Cooperative Agreement F16AC00911

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $414,878.56 Cooperative Agreement to the Upper Salinas / Las Tablas Resource Conservation District under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation Program (CFDA 15.657). The project will restore 5 acres of overwintering and breeding habitat for the monarch butterfly on Army National Guard Camp Roberts and Camp San Luis Obispo in California. The restoration activities will involve removing invasive plant species and...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Latin America and Caribbean Regional program (CFDA 15.640) provides $639,220 to Alternare AC, a foreign-owned non-profit in Mexico, to conserve and restore the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve (MBBR). Key activities include: Placing 3,024 hectares of land under community-based forest management (698 ha in the core zone, 2,326 ha in the buffer zone) Reforesting 60 hectares in the MBBR buffer...

This $124,665 three-year Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) aims to restore the endangered Behrens and Myrtles Silverspot butterflies on the Sonoma-Mendocino coast by expanding the coverage of their larval host plant, Viola adunca, in Fort Ross State Historic Park. The project will test the effectiveness of two restoration methods - seed dispersal and planting mature...

The National Park Service (NPS) awarded a $156,500 Cooperative Agreement under the Natural Resource Stewardship Program (CFDA 15.944) to the Save The Dunes Conservation Fund Inc. (Save Dunes) for a project to enhance native pollinator habitats across 115 acres in the Indiana Dunes region. The objective is to increase connectivity of pollinator habitat by improving marginal lands to serve as corridors. Key activities include invasive species management, converting turf to prairie, and planting...

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $394,579.44 Cooperative Agreement under the Threatened and Endangered Species Program (CFDA 15.246) to the Monarch Joint Venture (MJV), a non-profit organization. The objective of this two-year case study is to document the seasonality of monarch presence and activity within the Cosumnes River watershed in California, while refining a scalable protocol for evaluating monarch activity across similar landscapes. The project will determine when and...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $109,000 Project Grant to Milwaukee County Parks under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657). The grant supports efforts to increase native plant species diversity, remove woody plant encroachments, and control invasive species in order to expand habitat for the rusty patched bumble bee and monarch butterfly across approximately 57.8 acres at six restoration sites in Wisconsin. The grant-funded...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded the State of California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) a $9,459,460 Project Grant under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) program to permanently protect approximately 174 acres of occupied habitat for the federally endangered Butte County meadowfoam plant species in Butte County, California. The grant funds will be used by CDFW, in partnership with the non-profit California Open Lands, to purchase the land...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), through the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program (CFDA 15.631), has awarded a $130,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) to restore 812 acres of privately owned grasslands in Texas. The goal of this 5-year project (7/1/2025 - 6/30/2030) is to manage invasive plant species and re-establish native warm-season bunch grasses, forbs, and pollinator plants on tamed pasture or hayland. This habitat restoration work will...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the International Forestry Programs (CFDA 10.684) supports collaborative solutions for the conservation of the migratory monarch butterfly and strengthening of public-private partnerships. The $810,000 award to Monarch Joint Venture, a non-profit organization, will fund scientific research, technical assistance, monitoring, conservation planning, and educational services aimed at protecting...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) provides $143,280.00 to the California Department of Fish & Wildlife (CDFW) to conduct research and conservation efforts for the recovery of the Butte County meadowfoam (Limnanthes floccosa ssp. californica). The award will fund pollination studies, including pollinator observations, and test the management technique of...