Cooperative Agreement F14AP00209

The National Audubon Society Inc. will receive $390,000 through a Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5 to implement post-construction adaptive management techniques at the Great Meadows Marsh Unit of the S.B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge from April 29, 2022 to December 31, 2026. Funded activities under the Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief Activities program (CFDA 15.677) include invasive species control through herbicide...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Region 5 awarded $442,857 to the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey, Inc. (CWFNJ) under the Coastal Program (CFDA 15.630) to serve as Habitat Offset Manager for restoration and enhancement projects in New Jersey. Under this cooperative agreement effective July 1, 2025, through May 30, 2027, CWFNJ will develop and implement habitat restoration initiatives designed to offset losses to federally listed...

Summary of Federal Cooperative Agreement Award The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Region 5 awarded $109,756.00 to the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey, Inc. under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) through a Cooperative Agreement effective August 1, 2025, with completion by December 30, 2025. Under this agreement, the Foundation will develop at least five municipal beach management plans and conduct comprehensive wildlife surveys for birds,...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) awarded a $210,012 Cooperative Agreement to the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey (CWF) under the FWS Coastal grant program (CFDA 15.630) to assist the FWS in completing at least 10 municipal beach management plans, as well as surveying for birds, herptiles, and mammals, and restoring approximately 200 acres of habitat for fish and wildlife through invasive species control, grassland restoration, and wetland enhancement in the Pinelands region,...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Coastal Program (CFDA 15.630) provides $111,020.00 to restore suitable nesting habitat for the critically endangered hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) in Puerto Rico. The goal is to reduce threats and enhance the quality of nesting beaches across approximately 128 acres along the southwest, south, and southeast coasts of the island, including Vieques. Planned restoration actions include constructing...

Rutgers University will conduct a spatially explicit population viability analysis for the piping plover within the New York-New Jersey recovery unit under a $118,066 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The analysis aims to determine the population size, demographic rates, habitat amounts and configurations necessary for viability and recovery of the subpopulation, including under scenarios of coastal storm impacts and sea level rise. Results will provide targets for...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $3,176,250 Cooperative Agreement to the American Bird Conservancy (ABC) under the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR) Program (CFDA 15.658). This 5-year project, starting February 2024, will work to stabilize and increase beach-nesting bird populations in Texas through habitat protection, stewardship, outreach, and monitoring activities. The project focuses on U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Birds of Conservation Concern and...

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) received a $364,571 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the State Wildlife Grants program (CFDA 15.634) for the period April 1, 2023 through March 31, 2028. Under the award, NJDEP will coordinate six projects addressing high priority Species of Greatest Conservation Need and regional issues across multiple Northeast states. This includes developing standardized survey...

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) was awarded a $2 million Project Grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Program (CFDA 15.614) to restore 193 acres of native habitat at the Mad Horse Creek Wildlife Management Area. The restoration will include excavating tidal channels and removing invasive plant species from 59 acres of salt marsh. An additional 8.5 acres will be planted as high marsh and tidal...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $215,236 Formula Grant through the State Wildlife Grants (CFDA 15.634) program to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) to conduct the NJ Sturgeon Research and Management Project. This project collects baseline and long-term data on the spatial and temporal use of the lower Delaware Bay by Atlantic and shortnose sturgeon, which are state and federally endangered species. The data collected supports New Jersey's Wildlife...