Cooperative Agreement AID620LA1500001

Under this $1.1 million Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) will partner to advance conservation actions on the South Farallon Islands, which serve as critical habitat for the Ashy Storm-Petrel. The partnership will leverage funding from the FWS and the private sector through NFWF's Seabird Program to eliminate threats from invasive species on the South Farallon Islands. This work is funded through the...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) awarded a $134,050 Multistate Conservation Grant (CFDA 15.628) to the National Shooting Sports Foundation, Inc. (NSSF) to consolidate and disseminate resources to help states and shooting range organizations increase shooting range development, improve operations, and maximize participation. The grant will fund NSSF's efforts to combine existing grant-funded and industry research into easy-to-use toolkits, and then...

The National Council for Air and Stream Improvement Foundation (NCASI Foundation) was awarded a $150,000 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters under the agency's Adaptive Science program (CFDA 15.670). The award will support NCASI Foundation's Wildlife Conservation Initiative (WCI) through June 2028. Under the WCI, NCASI Foundation will conduct surveys, monitoring, and data collection on private working forests to better understand the occurrence and...

The Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (SEAFWA), a non-profit organization, received a $201,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 4, under the National Fish Passage program (CFDA 15.685). The goal of this project is to survey road stream crossings in federally listed species habitat to determine if they are acting as barriers to fish passage. SEAFWA will survey 1,000 culverts in the range of the Slackwater Darter in Tennessee and Alabama, and an...

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) was awarded a $13,682,680 project grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation-U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Conservation Partnership (CFDA #15.663) program. The grant aims to support conservation programs that further the mutual missions of NFWF and FWS to conserve fish, wildlife, plants and other natural resources. Through 11 sub-awards totaling $6,841,311 in funding,...

The National Wild Turkey Federation Inc. (NWTF) was awarded a $270,000 Cooperative Agreement by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Soil and Water Conservation program (CFDA 10.902). The award supports NWTF's efforts to deliver conservation technical assistance, education, and on-the-ground forestry practices to private landowners, tribes, and other organizations in western South Dakota. Key products and services provided through the...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) awarded a $2,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements program (CFDA 15.654) to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF). The agreement will fund conservation actions on the James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge in Hawaii to benefit seabirds such as Newell's Shearwater, Hawaiian Petrel and Black-footed Albatross. Key activities include constructing a mammalian exclusion fence and restoring protected...

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) was awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Soil and Water Conservation Federal Grant Program (CFDA 10.902). The funding will support the successful implementation of USDA programs administered by NRCS and increase habitat quality and quantity in Mississippi. The 5-year project, running from Sep 2024 to Sep 2029, aims to promote sustainable...

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) received a $500,000 cooperative agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program. The award will support the fifth year of NFWF's Western Migration Corridors Partnership to improve habitat quality in key wildlife migration corridors and winter ranges across the western United States through 2026. NFWF will work with multiple federal agencies...

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) was awarded a $1,200,000 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (CFDA 10.902 Soil and Water Conservation) to support a conservation partnership focused on working lands wildlife habitat in South Dakota. The 4-year award period runs from September 2023 to September 2027. Under this Cooperative Agreement, NFWF will provide conservation technical assistance and services to private...