Minerals. And Energy Coordination Office Of Species

Minerals And Energy Coordination Office Of Species, Species Conservation, Office Of Division is a U.S. local government entity—a division of the State of Idaho—that acts as a federal grant recipient delivering habitat restoration, salmon recovery, wildlife management, and livestock-predation conflict mitigation programs across Idaho. The entity is not a for-profit vendor and does not compete for federal contracts; it receives direct project grants and cooperative agreements from federal agencies for on-the-ground environmental and conservation work.

The organization operates primarily as a grant recipient under five federal grantor agencies: the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1, the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation, the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Region 4 (Intermountain), and the Federal Highway Administration. Across recent grant history, NOAA dominates the award count (20 awards) and Dollar volume, followed by DOI Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 (14 awards) and DOI Fish and Wildlife Service national (11 awards), together accounting for 88% of awards. The organization acts as the prime grant recipient on all 58 awards in the source portfolio; it performs no subrecipient work on other agencies' grants.

The office's capability portfolio centers on Pacific salmon and steelhead habitat restoration and monitoring under ESA recovery plans, with emphasis on fish passage improvement, streambank and floodplain restoration, and cold-water refugia enhancement. Representative work includes a $23.94 million NOAA Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery grant (CFDA 11.438, award date Sep 1, 2023, ultimate completion Aug 31, 2028) funding restoration projects across multiple Idaho watersheds with sub-awards to the Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho Department of Fish and Game, and local soil and water conservation districts; a $4.208 million NOAA Cooperative Agreement (Apr 1, 2023, completion Mar 31, 2027) for fish passage barrier replacement on four culverts in the Upper Snake River and Clearwater Basin; an $19.285 million five-year NOAA Pacific Salmon Treaty grant (Jul 1, 2022 through Jun 30, 2027) supporting instream habitat improvements across 30+ miles of streams and juvenile salmonid monitoring; and a $816,410 Department of Agriculture Forest Service Cooperative Agreement under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Capital Maintenance and Improvement program (CFDA 10.718, awarded Jun 28, 2023, completion Jun 30, 2028) for Upper Salmon Basin watershed restoration. The office also administers wolf-livestock conflict compensation and prevention programs funded by DOI Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1, including a $471,000 grant (Aug 15, 2023, completion Jan 1, 2027) supporting livestock loss compensation at fair market value and prevention incentives for range riders, guard dogs, and fencing equipment, alongside a more recent $471,000 award (Aug 28, 2024, completion Jan 1, 2028) for the same purpose. Most recent activity includes a $525,000 Federal Highway Administration Highway Planning and Construction grant (CFDA 20.205, awarded Jul 30, 2026, completion Mar 31, 2027) for Tower Creek culvert installation or improvement in Boise.

Activity has declined sharply from prior years (one award in 2022, five in 2023, three in 2024, one each in 2025 and 2026), and five awards carrying ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months face recompete exposure. Combined dollars obligated across all awards ($176.9 million) far exceed combined potential value ($52 thousand in the source), indicating that invoiced performance significantly outpaces initial award valuations—a pattern consistent with multi-year cooperative agreements and project grants where work scope and dollar obligation grow during execution.