NOAA Restoration Center
FishAmerica, in partnership with the NOAA Restoration Center
provides funding for on-the-ground, community-based projects
to restore habitat for marine and anadromous fish along the
coastal United States and the Great Lakes watershed.
The partnership funds local, hands-on efforts to restore
marine, estuarine and riparian habitats, including salt marshes,
seagrass beds, mangrove forests, and freshwater habitats
important to marine and anadromous fish species (fish like
salmon and striped bass that spawn in freshwater and migrate
to the sea). Funded projects involve community participation
through an educational or volunteer component tied to the
restoration activities.
Funding for 2008 is now available. Click here for the RFP, Application and other information.
2007 FAF/NOAA Funded Projects
Alaska
The Copper River Watershed Project of Cordova, Alaska was awarded $50,000 to improve fish passage and restore fish habitat for sockeye and Coho salmon in the Copper River.
California
The Bay Foundation of Morro Bay was awarded $50,000 to improve fish passage for steelhead populations and to restore floodplain areas for water quality improvement in the Morro Bay watershed. The Humboldt County Public Works Department was awarded $50,000 to remove fish barriers in the Lower Klamath watershed. The Salmon River Restoration Council was awarded $48,250 to remove Whites Gulch Dam along the Salmon River in Siskiyou County, California. The Salmon River is a major tributary to the Klamath River and is home to one of the last wild runs of spring Chinook salmon in the watershed.
Florida
The Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program was awarded $30,720 to restore the red mangrove population in Charlotte County, Florida. The Charlotte Harbor estuary and surrounding communities were devastated by Hurricane Charley in 2004. The Florida Institute for Saltwater Heritage was awarded $50,000 to restore mangrove and wetland habitat in Sarasota Bay, Florida. The Supporters of St. Vincent National Wildlife Refuge was awarded $22,407 to improve fisheries habitat in the St. Vincent National Wildlife Refuge. The refuge provides many recreational opportunities including both fresh and salt water fishing for the general public.
Massachusetts
The Town of Yarmouth, Massachusetts was awarded $30,000 to enhance tidal flows and remove fish passage barrier for striped bass in the Cape Cod Bay watershed.
New Hampshire
The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services was awarded $50,000 to remove Homestead Woolen Mills Dam in order to improve fish passage for Atlantic salmon, blueback herring, and American shad in the Middle Connecticut watershed.
New York
The Town of Riverhead, New York was awarded $40,000 to improve fish passage and spawning/rearing habitat in the Peconic River watershed. The Town of Fort Covington, New York was awarded $50,000 to improve fish passage through the removal of the Fort Covington Dam in the Salmon River watershed. The Art Flick Chapter of Trout Unlimited was awarded $42,203 to improve spawning habitat for alewife and brook trout on the Carmans River. The river supports one of the largest remaining populations of native brook trout on Long Island.
Oregon
The Farmers Conservation Alliance was awarded $50,000 to improve fish passage and restore fisheries habitat in the Clackamas watershed. The creek supports spawning, rearing, and holding for Chinook salmon and native winter steelhead. Oregon Trout was awarded $30,665 to improve water quality and restore wetland habitat in the Lower Willamette watershed.
Pennsylvania
American Rivers was awarded $49,600 to improve fish passage through the removal of Ralph Stover Dam in the Middle Delaware-Musconetcong watershed. The removal of the dam is part of a larger effort headed by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission to provide unrestricted fish passage through the Delaware River Basin.
Texas
The Galveston Bay Foundation was awarded $11,463 to restore and protect saltwater marsh habitat in the Galveston Bay watershed.
Washington
Both the North Olympic Salmon Coalition and the Madrona Neighborhood Association were each awarded $50,000 to restore fisheries habitat in the Puget Sound watershed. The North Olympic Salmon Coalition will remove derelict buildings blocking fish passage and restore valuable estuarine habitat for cutthroat, steelhead, Chinook salmon, and coho salmon. The Madrona Neighborhood Association will restore Madrona Park Creek to its natural state and valuable shoreline habitat for Chinook, coho, chum, and sockeye salmon.
