Juvenile winter-run Chinook salmon
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced a Notice of Funding Opportunity for projects that collect information on Chinook salmon, rainbow trout, green sturgeon, white sturgeon, and Delta smelt.
Reclamation and the Service are awarding up to $5 million (subject to appropriations) in fiscal year 2025 to projects that collect biological information on select fish populations in the Central Valley and Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. The information will be used to reduce uncertainties in existing decision support models, which are used to evaluate recovery strategies for Chinook salmon, rainbow trout, green sturgeon, white sturgeon, and Delta smelt. Eligible projects include field and laboratory research studies that are aimed at measuring fish growth and survival rates, movement, spawning population size, abundance and distribution, and many others.
For a complete list of eligible projects and application requirements, view the Notice of Funding Opportunity at https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/356519. Search online at https://grants.gov/ for the Notice of Funding Opportunity by key words – e.g., Central Valley Project Fish Information Needs; CFDA - 15.512 or 15.648; or opportunity number R24AS00329. Applications will be selected through a competitive process focused on achieving the outcomes identified in the Notice of Funding Opportunity.
Contact the following personnel for more information:
Jenna Paul, civil engineer, Reclamation - jpaul@usbr.gov or 279-219-6343
Pam Taber, acting CVPIA program manager, Reclamation – ptaber@usbr.gov or 916-413-5714
Steve Whiteman, CVPIA administrator, Fish and Wildlife Service – steve_whiteman@fws.gov or 916-978-6190
