Recovery Act: Entiat Subbasin Habitat Improvement Project: Preston Reach, Entiat Wells

Post Date

December 7th 2009

Application Due Date

December 24th 2009

Funding Opportunity Number

10RA10FW001

CFDA Number(s)

15.517

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Natural Resources

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

County Governments

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $634000

• Award Range:

  $634000 - $634000

Grant Description

This Funding Announcement is not a request for applications. This announcement is to provide public notice of the Bureau of Reclamation’s intention to fund the following project activities without full and open competition. Cascadia Conservation District (CCD) is serving as a Project Sponsor to the Bureau of Reclamation to identify, secure funding for, and assist the implementation of prioritized projects developed to meet the objectives for habitat improvement in the Columbia and Snake River basins. The two projects with ARRA funding under this cooperative agreement are the Preston Reach Habitat Complexity Project on the Entiat River and the Entiat River Off-Stream Wells Implementation Project. The Objective of these projects are to restore passage for fish and address adverse affects associated with on-going in-river maintenance and operational activities associated with the diversion projects. Financial assistance for this project will carry out the public purpose of: improved access to spawning and rearing habitat; improved habitat quantity and quality for native endangered fish species including Spring Chinook salmon, Steelhead Trout, and Bull Trout; and improved fish passage; improved wildlife habitat; and improve public use of the rivers. Due to the complexity of the issues and the geographic location a great amount of activity must be coordinated involving State and local government units, private landowners, non-profit organizations, in addition to various Federal Agencies; including Reclamation, before a project is finalized. Coordination with local organizations and private landowners is essential to the overall success of habitat improvement in the Entiat Subbasin.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  Bureau of Reclamation

• Agency Contact:

  Bryant Lyndaker
  Financial Assistance Officer
  Phone 208-378-5138

• Agency Mailing Address:

  blyndaker@usbr.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  blyndaker@usbr.gov

• Location:

  Bureau of Reclamation - Pacific Northwest Region