Cooperative Agreement F18AC00064

The National Wildlife Refuge Association (NWRA) was awarded a $407,333 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 under the National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements program (CFDA 15.654). The award period is from October 1, 2021 to June 30, 2025. Under this cooperative agreement, NWRA will provide outreach and support services to identify, conserve, manage, and enhance the natural, historical, and cultural resources and physical...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Multistate Conservation Grant Program (CFDA 15.628) will support the Wildlife Management Institute, Inc. in developing and placing YouTube advertising campaigns to promote hunting content and introduce new participants to hunting in four states - Idaho, Tennessee, Maryland, and Iowa. The $237,478.45 award will be used to create and run the YouTube ad campaigns, study conversion rates, and make adjustments to maximize their...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 awarded a $150,000 Cooperative Agreement to Outdoor Outreach, a San Diego-based nonprofit organization, under the National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements program (CFDA 15.654). Over the 1-year impact period from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024, Outdoor Outreach will provide 200 recreational learning programs for 1,200 urban youth in local wildlife refuges and adjacent areas. These programs, which include activities like...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (DOI) awarded a $160,000 Cooperative Agreement under the National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements program (CFDA 15.654) to Northeast Wetland Restoration, a sole proprietorship located in Berwick, Maine. The purpose of this 5-year project is to correct marsh surface hydrology and improve salt marsh resilience to climate change and sea level rise at the 141-acre Little River Estuary in the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge in Wells, Maine. Northeast...

Cooperative Agreement Summary Outdoor Outreach, a San Diego-based nonprofit organization, received a $105,000 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Region 8 under the National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements program (CFDA 15.654) for the period June 1, 2025 through May 31, 2026. The award funds structured outdoor recreation programming targeting youth ages 9 to 24, with an anticipated reach of 1,000 individuals annually. Program activities are conducted on...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5 awarded a $142,000 Cooperative Agreement to Northeast Wetland Restoration under the National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements federal grant program (CFDA 15.654) to support innovative salt marsh restoration efforts at Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge in Maine, Parker River National Wildlife Refuge in Massachusetts, and Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge in New Hampshire from June 30, 2021 through May 31, 2026. The award...

Summary The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), through its National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements program (CFDA 15.654), awarded a Cooperative Agreement of $122,660.30 to the Zoological Society of San Diego, doing business as San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance (SDZWA), effective August 1, 2025, through July 31, 2026. Under this award, SDZWA will deliver the Wildlife Rangers Program, providing Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) classroom programming and immersive...

The National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) awarded a $110,353.30 Project Grant to the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey, Inc. (CWF) under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (CFDA 10.912) on May 1, 2024. The grant will fund CWF's planning and management of a camera trapping effort in wetlands where state biologists have varying degrees of confidence in population estimates, following standard Phase 2 visual surveys. This effort is intended to optimize environmental...

The North Shore Community Land Trust (NSCLT) and James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge (JCNWR) have been awarded a $156,000 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Coastal Program (CFDA 15.630) to enhance and expand landscape-scale restoration efforts on Oahu's North Shore. This 5-year project will fund a shared full-time employee to implement invasive vegetation removal, native plant propagation and outplanting, predator control, volunteer coordination,...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), under the National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements program (CFDA 15.654), awarded a $200,000 Cooperative Agreement to Point Blue Conservation Science (Point Blue). The purpose of this 5-year project is to develop a habitat suitability model and survey protocol to monitor changes in the extent of western snowy plover nesting habitat at the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes National Wildlife Refuge in California. The key deliverables include: 1) a habitat...