Cooperative Agreement 26GN11086000439

This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service (CFDA 15.657 Endangered Species Recovery Implementation) provides $1,476,265.71 in funding to The Longleaf Alliance Inc., a non-profit organization, to support the conservation and recovery of rare and endangered amphibian and reptile species in the Gulf Coastal Plain ecosystem of Florida. The key products and services to be delivered under this 3-year award include restoration...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of the Interior National Park Service National Office under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs – Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) provides $127,063.00 to the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) to conduct a comprehensive inventory of Maryland state rare plants in the Piscataway (PISC) unit of National Capital Parks East. The project will build on previous inventory work and Maryland...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The National Park Service (NPS) awarded $139,325.80 to Klamath Bird Observatory under the Natural Resource Stewardship Program (CFDA 15.944) on July 22, 2025, to conduct breeding bird population surveys across six national parks and monuments in Southern Oregon and Northern California through May 31, 2028. The Klamath Network encompasses Crater Lake, Lassen Volcanic, and Redwood National Parks, as well as Lava Beds National Monument, Oregon Caves National...

The National Park Service (NPS) awarded a $100,004 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 (UC Davis). This 2-year project, running from August 2024 to October 2026, will perform a baseline inventory of rare and endangered plant populations found in Whiskeytown National Recreation Area. The project will include two main components: 1) conducting surveys in...

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management awarded a $178,442.86 Cooperative Agreement under the Plant Conservation and Restoration Management program (CFDA 15.245) to the Natural Areas Association. The award supports the planning and delivery of a conference track focused on native plant materials at the 50th Natural Areas Conference, to be held in Manhattan, Kansas. Key activities include developing genetically appropriate native plant materials for habitat restoration, implementing and assessing...

The National Park Service Pacific West Region awarded a $204,898 cooperative agreement to Klamath Bird Observatory to support landbird monitoring, analysis, and reporting activities across Klamath Network parks from September 2021 through September 2026. This award will fund the sixth round of visits by the recipient to conduct point count surveys and gather population data on landbird species located within all National Park System units overseen by the Klamath Network, in alignment with the...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service's Conservation, Protection, Outreach, and Education program (CFDA 15.954) provides $626,384 to the Center for Plant Conservation, Inc. to support rare plant species conservation efforts in the Intermountain West region. The project aims to assemble ex situ plant collections from wild populations, creating seed and gene banks as well as botanical garden living collections. These off-site conservation efforts are intended to support...

This $100,000 Cooperative Agreement, awarded on January 2, 2024 by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service (CFDA 15.657 Endangered Species Recovery Implementation), supports the Atlanta Botanical Garden in implementing critical recovery actions for two threatened plant species native to the Southern Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. Key deliverables include conducting population censuses, assessing threats, developing propagation protocols, and establishing seed...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 awarded a $115,666 Cooperative Agreement to Tangled Bank Conservation, a minority-owned, small disadvantaged business, under the Candidate Species Conservation program (CFDA 15.660). Through this 3-year award from June 2023 to June 2026, Tangled Bank Conservation will sequence existing tissues and gather additional tissues to assess the threat of hybridization and quantify population sizes across the range of the Alabama...

Cooperative Agreement Summary The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 awarded $114,285.71 through a Cooperative Agreement under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) to Florida Three Rivers Resource Conservation and Development Council, Inc., effective May 1, 2025, with a completion date of April 30, 2029. The awardee will provide comprehensive restoration and ecosystem improvement services for longleaf pine habitat at Fort Jackson Military Reservation in...