~2026 SRFB Grant Round~
Sponsor Presentations
Ahtanum Creek
Lower Naches River
The 2026 Grant Round is Complete!
The TAG and CC ranked the projects in July and our Board of Directors approved the ranked project lists below at their annual meeting on August 5th. The Board then submitted the lists to the state and the SRFB approved the lists as submitted at their meeting on September 15th, 2026. (Recording available here; see 5:03:08.)
See 2026 Ranked Project Lists here.
This year, we had a surplus of $61,841 in riparian funding with no way to spend it–unlike in 2024 and 2025, we would not be able to roll it over to next year’s grant round. Thankfully our colleagues at the Chehalis Basin Collaborative for Salmon Habitat, another Lead Entity, were able to swap their regular SRFB funds for our riparian funds (see the project we sent our riparian funds to here). Heartfelt thanks to them for giving our regular SRFB cusp project, Salmon Creek Fish Passage Preliminary Design, another $61,841–this will allow the sponsor to complete conceptual designs. Teamwork makes the salmon recovery dream work!
There were three SRFB grant programs with grant rounds this year:
Regular SRFB ($1.1M available)- Riparian ($195k available)
- Targeted Investments ($9M requested–funding dependent on 2027 state legislative session)
Regular SRFB ($1.1M available)
Riparian ($195k available)
Targeted Investments ($9M requested–funding dependent on 2027 state legislative session)Please see the local RFP for details. For additional grant round information, see Information for Applicants and our 2026 Lead Entity Manual. See also RCO’s tutorials on the grant round. Please contact the Lead Entity Coordinator, Cheyne Mayer, at leadentity@ybfwrb.org with any questions.
2026 Regular SRFB
| Rank | Status | ID # | Project Name | Project Sponsor | Request | Other Funding | Slideshow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Funded | 26-1496 | Lower Naches River Floodplain Property Acquisition | Yakima County | $81,625 | - | Link | |
| 2 | Funded | 26-1494 | Rattlesnake Cr Streamflow Ph 2A (Field Fit) | Trout Unlimited | $349,888 | - | Link | |
| 3 | Funded | 26-1449 | Upper Toppenish Wood Supplementation Ph II | Yakama Nation | $250,000 | $1,330,000 | Link | |
| 4 | Funded | 26-1492 | Iron Creek Wood Replenishment | Mid-Columbia Fisheries | $135,921 | $4,080 | Link | |
| 5 | Funded | 26-1497 | Ahtanum Creek RM 9-26 Assessment | Yakama Nation | $150,000 | $150,000 | Link | |
| 6 | Partially funded ($230,940) | 26-1469 | Salmon Creek Fish Passage Prelim Design | Mid-Columbia Fisheries | $379,943 | $35,000 | Link | |
| 7 | Alternate | 26-1647 | Yakima River RM 152 Side Channel Implementation | Kittitas County Conservation District | $785,369 | - | Link | |
| TOTAL: | $2,132,746 |
2026 Riparian
| Rank | Status | ID # | Project Name | Project Sponsor | Request | Other Funding | Slideshow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Funded | 25-1183 | Lower Kittitas Floodplain Restoration Early Action (Cost Increase) | Mid-Columbia Fisheries | $134,061 | Original Request $780,040 | 2025 PPT | |
| - | Withdrawn | 25-1185 | Teanaway RM 5 Reforestation (Cost Increase) | Mid-Columbia Fisheries | $49,689 | Original Request $205,847 | 2025 PPT | |
| TOTAL | $183,750 |
2026 Targeted Investments
| Rank | Status | ID # | Project Name | Project Sponsor | Request | Other Funding | Slideshow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st of 10 in statewide list | Waiting on 2027 legislative session | 26-1478 | Lower Kittitas Yakima River Floodplain Reconnection | Kittitas County Public Works | $7,000,000 | $12,118,890 | Link | |
| 5th of 10 in statewide list | Waiting on 2027 legislative session | 26-1314 | Ahtanum Village Restoration (Resubmission) | Yakama Nation | $1,986,000 | $225,000 | Link | |
| TOTAL: | $8,986,000 |