Cooperative Agreement F15AC00799

The University of California, Riverside (UC Riverside) received a $107,610 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation (CFDA 15.657) program. The grant, which runs from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2025, will support research to improve the understanding of Santa Ana sucker (Catostomus santaanae) egg and larval mortality and development under the range of temperatures found in...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $246,632 Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) grant to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW). The grant supports a 3-year project (3/1/2024 - 2/28/2027) to conduct a comprehensive genetic health assessment of the federally endangered Santa Cruz long-toed salamander across its limited range in southern Santa Cruz and northern Monterey Counties, California. The project will generate genomic data and population...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded $252,631 to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife through the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund program (CFDA 15.615) on April 16, 2022 to complete the project by April 15, 2025. The funding will support research on the Santa Cruz long-toed salamander to guide its recovery. Specifically, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife will collect and analyze data on recruitment of metamorphs into sexually...

This $500,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving (EJCPS) Cooperative Agreement Program (CFDA 66.306) provides funding to the non-profit organization Oneoc (doing business as Volunteer Center Orange County) to promote utilization of the existing California Department of Public Health's Child Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (CLPPP) and assist residents in Santa Ana, California in requesting blood...

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife was awarded $317,643 under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund program by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 to address threats to the California tiger salamander in California. Over a three year period ending in February 2026, the Department will work with sub-awardee University of California, Los Angeles to analyze over 1,800 genetic samples of California tiger salamanders collected over 30...

The San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District was awarded a $4,176,441.64 Project Grant from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) on March 27, 2024. The grant funds will be used to create and restore 21.7 acres of aquatic and riparian habitat in the Upper Santa Ana River watershed. Key project elements include constructing 4,200 linear feet of new and restored stream channel, enhancing a 25-foot...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is providing $437,964 through a Cooperative Agreement under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) to the Santa Ana Watershed Association (SAWA) to conduct monitoring and management of the endangered least Bell's vireo and brown-headed cowbird in the Santa Ana Watershed of Southern California. The scope of work includes annual surveys and reporting on the status, distribution, breeding chronology, and reproductive success of the...

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has been awarded a $484,823 Formula Grant under the U.S. Department of the Interior's Sport Fish Restoration (CFDA 15.605) program. The grant, with a project period of July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025, will fund studies to assess recreational fisheries across the North Central Region of California. These studies will examine fish population structure, dynamics, species composition, and angler utilization and preferences for both coldwater...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) provides $453,646.00 to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) for efforts to protect the threatened Paiute cutthroat trout (PCT) in California. The key objectives are to: 1) Use environmental DNA (eDNA) sampling to identify locations with high densities of invasive rainbow trout and hybrids within the PCT's native range in Silver King Creek,...

This $20,000,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) supports the permanent protection of approximately 483 acres of critical habitat in the West Coyote Hills area of Orange County, California. The grant will be matched by $10,000,000 in non-federal funds from the state's Wildlife Conservation Board. The grant funds will contribute to the acquisition and conservation of ecologically significant lands that...