Cooperative Agreement 30181RJ054

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 awarded the Illinois Department of Natural Resources a $130,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation (CFDA 15.657) program. The goal is restoration of Rusty Patched Bumble Bee habitat along Lake Michigan through invasive species removal and native plant regeneration from April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2024. Specifically, the Department of Natural Resources will reduce populations of invasive woody...

Summary The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Northern Region (Region 1) awarded $100,000 in Project Grant funding under the Forest Health Protection program (CFDA 10.680) to the North Dakota Department of Agriculture on September 15, 2025, with completion targeted for August 31, 2030. This award supports a statewide invasive species management initiative designed to protect North Dakota's rangelands, farmlands, and natural areas from environmental and economic damage caused by...

Summary Scenic Rivers Invasive Partnership Inc. received a $300,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Region 9 (Eastern Region) under the Forest Health Protection program (CFDA 10.680), effective March 3, 2026 through September 30, 2030. The award provides continued funding for a coordinator position responsible for organizing outreach events and workshops that engage private landowners in invasive species management and natural forest regeneration efforts....

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 awarded the University of Wisconsin-Madison $115,000 under the National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements program (CFDA 15.654) from June 1, 2022 to June 1, 2025. The cooperative agreement will support evaluating the effectiveness of a new herbicide, florpyrauxifen, in controlling invasive wild parsnip and wild carrot in prairie plantings in Wisconsin, while limiting injury to desirable forb species. Specifically, the University...

The Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service awarded a $1.8 million Cooperative Agreement to Southern Indiana Cooperative Weed Management under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program. The award will support efforts from September 2022 through August 2027 to expand Indiana's capabilities to control invasive plant species by establishing Cooperative Invasive Species Management Areas. As a sub-awardee, Southern Indiana Cooperative Weed Management will deliver services...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Rangeland Resource Management program (CFDA 15.237) provides $112,500.00 to the Sierra Soil & Water Conservation District (SSWCD) to conduct invasive weed control efforts in New Mexico. The objective is to coordinate with multiple jurisdictions and stakeholders to aerially treat 2,773 acres of creosote-infested rangeland on the W Spear Bar Ranch in Engle, New Mexico using the herbicide Spike 20P. SSWCD...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, through its Forest Health Protection program (CFDA 10.680), awarded $100,000 to the Wyoming Department of Agriculture on September 16, 2025, to actively manage invasive species across public and private lands in Wyoming. The award, with a completion date of December 31, 2027, will support the expansion and enhancement of the Institute for Managing Annual Grasses Invading Natural Ecosystems (IMAGINE) Monitoring Network. The project emphasizes...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 awarded the Lake County Forest Preserve District a $150,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) effective June 1, 2026 through August 30, 2028. The award supports invasive species management activities throughout the Illinois Lake Plain, a RAMSAR-designated coastal dune and swale ecosystem located in the Lake Michigan northern coastal...

Grant Award Summary Shawnee Resource Conservation received a $599,999 Project Grant awarded August 5, 2025, under the State & Private Forestry Hazardous Fuel Reduction Program (CFDA 10.697), administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Region 9 - Eastern Region. The award funds a multi-year prescribed burn coordination initiative operating through June 1, 2030, in southern Illinois on private lands adjacent to or interspersed with the Shawnee National Forest. Through a...

This $239,528.99 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service (Region 3) under the Youth Engagement, Education, and Employment program (CFDA 15.676) provides funding to the Student Conservation Association, Inc. (SCA) to map and treat invasive plant species in high quality and highly threatened prairies in west central Minnesota. The work will take place on National Wildlife Refuge System lands in the Morris Wetland Management District and Big...