Cooperative Agreement F10AC00882

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 awarded Kiva Biological Consulting a $189,990 cooperative agreement under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation (CFDA 15.657) federal grant program. The agreement funded line distance transects surveyed to estimate density of Mojave Desert tortoise in critical habitat areas located in Inyo County, California. Surveys were conducted between April 16, 2021 and September 30, 2021 to secure information on the threatened...

Summary of Cooperative Agreement Award The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Region 8 awarded a $131,750 cooperative agreement to Lonesome Desert, LLC under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) effective September 1, 2025, with a completion date of December 31, 2025. Under this award, Lonesome Desert will conduct comprehensive field monitoring and data collection activities to improve population estimates for desert tortoises across all age classes in...

The State of California Department of Fish and Wildlife, through its Wildlife Conservation Board division, received a $4 million Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund program (CFDA 15.615). The grant will support the acquisition of 638.64 acres of conservation lands in eastern Riverside County, California to complement habitat preservation goals under the Coachella Valley Multiple Species...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through its Marine Turtle Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.645) program, awarded a $135,413 project grant to the Turtle Survival Alliance Foundation. This grant, effective from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2027, will support conservation efforts for six highly threatened tortoise and freshwater turtle species in Bangladesh. The Turtle Survival Alliance Foundation will utilize a three-pronged approach of conservation breeding, rewilding, and community engagement to...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a Cooperative Agreement valued at $198,593.61 to the Arizona Department of Game and Fish (AZGFD) under the Threatened and Endangered Species Program (CFDA 15.246) effective February 10, 2026, through February 9, 2031. This award supports scientific data collection on desert tortoise genetic status and population dynamics in the Black Mountains, with particular focus on characterizing the hybrid zone between Sonoran...

This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) program, provides $213,333.34 to the State of Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries & Parks (MDWFP) for a 3-year intensive long-term study of alligator snapping turtle (AST) populations. The project has two main components: 1) mark-recapture surveys at five established AST populations across four major river...

This $246,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the State Wildlife Grants (CFDA 15.634) program aims to support conservation of the endangered Spotted Turtle across its range in the Southeastern U.S. The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources will lead efforts to: 1) identify priority habitats and improve habitat quality and quantity for Spotted Turtles, 2) conduct demographic assessments to evaluate population viability in six states, 3) refine sampling...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 6, administering the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615), awarded the State of Utah, Division of Wildlife Resources a $133,333.33 Project Grant effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. This award supports the conservation and recovery of June Suckers, a threatened species native to Utah Lake. The primary deliverables include the annual propagation and rearing of 20,000 to 25,000 June Suckers to a minimum size of 300...

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has awarded a $320,000 Cooperative Agreement to Colorado State University under the CFDA Program 15.812 - Cooperative Research Units. The project, titled "Sea Turtle Demography," will run from February 23, 2024 to February 22, 2027. The key objectives of this project are to: (1) evaluate the effectiveness of various monitoring methods and survey designs for assessing sea turtle nest abundance, (2) refine demographic estimates for loggerhead sea turtles...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) awarded a $230,775 Formula Grant under the State Wildlife Grants (CFDA 15.634) program to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD). The grant aims to fund research to determine the population status and reproductive activity of the Western Chicken Turtle (Deirochelys reticularia miaria), a semi-aquatic turtle species found in the southeastern U.S. that is perceived as rare. Over the 2-year award period from March 2025 to...