FY27 California Fish Passage Forum RFP

California Fish Passage Forum FY27 Request for Proposals

Funding for the assessment, improvement, restoration, monitoring and outreach of fish passage in California
We suggest you fill this application using the clean copy of the application questions, avalible for download at California Fish Passage Forum Funding

You may create a draft of this application, save it, and come back to it later, using the "Save" button at the bottom of the form.

The deadline for project proposal submissions is 5:00 PM PST, Monday, October 5th, 2026. Review application for completeness, applications lacking major information will not be considered.

Contact the Forum coordinator at hsteindorf@nrccorp.com with any questions. After you submit your project, we will confrim receipt of your submission, and update you as your application moves through the project review and selection process.

Requesting Organization
This is the organization that would receive and administer funding from the Forum for this project.

Contacts of person submitting this application, project manager and alternate contacts, if applicable.

Rows	First and Last Name	Email	Phone Number
Primary applicant
Alternate contact
Project manager
Alternate contact

Project name
What type of activites best describe this project? If a project fits multiple options, select the primary project activity.
1-2 Sentence Excerpt

Briefly summarize the project, what will be done, for the benefit of what species, and in what waterway, placing that in context of the largest connected waterway and county0/75
Paragraph Project Summary

Briefly summarize the project, its location, its primary goals and objectives, and associated ecological benefits. 0/100
Statement of Need

A description (less than 500 words) of why the project is necessary and important.0/500

Location(s) of project. Describe and list coordinates of noteable project locations in decimal degrees. For example, the location of multiple barriers to be removed, or the upstream and downstream reach of the project site. If project covers a large area or many points, choose one centroid point to represent the project.

Rows	Description	Latitude (DD)	Longitude (DD)
Point 1
Point 2
Point 3
Point 4
Point 5

Attach a map of your project location (high-quality, individual image or PDF files highly preferred (.jpg .png .pdf)

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If proposed project addresses a barrier to fish passage, does it have a California Passage Assessment Database (PAD) identification number(s)?
If you answered "yes" , please provide the PAD ID number(s) for any barriers being addressed.
Describe the barrier(s) being addressed under "average" conditions.

Include whether it is a complete, temporal, or partial barrier; how often passage is provided for both adult and juvenile anadromous fish, and if the information is available for each barrier addressed. Please specify which species you are referring to when describing barrier status.0/500
Description of DOWNSTREAM barriers

Provide the location and distance in stream miles of the proposed project to DOWNSTREAM river structures, and whether each structure represents an insignificant, partial, or total barrier to fish passage.0/500
Description of UPSTREAM barriers

Provide the location and distance in stream miles of the proposed project to UPSTREAM river structures, and whether each structure represents an insignificant, partial, or total barrier to fish passage.0/500

Problem Being Addressed (up to 1500 characters)

Summary of the threats or causes of the problem being addressed by this project0/1500
Monitoring Plan (up to 1500 characters)

Provide a summary of monitoring and evaluation plan. 0/1500
For any barrier remediation projects, the Forum will require applicants to describe monitoring results and submit any associated reports to the California Fish Passage Forum's Fish Passage Barrier Removal Performance Measures and Monitoring Form
Attach a copy of your monitoring and evaluation plan(s)

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Outreach (up to 1500 - describe project outreach and education (up to 1500 characters)

Describe outreach and education activities associated with this project. Describe any engagement with and involvement of community members (including historically marginalized community members) in planning or implementing the project. 0/1500
Results dissemination ( up to 1,500 characters)

Brief summary of how results will be disseminated, including publicly available reports, datasets or other products 0/1500

Attach filled Attachment A: FY27 Project Metrics Summary (.xlsx or.pdf)

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Description of Metrics (500 characters)

Provide a brief narrative description of the measurable metrics your project will acheive. Note any metrics that are not included in the Appendix.0/500

Attach filled Attachment B: FY26 Project Timeline (.xlsx or.pdf)

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Description of Project Status

Briefly describe status of activities, including what has been completed and what is planned. Include month and year of activities if available. (1,500 characters or less)0/1500

All projects are high encouraged to demonstrate at least 1:1 non-federal to federal match. Match can be in the form of cash and/or in-kind contributions. In-kind contributions may be in the form of time (including volunteer hours), labor, materials, equipment, etc. so long as there are no federal ties to those resources. State agency resources can be used for non-federal match if they are not being charged to another federal grant or being used to match other federal grants. Tribal contributions (cash and in-kind) are considered non-federal. If the project proponent is a tribal organization non-federal match is NOT required, but please still include all match contributions in the budget sheet anyway.
Amount requested from the California Fish Passage Forum
Attach filled Attachment C: FY27 Project Budget (.xlsx or.pdf)

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Do you have 1:1 non-federal matching funds for the funding being requested from the Forum in this proposal? (**If the funding being requested will be going to a tribal organization 1:1 non-federal match is NOT required, and tribal contributions (cash and in-kind) can be considered non-federal match for non-tribal applicants.)
Will the project be fully funded if funding currently being requested from the Forum through this RFP is awarded?

Technical Expertise of Project Lead Organization (1500 characters)

Describe the technical expertise for this project. (include key staff and contracted companies and their qualifications).0/1500

List major project partners and their roles. For project partners with multiple roles, choose their primary role in the project.

Rows	Organization	Type	Role
Partner 1
Partner 2
Partner 3
Partner 4
Partner 5
Partner 6
Partner 7
Partner 8
Partner 9
Partner 10

Securing high-quality clear images of fish passage projects advances project success in multiple ways, including project permitting, funding, monitoring, reporting, outreach, and generating community support.
Upload photos of your project in individual high-resolution .jpg, .png, or .pdf files.

Examples include upstream or downstream barrier images*, aerial images, project vicinity images, images of target species around the project site, images of project meetings and partners, and images of previous phases of the project. *The ACE Act requires pre-and and implementation photos of each funded project, so upload at least one image of the project area/barrier itself.
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Preferred Image Credit
I give permission for any images I upload to be used in California Fish Passage Forum promotion of fish passage work in California, including but not limited to; the Forum website, printed materials, news articles, posters, etc.
(Above) An example of a good "before" picture, showing an impassable culvert barrier at a road/stream crossing to be remediated in a 2023 Forum supported project "Little Case Fish Passage Project".

The deadline for project proposal submissions is 5:00 PM PST, Monday, October 5th, 2026.

Please review the form carefully for completeness. Applications missing major information will not be considered.

Contact the Forum coordinator at hsteindorf@nrccorp.com with any questions. After you submit your project, we will confrim receipt of your submission, and update you as your application moves through the project review and selection process.

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California Fish Passage Forum FY27 Request for Proposals