Upper Salmon Anadramous Fishery Habitat Improvement, Garden Creek

Post Date

April 19th 2013

Application Due Date

May 3rd 2013

Funding Opportunity Number

R13AS10007

CFDA Number(s)

15.517

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Other

Funding Activity Categories

Natural Resources

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Other

This Funding Announcement is not a request for applications. This announcement is to provide public notice of the Bureau of Reclamationуs intention to fund the following project activities without full and open competition.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $100000

• Award Range:

  $1 - $100000

Grant Description

The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) currently provides technical assistance in eleven tributary subbasins in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. Actions identified in these subbasins are designed to improve survival of fish during spawning and rearing life stages. Reclamationуs responsibility for its subbasins is to work with willing partners on non-Federal lands to implement actions to meet specific metric goals that include: (1) fish screens that meet current criteria; (2) spawning and rearing access restored by removal of fish passage barriers; (3) meeting instream flow targets; and (4) increased miles of channel complexity in the subbasins. Except under special circumstances, Reclamation is unable to fund or participate directly in habitat improvement construction activities in the subbasins. Thus, Reclamation enters into agreements with willing partners, also known as рProject Sponsorsс who identify, fund, permit, manage, and monitor projects that meet Reclamationуs habitat improvement program objectives. CSWCD, a local government entity, works with many partners to sponsor fish habitat protection and passage activities in the Upper Salmon Subbasin (Subbasin). In 2010, Reclamation and CSWCD entered into an agreement whereby CSWCD, as Project Sponsor, would explore, develop, and coordinate potential fish habitat improvement projects within the Subbasin, and coordinate its investigations with Reclamation, landowners, and other interested parties. As of a result of the effort being performed under the 2010 agreement the CSWCD and Reclamation determined the need to drill a test well to determine if adequate water can be pumped to replace the Garden Creek diversion located in the Subbasin. It is expected that funding this effort will lead to stream habitat improvements within the Upper Salmon Subbasin, which will benefit anadromous fisheries. Therefore, it is Reclamationуs intent to provide funds to CSWCD for the oversight and monitoring activities for the well drilling effort.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  Bureau of Reclamation

• Agency Contact:

  Melinda Ritacco
  Financial Assistance Specialist
  Phone 208-378-5103

• Agency Mailing Address:

  mritacco@usbr.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  mritacco@usbr.gov

• Location:

  Bureau of Reclamation - Pacific Northwest Region

• More Information:

  www.grants.gov