Chautauqua County Soil And Water Conservation District

Chautauqua County Soil And Water Conservation District (doing business as Chautauqua County Swcd), a U.S. local government entity headquartered in Jamestown, New York, receives federal grants as a prime recipient for stream restoration and aquatic habitat enhancement work in western New York tributaries of Lake Erie. The organization is structured as a local government-owned entity and does not hold federal contracts or contract vehicles; its federal footprint is exclusively grant-based.

Chautauqua County Swcd's recent grant portfolio centers on natural channel design stream restoration under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Representative prime grant work includes a $143,385 Cooperative Agreement (awarded July 1, 2024, with ultimate completion August 31, 2025) to rehabilitate a 550-foot stretch of Canadaway Creek in the Village of Fredonia, enhancing aquatic habitat and fish passage between Lake Erie and its tributaries using natural restoration techniques, and a $143,385 Cooperative Agreement for a 250-foot restoration of Chautauqua Creek in the Town of Westfield, protecting public fishing access while restoring steelhead and trout spawning habitat. Chautauqua County Swcd also acts as a sub-recipient managing project implementation under Erie County Soil & Water Conservation District on a stormwater remediation project at Hyde Creek and Main Street Beach in Dunkirk, coordinating construction oversight and financial reporting (awarded September 28, 2022).

The vendor's customer base is entirely within the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service ecosystem, accounting for 100% of recent awards across seven prime and one sub-award relationship (eight total awards since 2014, combined obligated dollars of $1.8 million). Activity shows two awards in 2024 following a multi-year gap; the two most recent awards (combined value $286,770) both reach ultimate completion by August 31, 2025. The organization operates at the intersection of soil and water conservation practice and federal environmental grant administration, with no commercial contracting exposure or parent vehicle seats.