Deadline: 15-Mar-22
The Idaho Conservation League (ICL) and Jervois Mining USA Limited (Jervois) are pleased to announce a request for proposals for the 2022 funding cycle of the Upper Salmon Conservation Action Program (USCAP).
The USCAP was created in partnership between Jervois and ICL in 2021 to fund efforts to protect and restore fish, water quality, wildlife habitat, and biodiversity within the Upper Salmon River basin. There is $150,000 available in the 2022 funding cycle for qualifying restoration projects.
All of the funds, which are held in a dedicated account by Jervois, will be put towards on-the-ground projects. The projects may involve activities such as removing barriers to fish passage, improving spawning habitat for salmon and steelhead, and restoring surrounding streamside habitat.
This funding was put towards:
- Significant riparian planting at a private property along the East Fork of the Salmon River.
- Assisting the acquisition of a key property along Panther Creek that will be conveyed to the Salmon-Challis National Forest for future fish habitat restoration work.
- Moving a problematic diversion on the Lemhi River in fall 2022 to advance an extensive fish habitat restoration project in critical habitat for juvenile Chinook salmon and steelhead.
Funding Information
This second year of the USCAP follows a successful inaugural year that resulted in $150,000 in funding being awarded to three restoration projects in the Upper Salmon Basin.
Criteria
Representatives from ICL and Jervois are now accepting project proposals from interested parties in the region.
For more information, visit https://www.idahoconservation.org/blog/upper-salmon-conservation-program-soliciting-restoration-proposals/