Project Grant 72052423LA00001

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded a $125,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631) to the Friends of Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge. The award will fund efforts to restore wetland and upland habitats in the Lake Erie Marshes area of northwest Ohio. Specific activities include removing field tile, constructing low-level berms, and extending hydroperiod to restore wetland hydrology on sites transitioning from agricultural production,...

This $541,728 Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Metropolitan Transportation Planning and State and Non-Metropolitan Planning and Research program (CFDA 20.505) will fund the Oahu Metropolitan Planning Organization's (OMPO) work to carry out activities described in its approved Overall Work Program (OWP). The key activities to be performed include program administration support, overhead costs, general technical assistance, planning support, computer...

The Fresno Police Department (FPD) received a $350,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants (CFDA 16.710) program. The grant will fund the development and implementation of a comprehensive training program to improve de-escalation tactics and crisis response skills among FPD law enforcement officers and dispatchers over a two-year period. The...

This $188,917.61 Formula Grant award from the Federal Highway Administration (CFDA 20.205 - Highway Planning and Construction program) will provide planning funds for projects identified in the State Fiscal Year 2026 Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) for the Albany Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) in Oregon. The UPWP guides transportation planning activities to be conducted over the course of each state fiscal year. The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) is the grant...

This federal Project Grant award of $517,284 was provided by the U.S. Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710). The funding is intended to support the Municipio De TOA Alta in Puerto Rico to hire and/or rehire additional career law enforcement officers, in order to increase the municipality's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The anticipated outcomes...

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) will subgrant $1.14 million in Sport Fish Restoration funds from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD) to upgrade and construct boating access facilities at Mayer State Park boat ramp from February 2023 to June 2025. OPRD will oversee administration, contracting, planning, implementation and construction work to improve the boat ramp, install boarding docks, expand the parking lot maneuvering...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 awarded a $150,000 Cooperative Agreement to Outdoor Outreach, a San Diego-based nonprofit organization, under the National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements program (CFDA 15.654). Over the 1-year impact period from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024, Outdoor Outreach will provide 200 recreational learning programs for 1,200 urban youth in local wildlife refuges and adjacent areas. These programs, which include activities like...

The Oregon Parks & Recreation Department (OPRD) was awarded a $139,480 Formula Grant on October 28, 2021 from the Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration under the Recreational Trails Program (CFDA 20.219). The grant will fund OPRD's recreational trail administration charges for federal fiscal year 2022 to support the development and maintenance of recreational trails and trail-related facilities for both nonmotorized and motorized recreational trail uses across Oregon....

This $154,400 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631) will fund habitat restoration and enhancement activities on private lands along Spencer Creek in Oregon. The primary objectives are to protect and improve critical habitat for Redband trout and Oregon spotted frog, while also preparing for the eventual return of Steelhead and Salmon after the removal of the Klamath Dam....

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has awarded a $1,468,320 Cooperative Agreement under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife (CFDA 15.631) program to Pheasants Forever, Inc. (Pheasants Forever). The funding will support a 5-year project to restore and maintain natural communities in the highly degraded Tri-State Mining District of Missouri, which suffers from extreme levels of lead, cadmium, and nickel contamination. Through this partnership, USFWS and Pheasants Forever will treat invasive...