NA24NMFX463C0044
Cooperative Agreement
Overview
Grant Description
Purpose: Choctawhatchee, Pea, and Yellow Rivers WMA; Award NA24NMFX463C0044; Appl ID: 11056502
The Choctawhatchee, Pea, and Yellow Rivers Watershed Management Authority will take initial planning and design steps toward removing the defunct Elba Hydroelectric Dam project, which is the only fish passage barrier in the Choctawhatchee River watershed.
Removal of the dam will support Alabama Shad and threatened Gulf Sturgeon by increasing access to 34 miles of habitat on the Pea River used for spawning, nursery, and refuge.
The Choctawhatchee, Pea, and Yellow Rivers Watershed Management Authority will take initial planning and design steps toward removing the defunct Elba Hydroelectric Dam project, which is the only fish passage barrier in the Choctawhatchee River watershed.
Removal of the dam will support Alabama Shad and threatened Gulf Sturgeon by increasing access to 34 miles of habitat on the Pea River used for spawning, nursery, and refuge.
Funding Goals
20 HEALTHY OCEANS
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding / Funding Agency
Place of Performance
Troy,
Alabama
360820003
United States
Geographic Scope
Single Zip Code
Choctawhatchee, Pea, And Yellow Rivers Watershed Management Authority was awarded
Cooperative Agreement NA24NMFX463C0044
worth $1,700,000
from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in September 2024 with work to be completed primarily in Troy Alabama United States.
The grant
has a duration of 3 years and
was awarded through assistance program 11.463 Habitat Conservation.
The Cooperative Agreement was awarded through grant opportunity NOAA's Restoring Fish Passage through Barrier Removal Grants Under the BIL and IRA.
Status
(Ongoing)
Last Modified 9/5/24
Period of Performance
9/1/24
Start Date
8/31/27
End Date
Funding Split
$1.7M
Federal Obligation
$0.0
Non-Federal Obligation
$1.7M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
NA24NMFX463C0044
SAI Number
NA24NMFX463C0044-000
Award ID URI
None
Awardee Classifications
State Government
Awarding Office
1305N2 DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA
Funding Office
1333BP OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Awardee UEI
FSG4SA97A453
Awardee CAGE
8RS86
Performance District
AL-02
Senators
Tommy Tuberville
Katie Britt
Katie Britt
Modified: 9/5/24