Project Grant R25AP00383
- The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $179,972 Project Grant under the Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554) to Learning By Doing, Inc. in Hot Sulphur Springs, CO. The funding will support a collaborative, locally-led effort involving agricultural, industrial, state, federal, and nonprofit stakeholders to improve the aquatic environment at the headwaters of the Colorado River in northern Colorado. Key activities include enhancing public awareness, facilitating consensus-based...
- The Bureau of Reclamation, through its WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507), awarded a $3,348,446 Project Grant (Award ID R24AP00229) to the Mancos Conservation District in Mancos, Colorado. The funding will support the Mancos Watershed Resiliency Project, which aims to improve watershed health and climate change resilience in the Mancos River watershed. The project activities include upgrading three agricultural diversion structures,...
- The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $300,000 Project Grant under the Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554) to the Mesa Soil Conservation District in Grand Junction, Colorado. The funding will support the Grand Valley Water Committee, an existing watershed group, in the Colorado Headwaters-Plateau Watershed. Key activities include increasing community awareness and engagement, developing a watershed management matrix to prioritize local projects, and completing design work...
- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $359,919 WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) Project Grant (CFDA 15.507) to the Coalition for the Poudre River Watershed (CPRW) to design upgrades to the Whitney and Eaton diversion structures on the Poudre River in northern Colorado. The project aims to improve fish passage and restore a half-mile section of the river, which is currently disconnected from its floodplain. Once complete, the...
- The Lefthand Watershed Oversight Group, located in Longmont, Colorado, received a $500,616 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) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 15.507). The grant will support the development of engineered designs and specifications for a ditch enhancement and watershed health project at the Haldi Intake along the Left Hand Creek Ditch system. This project will...
- The Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District, in collaboration with the Kawuneeche Valley Ecosystem Restoration Collaborative (KVERC), received a $1,182,400 Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Program (CFDA 15.580). The award will fund a study and design project to restore the Kawuneeche Valley in Rocky Mountain National Park to a natural beaver-willow ecosystem. Key activities include developing...
- 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...
- This $2,018,051 federal Project Grant award, funded by 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), will support the Sage Creek Watershed Restoration for Drought Resilience and Sediment Control project. Key activities include: 1) construction of 50 new beaver dam analogs, expansion of 20 existing beaver dam analogs, and material supplements to 15 naturally occurring beaver dams on 2...
- The Bostwick Park Conservancy District in Montrose County, Colorado, was awarded a $3,902,940 Project Grant 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). The grant will fund the automation of turnouts and intake structures, installation of measurement equipment, and integration of the Shinn Park and Waterdog Laterals into the district's communication and supervisory control and...
- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $222,372.99 Project Grant to the Community Agriculture Alliance, in partnership with the Upper Yampa Water Conservancy District, located in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. The grant, funded through the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507), will be used to automate critical diversion headgates on the Bear River in the Yampa River Basin, including installing a communication base...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $1,287,812.35 Project Grant to the Boulder Watershed Collective, a community watershed group in Boulder, Colorado, under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) grant program (CFDA 15.507). The funding will support the restoration and improvement of 181 acres of degraded aquatic and riparian habitat, as well as 2.8 miles of wet meadow streams in the Boulder Creek Watershed. Key project activities include constructing in-stream log structures, planting native vegetation, and reintroducing beaver populations to reduce channel incision, reconnect floodplains, restore eroded gullies, and improve aquatic habitat. These restoration efforts will also re-hydrate wet meadows, improve water quality, and attenuate downstream flooding. The project area provides habitat for threatened species such as the greenback cutthroat trout and southern Rocky Mountain boreal toad. The award was made on November 19, 2025, with a target completion date of September 30, 2030.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $954.2k | 11/19/25 |