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KNIK TRIBE WILL BE AWARDED $5,063,894 OVER 3 YEARS TO COMPLETE 100% DESIGN FOR AT LEAST 5 OF 8 FISH PASSAGE BARRIERS ALONG TALKEETNA SPUR ROAD IN SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA ON THE CUSTOMARY LANDS OF THE FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED KNIK TRIBE OF ALASKA, THE NATIVE VILLAGE OF EKLUTNA, AND CHICKALOON NATIVE VILLAGE. THIS RESTORATION WILL OPEN NEW ACCESS TO MORE THAN 66 MILES OF BARRIER FREE UPSTREAM ANADROMOUS SPAWNING AND REARING HABITAT AND 591 ACRES OF LAKE HABITAT FOR ALL FIVE SPECIES OF WILD PACIFIC SALMON.THIS WORK IS INVALUABLE TO THE TRIBES WHO RELY ON THE LAND FOR SUBSISTENCE LIFESTYLES INCLUDING FISHING, HIDING AND FORAGING. THE WORK ALSO BENEFITS THE GULF OF ALASKA CHINOOK STOCK, AN ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT CANDIDATE SPECIES AND STOCK OF CONCERN, WHILE BENEFITING ENDANGERED BELUGA WHALES IN THE GULF OF ALASKA. THIS PROJECT IS BEING FUNDED BY THE COMMUNITY-BASED RESTORATION PROGRAM.

Knik Tribe

TO PROVIDE GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS FOR HABITAT CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES INCLUDING COASTAL AND MARINE HABITAT RESTORATION AND PROTECTION. PROJECTS ARE FUNDED TO CARRY OUT PUBLIC POLICY PERTAINING TO PROTECTION AND RESTORATION OF THE NATION'S WETLANDS, RIVERS, AND OTHER COASTAL HABITATS (INCLUDING GREAT LAKES HABITATS), PURSUANT TO THE FISH AND WILDLIFE COORDINATION ACT, MAGNUSON FISHERY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT ACT AS REAUTHORIZED IN 2006, ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT, ESTUARY RESTORATION ACT, MARINE MAMMAL PROTECTION ACT, MARINE PLASTIC POLLUTION RESEARCH AND CONTROL ACT OF 1987, COASTAL WETLANDS PLANNING, PROTECTION AND RESTORATION ACT (CWPPRA), CORAL REEF CONSERVATION ACT, MARINE DEBRIS RESEARCH, PREVENTION, AND REDUCTION ACT, INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND JOBS ACT (IIJA), AND OTHER LEGISLATION. RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT INCLUDES DETERMINING THE EFFECTS OF HABITAT MODIFICATIONS AND CONTAMINANTS ON POPULATIONS OF LIVING MARINE RESOURCES, RESTORING DEPLETED STOCKS THAT HAVE BEEN ADVERSELY IMPACTED BY HABITAT MODIFICATIONS, DETERMINING IF ARTIFICIAL OR RESTORED HABITAT FULFILLS ESSENTIAL HABITAT NEEDS OF LIVING MARINE RESOURCES, AND THE REMOVAL OF DAMS AND OTHER IN-STREAM BARRIERS TO SUPPORT PASSAGE FOR NATIVE MIGRATORY OR SEA-RUN FISH, AND QUANTIFYING CONTAMINANTS AND DEBRIS THAT POSE A HAZARD TO POPULATIONS OF THESE ANIMALS.

11.463 - Habitat Conservation

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Wasilla, Alaska 996871565 United States

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Restoring Tribal Priority Fish Passage through Barrier Removal Notice of Funding Opportunity under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Round 3 (NOAA-NMFS-HCPO-2025-29044)