Cooperative Agreement F14AC00973

This $185,346 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CFDA 15.820) program will evaluate the effectiveness of climate-adaptive forest management strategies in sustaining habitat for priority bird species and maximizing carbon storage in Northeastern forests. The key activities include: Field-based assessments of forest-dependent bird responses to climate-adaptive silviculture practices on lands managed...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded a $205,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631) to the Upper Savannah Land Trust (USLT), a non-profit organization in South Carolina. The purpose of the award is to enhance habitat for the Carolina heelsplitter, a federally endangered freshwater mussel, in the Stevens Creek watershed. USLT will implement habitat restoration activities such as stream bank contouring, improved road crossings,...

This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808), supports the development of spatial modeling tools to understand changes in sagebrush vegetation dynamics across the western U.S. over time and space. The $250,000 award to Colorado State University will leverage statistical analyses, connectivity models, and GIS tools to: Evaluate the drivers and ecological conditions associated with invasions of annual...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Wildlife Resource Management program (CFDA 15.247) provides $249,360 in funding to Oregon State University (OSU) from September 2024 to September 2029. The project aims to identify anthropogenic activities and structures that inhibit or promote movement and connectivity among and within seasonal habitats for the Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) in the Bighorn Basin...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Threatened and Endangered Species Program (CFDA 15.246) will provide $246,662.32 in funding to Lincoln County, Nevada to develop and implement the Southern Lincoln County Habitat Conservation Plan (SLCHCP). The 5-year award, effective September 22, 2023, will support a SLCHCP administrator position responsible for designing and executing mitigation projects on both private and BLM-managed lands to offset...

The Bureau of Land Management Utah Region awarded a $150,000 cooperative agreement to Utah State University under the Wildlife Resource Management federal grant program (CFDA 15.247) to analyze strategies for improving Utah prairie dog translocation success. Over the 2022-2027 period of performance, USU will statistically analyze five years of data from the BLM Cedar City Field Office's ongoing studies testing various translocation methods. USU will then devise a two-year research strategy...

The U.S. Geological Survey awarded a $114,998 Cooperative Agreement to Northern Arizona University under the USGS Research and Data Collection Program (CFDA 15.808) to test the utility of terrestrial LiDAR scanning (TLS) in estimating key wildfire fuels variables. The 2-year project will develop methods to estimate fuel load, vegetation cover, and vertical plant density from TLS data combined with other remote sensing sources. The researchers will establish field plots across different...

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) awarded a $142,175 Cooperative Agreement under the USGS Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808) to the University of Tennessee (UT) to develop tools and models that will help natural resource managers adapt to changing hardwood forest ecosystems. Over the 2-year project period from April 2025 to April 2027, UT will: Collect and analyze data on oak abundance, mast variability, and wildlife impacts to identify trends and gaps, compiling the...

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded Klamath Bird Observatory, a non-profit organization, a $199,782.11 Cooperative Agreement under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (CFDA 15.234) program on April 1, 2024. The objective of this 2-year project is to study the effects of invasive blackberry density on riparian bird abundance, territory density, nest success, nestling growth rates, and local insect abundance. The findings will help determine if removal...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $896,077 Project Grant under the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CFDA 15.648) program to the Santa Clara Valley Habitat Agency to implement a grazing management plan and infrastructure improvements across 696 acres of habitat reserve land adjacent to Morgan Hill, California. The key project activities include: Restoring approximately 455 acres of serpentine habitat types to benefit endangered species like the Bay checkerspot butterfly,...