Opportunity Information: Apply for R23AS00650
The Central Valley Project Habitat and Facility Improvements grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number R23AS00650) is a discretionary grant program offered by the Bureau of Reclamation focused on repairing and improving salmonid habitat conditions in Californias Central Valley river systems. It targets the ongoing decline and alteration of historic habitat for several key species, including Fall Run, Spring Run, and Winter Run Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) as well as Steelhead Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). The core problem this opportunity is trying to address is that decades of water resources development, stream channel manipulation, and other human-caused changes have reshaped river processes and habitat features in ways that make these rivers less suitable for spawning, rearing, and migration. In practical terms, the opportunity is aimed at projects that can reverse or reduce those impacts by improving habitat quality and by modifying or upgrading facilities and infrastructure that currently harm fish.
A major theme in the program description is the loss of functional habitat caused by disrupted river dynamics. Gravel, which is a critical component for salmon spawning beds, is being transported away from spawning areas, leaving fewer suitable locations for successful reproduction. At the same time, changes to river form and flow have reduced the amount of usable rearing habitat for juvenile fish, which can limit survival and overall population resilience. The opportunity also highlights the role of built infrastructure in directly injuring fish populations: certain facilities can entrain juveniles (pull them into canals, diversions, or intakes), block or degrade fish passage, and increase vulnerability to predators by concentrating fish or forcing them into slower, exposed areas. Grants under this opportunity are therefore positioned to support both habitat restoration work and facility improvements that reduce these kinds of risks.
The funding is tied to the purposes of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CVPIA). That includes protecting, restoring, and enhancing fish, wildlife, and related habitats in the Central Valley and Trinity River basins, and specifically addressing the impacts of the Central Valley Project (CVP) on those resources. The opportunity also reflects the broader CVPIA intent to improve operational flexibility of the CVP while working toward a reasonable balance among competing demands for CVP water. Those competing demands explicitly include fish and wildlife needs alongside agricultural, municipal and industrial uses, and power contractors. In other words, the grant program sits at the intersection of ecosystem recovery and water project operations, with an emphasis on actions that measurably reduce ecological harm without ignoring the systems operational realities.
From an administrative standpoint, this is an environmental funding opportunity using the grant funding instrument type. The CFDA Assistance Listing numbers associated with it are 15.512 and 15.648. Eligible applicants are public and mission-driven entities that can realistically plan, permit, construct, and maintain restoration or facility-improvement work, including state, county, and city or township governments; special district governments; federally recognized Tribal governments; and nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education). The opportunity was created on August 17, 2022, with an original closing date of November 14, 2022. The listed award ceiling is $40,000,000. The posting indicates expected awards, but the number is not specified in the provided source text.
Overall, the opportunity is best understood as support for on-the-ground and infrastructure-oriented solutions that improve survival and recovery prospects for Central Valley salmon and steelhead. It is designed for applicants that can link proposed actions to known limiting factors such as gravel and spawning habitat loss, rearing habitat constraints, and harmful interactions with water management infrastructure, while also aligning projects with the CVPIAs mandate to mitigate CVP impacts and balance water use needs across ecological and human demands.Apply for R23AS00650
- The Bureau of Reclamation in the environment sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Central Valley Project Habitat & Facility Improvements" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.512, 15.648.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2022-08-17.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2022-11-14. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $40,000,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.
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