Cooperative Agreement F13AC00308

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Nevada Region awarded a $401,247.76 cooperative agreement to the Eastern Nevada Landscape Coalition on September 24, 2022 under the Wildlife Resource Management federal grant program (CFDA 15.247). Over a five-year period, the award will support bat species identification and habitat use studies within the 704,000-acre Basin and Range National Monument in Nevada. Utilizing acoustic monitoring techniques, the recipient will conduct the...

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $198,880.46 Cooperative Agreement to the Great Basin Bird Observatory, a non-profit organization, under the Department of the Interior's Wildlife Resource Management program (CFDA 15.247). The funding supports the integration of wildlife occurrence data, specifically land bird data, into BLM's Assessment, Inventory, and Monitoring (AIM) program across 125-150 sites in the Great Basin region. Key objectives include: Collecting land bird occurrence...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Wildlife Resource Management program (CFDA 15.247) provides $400,000 in funding to the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory (doing business as Bird Conservancy of the Rockies) to expand avian monitoring efforts on BLM lands in Idaho, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: Expanding the Integrated Monitoring in Bird Conservation Regions (IMBCR) program...

This cooperative agreement between the Nevada Division of Natural Heritage and the Bureau of Land Management Elko District will provide $199,997 to inventory and assess springs and springsnail species in Nevada from June 2022 through November 2025. As part of the Candidate Species Conservation program (CFDA 15.660) administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the awardees will collect data on the distribution and taxonomy of springsnail populations. This information will help the BLM...

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $375,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Birds of Prey NCA Partnership (BOPP), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, under the Plant Conservation and Restoration Management program (CFDA 15.245). The 5-year award, effective from September 2024 to September 2029, supports BOPP's mission to manage and conserve the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area in Idaho through habitat improvement activities. Key activities include...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded a $342,900.97 cooperative agreement to The Great Basin Institute (GBI) to conduct Mojave desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) surveys in the Amargosa Valley of southern Nevada. This project, funded under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657), is a partnership with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Pahrump Field Office to better understand desert tortoise distribution and population status in areas that may be...

This $4,185,165 Formula Grant awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act will support habitat restoration and rehabilitation planning and implementation across the state of Nevada. The grant aims to assess, plan, coordinate, and implement projects designed to restore healthy, functioning sagebrush ecosystems that are species-diverse and ecologically resilient. Key activities include wildlife habitat surveys, inventory, and analysis; seed...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the USGS Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808) is intended to study the effects of mineral development on greater sage-grouse populations at two study areas in central Nevada. The $150,000 award to the Great Basin Bird Observatory, a non-profit research organization, will fund the capture and tracking of 20-30 female sage-grouse at each site using radio and GPS transmitters. This data will be used to...

The Walker Basin Conservancy will receive $262,790 through a cooperative agreement awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Candidate Species Conservation program (CFDA 15.660) from June 1, 2023 through September 30, 2026. The conservancy will work to increase the availability of locally adapted native plant materials for habitat restoration in arid regions of Nevada's Great Basin. Specifically, the organization will collect seed from at least 20 native plant populations...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management Nevada Region awarded a $888,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (CFDA 15.235) to Clark County, Nevada's Desert Conservation Program. The purpose of this 5-year award, with a performance period from August 7, 2024 to August 6, 2029, is to implement desert tortoise monitoring using mark-recapture survey sampling on 8 demography plots encompassing 1,976 acres within Clark County. This data...