Central Valley, Trinity River Division, Trinity River Fish and Wildlife Management

 

To address impacts of the Central Valley Project (CVP) on fish, wildlife, and associated habitats in the Trinity River basin of California by protecting, restoring, and enhancing such habitats and to address other identified adverse environmental impacts of the Central Valley Project.

Active 15.532 Bureau of Reclamation, Department of The Interior B - Project Grants Fiscal Year 2017 Information not available. Program accomplishments for 2017 include the Sheridan Deep Gulch channel rehabilitation project that was funded and implemented in FY17 and continuing into FY18, FY17 gravel augmentation, and implementation of a flow hydrograph for a designated “Extremely Wet” Water Year type including maximum allowable cfs flows in the spring of 2017. TRRP published outreach materials including newspaper articles, informational brochures, and regular articles in the Trinity County Resource Conservation District’s quarterly newsletter, the Conservation Almanac and the TRRP Annual Report.
Fiscal Year 2018 Program accomplishments for 2018 include gravel augmentation; advancing several channel rehabilitation designs, implementation of a novel "Critically Dry" year hydrograph; publication of outreach materials including newspaper articles, informational brochures, and regular articles in the Trinity County Resource Conservation District’s quarterly newsletter, the Conservation Almanac and the TRRP Annual Report; funding of several ongoing monitoring projects including the Willow Creek and Junction City weirs; and funding of several tributary restoration projects to reduce fine sediment input, remove barriers to fish passage, and increase dry season flows in a key tributary of the Trinity River.
Fiscal Year 2019 Completed construction of the Chapman Ranch Phase A channel restoration project, our largest to date, via agreements with the Hoopa Valley and Yurok Tribes. Floodplain development and county road permitting for current and future projects were completed via an agreement with Trinity County. Continued to fund long-term monitoring studies as well as hatchery operations in support of fisheries management in the Trinity basin via agreements with the Yurok and Hoopa Valley Tribes and California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Fiscal Year 2020 South Fork Trinity River Road upgrade.
Fiscal Year 2021 West Weaver Creek vegetation.
Fiscal Year 2023 Ongoing project funding: CA Dept of Water Resources: TRRP Technical Assistance & Design Support CA Dept of Fish & Wildlife: TRRP Technical Assistance, Trinity RIver Chinook Run Size Estimation, Trinity River Redd Distribution and Carcass Surveys, and Sport Harvest/Trintiy Creel Survey Trinity County: TRRP Technical Assistance & Permitting Support National Fish & Wildlife Foundation: Watershed Restoration Grant Administration Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CVPIA), 1992, Public Law 102-575, Title 34, Section 3406(b)(1).
-An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the Trinity River division, Central Valley project, California, under Federal reclamation laws, Public Law 84-386, Statute ,
-To provide for the restoration of the fish and wildlife in the Trinity River Basin, California, and for other purposes., Public Law 98-541 State and local entities, public nonprofit institutions/organizations, other public institutions/organizations, Federally recognized Indian Tribal governments, small businesses, profit organizations, private nonprofit institutions/organizations, quasi- public nonprofit institutions/organizations, and other private institutions/organizations. General public, public institutions/organizations, Federally recognized Indian Tribal Governments, small businesses, profit organizations, private nonprofit institutions/organizations, quasi-public nonprofit institutions/organizations, and other private institutions/organizations. Not applicable. Preapplication coordination is required. An environmental impact statement is required for this listing. An environmental impact assessment is required for this listing. Environmental compliance for this program may be required depending on the scope of the specific project funded. This may result in the need for an environmental impact assessment or environmental impact statement prior to the commencement of project activities. 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. A Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) will be posted at Grants.gov as funding is made available by the Bureau of Reclamation. Applications shall include: 1) A detailed written technical proposal that should include information such as a scope of work which separates the work into major tasks, the approach proposed to accomplish the work, type of personnel who will participate in accomplishing the work, background and location of applicant, any equipment that will be utilized by the project applicant, experience in this type of work, an estimate of the costs and/or cost savings, any economic benefit, and any other information that may be useful for proposal evaluation. 2) A detailed cost proposal including a budget covering salaries and wages, fringe benefits, travel, equipment, supplies, subcontracts, indirect cost rates, funding sources and commitments, cost-sharing, and a breakdown of costs by task. In addition, applicants must submit all applicable SF 424 forms, which are referenced in the NOFO. The number of awards, maximum funding amount per award, and areas of interest for which proposals will be considered, are determined on an annual basis and are dependent upon the annual appropriation from Congress. Proposals received in response to the FOA are reviewed on the basis of a competitive, merit-based review process, and are rated in accordance with the evaluation criteria stated in the FOA. The review team will consist of Federal personnel and qualified non-Federal personnel when specific expertise is required by the review team. The Bureau of Reclamation will make awards to the highest rated proposals based on the amount of funding available each year. The Bureau of Reclamation reserves the right to prioritize projects based on availability of funds and to ensure balance among the program objectives listed in the FOA. Contact the headquarters or regional location, as appropriate for application deadlines Varies depending on the type and complexity of the project. Further information will be provided for each specific project at the time the funding opportunity announcement is posted on www.grants.gov. None. Final award decisions are not subject to appeal; however, the Bureau of Reclamation will provide all applicants with information on why their proposals were not selected for award. If renewals or extensions are applicable to the project, this information will be included in the funding opportunity announcement. When renewals or extensions are applicable, continuation of funding for these activities is at the discretion of Congress and will be subject to availability of appropriated funds. Evaluation criteria will vary according to project and will be included in the funding announcements posted on www.grants.gov. All funding is discretionary and intended for projects that support the goals and objectives of the Program and meet the requirements specified in the CVPIA and Record of Decision. Performance Reports: Unless otherwise stated in the agreement document, recipients shall submit the following reports on an annual basis: (1) SF-425, Federal Financial Report; and (2) Program Performance Reports. Upon completion of the agreement, recipients shall submit a final: (1) SF-425, Federal Financial Report; and (2) Program Performance Report; and (3) other specific reports that may be applicable to the agreement such as property inventories, and patent and invention disclosures. Not applicable. All recipients of Federal awards shall maintain project records in accordance with 2 CFR 200.333 Retention requirements for records. Financial records, supporting documents, statistical records, and all other non-Federal entity records pertinent to a Federal award must be retained for a period of three years from the date of submission of the final expenditure report or, for Federal awards that are renewed quarterly or annually, from the date of the submission of the quarterly or annual financial report, respectively, as reported to the Federal awarding agency or pass-through entity in the case of a sub recipient. Federal awarding agencies and pass-through entities must not impose any other record retention requirements upon non-Federal entities, except as noted in 2 CFR 200.333. Statutory formula is not applicable to this assistance listing.

Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. Proposals will be requested for projects of varying durations. Payment terms vary by agreement awarded under this program. Bureau of Reclamation, Trinity River Restoration Program, Attn: Mike Dixon, P.O. Box 1300, Weaverville, CA 96093. Telephone: 530-623-1811. Mike Dixon
Bureau of Reclamation, Trinity River Restoration Program, Attn: Mike Dixon, P.O. Box 1300
Weaverville, CA 96093 US
mdixon@usbr.gov
Phone: 530-623-1811
Fax: 530-623-5944 http://www.usbr.gov/mp/ncao/ 14-0680-0-1-300 (Cooperative Agreements (Discretionary Grants)) FY 23$2,000,000.00; FY 24 est $2,000,000.00; FY 25 est $2,000,000.00; FY 22$20,099,694.00; FY 21$2,402,043.00; FY 20$9,614,645.00; FY 19$12,140,790.00; FY 18$3,526,997.00; FY 17$7,707,625.00; - Range $48,652-$3,862,051 Average $1,115,849 2 CFR 200 UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS, COST PRINCIPLES, AND AUDIT REQUIREMENTS FOR FEDERAL AWARDS and the applicable OMB Circulars. These documents may also be obtained by contacting the Bureau of Reclamation Office listed below. Fiscal Year 2017 Information not available. Fiscal Year 2017 examples of funded projects include Public Information and Outreach to organize public meetings about Restoration projects, multiple landowner meetings and educational outreach. Watershed Coordination with the local Watershed Council identifies common needs and develops projects annually for implementation, including cooperative projects for road decommissioning to reduce sediment, improve fish passage and increase access to available habitat. Other examples of funded projects included Fisheries Surveys: in-river run size estimation for spring and fall run Chinook, fall run steelhead and coho salmon; harvest outmigration population estimates for Chinook; coho salmon pre-spawn mortality estimates for Chinook; coho salmon late summer adult disease monitoring in the Klamath River below Trinity confluence; distribution and density across the 40 mile rehabilitation reach; and habitat assessment for fry and juvenile rearing habitat in the forty mile rehabilitation reach. Channel rehabilitation design and implementation restoration projects included construction of the largest ever TRRP restoration site in 2017 and 2018.
Fiscal Year 2018 Information not available.
Fiscal Year 2019 Completed construction of the Chapman Ranch Phase A channel restoration project, our largest to date, via agreements with the Hoopa Valley and Yurok Tribes. Floodplain development and county road permitting for current and future projects were completed via an agreement with Trinity County. Continued to fund long-term monitoring studies as well as hatchery operations in support of fisheries management in the Trinity basin via agreements with the Yurok and Hoopa Valley Tribes and California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Fiscal Year 2022 DWR, CDFW, and Trinity County are non-competitive awards that are funded annually. NFWF currently has a 5-year grant to select and administer sub-awards; a total of three awards were made based on 4 applications in 2022.
Fiscal Year 2023 4 awards were made to 4 applicants in 2023 addressing impacts of the Central Valley Project (CVP) on fish, wildlife, and associated habitats in the Trinity River basin of California.