Cooperative Agreement 25CA11132762180
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded a $295,000 Cooperative Agreement to Monarch Joint Venture (MJV), a non-profit organization, under the International Forestry Programs (CFDA 10.684). The award, effective June 4, 2024 through December 31, 2026, supports MJV's efforts to provide monarch butterfly conservation education and professional development services. Through this funding, MJV will deliver scientific research, technical assistance, monitoring, conservation...
- This Cooperative Agreement award of $668,163.04 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service's International Forestry Programs (CFDA 10.684) supports the Monarch Joint Venture (MJV), a non-profit organization, in facilitating science-based monarch butterfly conservation through network and community engagement. The award, effective September 6, 2024 through August 31, 2029, enables MJV to provide scientific research, technical assistance, monitoring, conservation planning, and...
- The University of Wisconsin-Madison will receive $149,992 under a Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service to support the "Monarchs Uniting a Continent - Engaging Students, Teachers, & Citizen Scientists" project. The funding is provided through the International Forestry Programs (CFDA 10.684) to extend Forest Service efforts to improve forest policies and practices internationally and address climate change. Under the four-year award...
- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $394,579.44 Cooperative Agreement under the Threatened and Endangered Species Program (CFDA 15.246) to the Monarch Joint Venture (MJV), a non-profit organization. The objective of this two-year case study is to document the seasonality of monarch presence and activity within the Cosumnes River watershed in California, while refining a scalable protocol for evaluating monarch activity across similar landscapes. The project will determine when and...
- This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Latin America and Caribbean Regional program (CFDA 15.640) provides $639,220 to Alternare AC, a foreign-owned non-profit in Mexico, to conserve and restore the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve (MBBR). Key activities include: Placing 3,024 hectares of land under community-based forest management (698 ha in the core zone, 2,326 ha in the buffer zone) Reforesting 60 hectares in the MBBR buffer...
- The US Geological Survey, through its National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers program (CFDA 15.820), awarded a $470,033 cooperative agreement to the University of Massachusetts for the project "Evaluating the Role of Climate on Midwestern Butterfly Trajectories, Monarch Declines, and the Broader Insect Apocalypse." The three-year project, beginning June 2021, will evaluate the impact of climate change on butterfly populations in the Midwest region and provide science...
- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $414,878.56 Cooperative Agreement to the Upper Salinas / Las Tablas Resource Conservation District under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation Program (CFDA 15.657). The project will restore 5 acres of overwintering and breeding habitat for the monarch butterfly on Army National Guard Camp Roberts and Camp San Luis Obispo in California. The restoration activities will involve removing invasive plant species and...
- This cooperative agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey's Cooperative Research Units (CFDA 15.812) program provides $193,153 to Iowa State University to analyze a long-term mark-recapture dataset for monarch butterflies. The project aims to estimate survival probabilities during monarch fall migration to Mexico, which will enhance understanding of monarch life history and inform conservation planning at the state, regional, and national levels. The work will be conducted by a...
- The National Park Service awarded a $149,723.00 Cooperative Agreement under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) program to the University of California, Davis on December 20, 2024. The purpose of this award is to conduct an inventory of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) and bumble bees (Bombus spp.), including plant-pollinator interactions, at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area (WHIS) and Lassen Volcanic National Park (LAVO)...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) awarded a $318,150 Cooperative Agreement under the Soil and Water Conservation program (CFDA 10.902) to The Learning Center At The Euchee Butterfly Farm Inc., a minority-owned, woman-owned, and Native American-owned non-profit organization. This award will assist Native Americans with grassland conservation and native plant restoration efforts to increase habitat for monarchs, pollinators, and ground-nesting...
This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the International Forestry Programs (CFDA 10.684) supports collaborative solutions for the conservation of the migratory monarch butterfly and strengthening of public-private partnerships. The $810,000 award to Monarch Joint Venture, a non-profit organization, will fund scientific research, technical assistance, monitoring, conservation planning, and educational services aimed at protecting monarch butterfly populations and their ecosystems across the United States. The project period runs from September 15, 2025 to December 31, 2026. Key focus areas include mapping milkweed densities, evaluating habitat quality, collaborating with indigenous ecological knowledge, and implementing precision agriculture technologies for pollinator conservation. The grant activities are designed to improve global forest policies and practices, address climate change, conserve critical forest environments, and enhance the lives of forest-dependent communities.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $810.0k | 9/15/25 |