Cooperative Agreement DLA070226

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657), awarded a $295,168 Cooperative Agreement to Oregon State University (OSU) on January 20, 2025. The award aims to implement a rigorous before-after control-impact (BACI) field study to measure the outcomes for greater sage-grouse related to the restoration of mesic (wetland) habitats on the Trout Creek Mountain Ranch in southeastern Oregon. The key...

The Peregrine Fund, Inc. was awarded a $650,000 three-year Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation federal grant program (CFDA 15.657). The grant will support recovery efforts for the endemic and endangered Puerto Rican Sharp-shinned Hawk, whose population was devastated by Hurricane Maria in 2017. Key services include captive propagation to increase productivity through clutch removal and...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $105,446 Cooperative Agreement under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation (CFDA 15.657) program to the Tri County Cwma, a local government council in La Grande, Oregon. The funding supports the Baker Sagegrouse Local Implementation Team's (Baker LIT) strategic efforts to increase the quality and quantity of sagebrush habitat and reverse the declining sage-grouse population in Baker County, Oregon. Key activities...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded a $577,302 Project Grant to Fundacion Proaves De Colombia, a non-profit organization, under the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation program (CFDA 15.635). This two-year grant, effective from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2025, supports the expansion and protection of 5,660 acres of critical migratory bird habitat in Colombia's El Dorado and Chamicero de Perij reserves. Key activities include monitoring populations of cerulean,...

The Minnesota Sharp-Tailed Grouse Society, Inc., a non-profit organization, has been awarded a $157,500 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service's Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631). The funding will be used to deliver cost-share assistance to private landowners in Minnesota for the restoration and enhancement of wetland and upland habitats. These habitat improvements are expected to benefit migratory birds, pollinators, and other...

Fundacion Proaves De Colombia, a non-profit organization in Colombia, received an $800,185 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation program (CFDA 15.635). The grant funding supports the organization's efforts to directly protect and manage 88,634 acres of critical migratory bird habitat at 25 strategic sites for cerulean warblers and golden-winged warblers in Colombia. Activities include expanding...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 2 awarded a $968,700 Project Grant under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) to the George Miksch Sutton Avian Research Center, Inc. The grant supports the center's efforts to prevent the extinction of the Masked Bobwhite and Attwater's Prairie-Chicken by sustaining captive breeding populations, annually producing up to 1,200 Masked Bobwhites and 200 Attwater's Prairie-Chickens for release into the...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657), awarded a $100,000 Cooperative Agreement to the County of Baker, in Oregon, to implement conservation actions that increase the quality and quantity of sagebrush habitat and reverse the sage-grouse population trend in the Baker County Priority Area for Conservation (PAC). The grant funds will be used to implement Tier 1 projects, which include removing juniper from high priority...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 awarded the Georgia Department of Natural Resources $974,525 under the Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety federal grant program (CFDA 15.611) to conduct research and management activities to understand and support ruffed grouse populations in Georgia. Key deliverables include roadside counts of grouse, deployment of automated recorders to detect grouse calls, surveys of small game hunters to better...

This $261,216 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) will support strategic efforts to restore wet meadow habitat in the San Miguel Basin of Colorado to benefit the Gunnison sage-grouse. The project will deliver tangible outcomes through on-the-ground restoration work on private and state lands over the next 3 years, engaging federal, state, county, and non-profit...