark Fork Inc. The grant will fund collaborative efforts to address water use challenges in the Upper Clark Fork River watershed in western Montana. Key activities include expanding stakeholder engagement, creating a matrix of proposed flow restoration priorities, and drafting a five-year strategic plan. This...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program (CFDA 66.608) provides $298,221 to the South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources (DANR) to enhance its water quality data management capabilities. The key project activities include: migrating historical water chemistry data to a new centralized database system (WISKI), expanding WISKI to also house biological and physical habitat data,...
The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $300,000 Project Grant on December 16, 2024 to the Jefferson River Watershed Council under the Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554). The funding will support the Council's efforts to improve water quality and quantity within the Jefferson River Watershed in southwestern Montana. Key activities include completing a watershed restoration plan with stakeholder input, designing and implementing low-tech, process-based restoration projects along...
The Norton Bay Inter-Tribal Watershed Council will receive $182,831 from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554) to complete a watershed restoration plan for the Norton Bay watershed in Alaska from March 2023 through December 2025. The Council will collect baseline data on water quality and quantity, map watershed features, review best practices, and engage stakeholders to identify high-priority restoration projects...
This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202), provides $1,875,000.00 in funding to the Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska to implement a drinking water infrastructure project. The key activities include project design, oversight, and the installation of new water lines, hydrants, and valves throughout the work area. The anticipated deliverables are project designs and the installation...
The Kenai Watershed Forum (KWF) was awarded a $161,058 Project Grant from the Bureau of Reclamation's Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554) to maintain water quality in the Kenai River watershed. Over the 2-year grant period ending in September 2027, KWF will:
Curate and publicly archive its historic water quality data, and develop a quality assurance pipeline for ongoing data management.
Create an online interactive interface to make the Kenai River water quality data accessible to both the public and professionals.
Communicate technical water quality findings to local stakeholders and gather their feedback through a series of meetings.
Finalize a Kenai River Water Quality Action Framework, a guidance document for managers and property owners on future water quality management.
This project aims to leverage KWF's extensive water quality data and partnerships to develop collaborative, data-driven strategies for maintaining the ecological health of the vital Kenai River watershed.