Cooperative Agreement F15AC01172

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631) provides $150,000 in funding to the Arkansas Wildlife Federation, a non-profit organization. The project aims to restore and enhance prairies, woodlands, glades, and aquatic habitats in Arkansas and Louisiana. Key activities include reintroducing fire to fire-dependent habitats, converting pastures to native prairie, opening woodland...

The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff will provide an Equity Conservation Outreach Training Program through a $1.42 million cooperative agreement award from the United States Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service. The two-year award, issued on May 22, 2022, will support services under the Soil and Water Conservation CFDA #10.902 program. Through this funding, the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff will deliver conservation technical assistance and training to...

The Arkansas Wildlife Federation will receive $302,000 through a Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631). The funding will support efforts to restore, enhance and protect riparian, in-stream, springs and spring-run aquatic habitats on private lands in Arkansas and Louisiana. This will be accomplished through installing livestock exclusion fencing, conducting site...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement to Alabama A&M University under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Federal Grant Program (CFDA 10.664). The award, effective September 3, 2024 through September 30, 2027, will fund the "Career Readiness Forestry Partnership" project. Through this cooperative agreement, Alabama A&M University will develop and deliver forestry-focused workforce development programs, produce and...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631) provides $245,000 in funding to the Arkansas Wildlife Federation, a non-profit organization, to support habitat restoration projects in Arkansas. The projects will focus on restoring priority habitats including remnant prairie, open pine-oak woodlands, in-stream aquatic areas, riparian zones, and karst environments on private lands. The restoration...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Soil and Water Conservation program (CFDA 10.902) provides $124,997 to the Division of Agriculture of the University of Arkansas to increase the implementation of climate-smart forestry practices through demonstration, technical assistance, and education utilizing the Arkansas Forestry and Wildlife Discovery Farm. The project aims to promote sustainable forest...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service (CFDA 15.631 Partners for Fish and Wildlife) provides $150,000.00 to support the continued restoration, enhancement, and ongoing management of 4,300 contiguous acres of mixed longleaf and loblolly pine forests in Louisiana. Key activities include midstory vegetation reduction, herbaceous vegetation improvements, overstory thinning, prescribed burning, monitoring of the red-cockaded woodpecker...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), through its Youth Engagement, Education, and Employment program (CFDA 15.676), awarded a $393,132.13 Cooperative Agreement to American Conservation Experience (ACE), a non-profit conservation corps organization, on November 21, 2024. The award supports ACE in recruiting four members to contribute to the forestry program and other biological projects alongside FWS staff at several Midwest region refuges. The forestry members will gain experience in...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has awarded a $2,077,971.00 Cooperative Agreement to the University of Georgia (UGA) Research Foundation under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife (CFDA 15.631) federal grant program. The funding will support USFWS Seed of Success (SOS) efforts to develop native plant materials for stabilizing, rehabilitating and restoring lands, particularly in the wake of wildfires. Key activities include collecting and processing at least 700 SOS seed collections at...

This $266,738.33 Cooperative Agreement award, made on June 26, 2025 by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), supports the American Conservation Experience (ACE) in recruiting three members to contribute to the Traveling Invasive Plant Strike Team under the mentorship of USFWS staff. The project, funded through the USFWS Youth Engagement, Education, and Employment program (CFDA 15.676), will involve the ACE members removing invasive plant species by hand and herbicide application, as well...