This grant is for enhancing fish survival and habitat in the Upper Columbia Region, focusing on Idaho, Oregon, and Washington subbasins. The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) partners with Project Sponsors on non-Federal lands to implement actions addressing specific metric goals. These include installing fish screens, removing passage barriers, achieving instream flow targets, and increasing channel complexity. While Reclamation provides technical assistance and funding to Project Sponsors, they are responsible for project management and securing additional implementation funds. A key initiative involves a project in Roaring Creek to secure permanent instream flows, remove existing diversions, and relocate the point of diversion to the mainstem Entiat River, all designed to enhance habitat for ESA-listed fish species.
Opportunity ID: 221006
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | R13SS10001 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Upper Columbia Region Habitat Improvement |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Natural Resources |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 15.517 — Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Feb 15, 2013 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Mar 01, 2013 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Mar 01, 2013 |
| Archive Date: | Mar 31, 2013 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $53,921 |
| Award Ceiling: | $53,921 |
| Award Floor: | $1 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | This announcement is to provide public notice of the Bureau of Relamation’s intention to fund these project activities without full and open competition. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Bureau of Reclamation – Pacific Northwest Region |
| 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. Reclamations 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 Project Sponsors who identify, fund, permit, manage, and monitor projects that meet Reclamations 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. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Melinda Ritacco
Financial Assistance Specialist Phone 208-378-5103 Email:mritacco@usbr.gov |
Version History
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Related Documents
Folder 221006 Full Announcement-1 -> r13ss10001_tu.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Melinda Ritacco Financial Assistance Specialist Phone 208-378-5103 Email: mritacco@usbr.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15.517 | PKG00164982 | Mar 01, 2013 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
221006 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
221006 Project-1.1.pdf
221006 SF424B-1.1.pdf
221006 SF424A-1.0.pdf
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