The FY24 Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation Act works to voluntarily reconnect habitats fragmented by irrigation related barriers in the Pacific Ocean drainage areas of California, Idaho, western Montana, Oregon, and Washington by providing fish screening and passage to help restore native fish and other aquatic species to self-sustaining levels.

The Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation Act (FRIMA) (Public Law 106-502) of 2000 was established with the goals of decreasing fish mortality associated with the withdrawal of water for irrigation and other purposes without impairing the continued withdrawal of water for those purposes; and to decrease the incidence of juvenile and adult fish entering water supply systems. FRIMA is a voluntary fish screening and passage program targeted to Pacific Ocean drainage areas of Idaho, western Montana, Oregon, and Washington and California. Eligible projects include fish screens, fish passage devices, and related inventories by the States. FRIMA was reauthorized in FY2009. The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2024 provided $5 million to the National Fish Passage Program (NFPP) for the implementation of FRIMA and added the Pacific Ocean drainage areas of California as eligible for FRIMA funds. A 35% non-federal cost share is required. Short Form applications can be sent to the USFWS Contct for Region 8- Alex Jones, alexander_c_jones@fws.gov.

Proposals due to Regional Coordinators or Regional POC (Describes in Section E): September 30, 2024

Financial Assistance Application Deadline in GS for selected projects (Section D): April 30, 2025

NOFO archives in GS:  April 30, 2025

Funding Available: $5,000,000
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