Upper Columbia Region Habitat Improvement

Post Date

February 15th 2013

Application Due Date

March 1st 2013

Funding Opportunity Number

R13SS10001

CFDA Number(s)

15.517

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Natural Resources

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Other

This announcement is to provide public notice of the Bureau of Relamation's intention to fund these project activities without full and open competition.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $53921

• Award Range:

  $1 - $53921

Grant Description

The responsibilities for habitat improvement are shared among the Federal Columbia River Power System (FCRPS) agencies. 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 Upper Columbia Region, Entiat Subbasin (Subbasin). Except under special circumstances, Reclamation is unable to fund or participate directly in habitat improvement construction activities in the subbasins. Thus, Reclamation fulfills its FCRPS Biological Opinion (BiOp) obligations by funding рProject Sponsorsс who identify, fund, permit, manage, and monitor projects that meet Reclamationуs eligibility criteria. Implementation funding is largely obtained by Project Sponsors from grant funding agencies and organizations by submitting applications in a competitive process. This Agreement identifies a stream habitat improvement project which will: 1) obtain additional permanent instream flows in Roaring Creek; 2) remove the only two diversions from the creek; and 3) change the Point of Diversion for all Roaring Creek water users to the main stem Entiat River to enhance habitat for ESA-listed fish.

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