Cooperative Agreement F13AC00239

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters awarded a $693,900 Project Grant to Pronatura Noroeste, a non-profit organization and foundation, under the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation program (CFDA 15.635). The 2-year project leverages local partnerships to track migratory bird movements at different geographic scales. Key activities include: Strengthening capacities and expanding the Motus wildlife tracking network to better understand the...

The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Department of Lands and Natural Resources received a $199,718 formula grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety program (CFDA 15.611). Through this grant, awarded from April 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025, the department will establish a Tropical Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survival (TMAPS) bird banding program on the island...

The Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $198,090 Formula Grant to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Department of Lands and Natural Resources (DLNR) under the Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education program (CFDA 15.611). This 2-year grant, effective April 1, 2025, will fund the establishment of a Tropical Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survival (TMAPS) bird banding program on the island of Rota. The TMAPS program will utilize...

The Pueblo of Santa Ana received a $192,812 Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 2 under the Tribal Wildlife Grants program (CFDA 15.639). The grant will support the Pueblo in capturing and GPS collaring six mountain lions on its lands to monitor predation events and identify prey species killed. Mountain lion movements will also be tracked to identify wildlife corridors. This data will help the Pueblo identify individual lions negatively...

The Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $118,352 Formula Grant under the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Department of Lands and Natural Resources (DLNR). The grant supports DLNR's annual avian monitoring and management programs to conserve the CNMI's unique bird community, including endemic and migratory species. Key activities include collecting survey data to estimate population size, trends, and...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Biological Infrastructure, under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074), provides $827,019 to the University of Massachusetts to develop models and algorithms for inferring bird population movements from citizen science data. Leveraging billions of bird observations from the eBird citizen science project, the awardee will create computational tools to simulate migratory routes and produce movement...

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...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management (CFDA 15.247 - Wildlife Resource Management) provides $109,464.49 to New Mexico State University to conduct research on the effects of energy development and forest management on birds of greatest conservation need in southwestern New Mexico. The key products and services to be delivered include: Investigating the impacts of the SunZia transmission line on arid land birds, especially Bendire's...

This $1,902,259 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service (under the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act CFDA Program 15.611) to the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM) will fund a 5-year project to evaluate the breeding ecology of eastern wild turkeys in Rhode Island. Key activities include: Evaluating gobbling chronology in relation to nesting phenology Describing nesting phenology and evaluating nest site selection...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Region 1 awarded a $156,584 Formula Grant under the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (CFDA 15.611) to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Department of Lands and Natural Resources (DLNR). This funding supports research on the diet and prey availability for the endangered Nightingale Reed-Warbler, a bird endemic to the Saipan and Alamagan Islands. The DLNR will collect and analyze fecal samples and prey species data to...