Cooperative Agreement F18AC00691

The City of Albuquerque Open Space Division was awarded a $5,000,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service's Inflation Reduction Act Urban & Community Forestry Program (CFDA 10.727). The grant, with a period of performance from July 2024 to September 2028, is focused on increasing the urban tree canopy and promoting ecosystem restoration in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The project aims to plan, establish, manage, and protect trees, forests, green spaces, and...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 awarded a $284,389 Project Grant to the Bosque Ecosystem Monitoring Program under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951). The grant will support environmental education activities for 1,000 seventh grade students in Albuquerque, Truth or Consequence, Los Lunas, Belen, and Rio Rancho, New Mexico. Students will learn about bosque ecosystem health through outdoor lessons and data collection measuring groundwater depth, precipitation...

The Dona Ana Soil & Water Conservation District (DASWCD) received a $1,000,000 Project Grant from the USDA Forest Service under the Inflation Reduction Act Urban & Community Forestry Program (CFDA 10.727) to implement the NeighborWoods Program. This program aims to enhance urban and community forestry, with a focus on advancing environmental justice in underserved areas. Key activities to be funded include tree planting, ecosystem restoration, conservation planning, workforce...

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R3-Southwestern Region awarded a $449,903 Project Grant to Wood Sharks LLC through the Collaborative Forest Restoration Program (CFDA 10.679). The grant will fund the Lower Embudo and Copper Hill State Trust Land Collaborative Restoration Project from September 2021 through September 2024. The project aims to promote healthy watersheds and reduce wildfire risks in New Mexico's forests through restoration activities. Specifically, the grant will...

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $2,500,000 Project Grant on May 14, 2024 to La Cosecha Community Supported Agriculture, a small agricultural cooperative and non-profit organization, for the South Valley Community Forestry Project in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The project, funded under the Inflation Reduction Act Urban & Community Forestry Program (CFDA 10.727), aims to plan, establish, manage, and protect trees, forests, green spaces, and related natural resources in the...

This $496,130 cooperative agreement from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration program (CFDA 15.658) will support the acquisition and permanent protection of 1,112 acres of tropical rainforest habitat within the Cerro San Gil Watershed Protection Reserve in Guatemala. American Bird Conservancy will work with local partner Fundacion Para El Ecodesarollo Y La Conservacion (Fundaeco) to add the acquired land to the...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $1,058,240 Project Grant under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664) to Protectores De Cuencas Inc. (PDC), a minority-owned non-profit organization in Puerto Rico. The award, effective from August 13, 2024 to August 31, 2027, supports forest stewardship management and habitat restoration initiatives in Puerto Rico. Through this funding, PDC will deliver a comprehensive range of environmental conservation,...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service has awarded a $886,895 Project Grant under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664) to Protectores De Cuencas Inc. (PDC), a minority-owned non-profit organization in Puerto Rico. The grant funding will be used to enhance habitat connectivity in subtropical dry forests in Puerto Rico over a 3-year project period ending in May 2026. PDC, which has a strong track record of delivering federally-funded environmental conservation...

This $500,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Aquatic Resources Management program (CFDA 15.244) supports the restoration of several severely degraded stream systems and wetland habitats in the area administered by the BLM Taos Field Office in New Mexico. The non-profit organization RIO Grande Return will employ low-tech process-based restoration techniques to remove non-native and invasive species, plant native...

The National Audubon Society, Inc. has been awarded a $298,014 Project Grant from the Bureau of Reclamation's Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554) to implement the 2024-2029 Lower Gila River Collaborative (LGRC) Strategic Action Plan over a three-year period from January 2025 to December 2027. The project aims to advance restoration of the Lower Gila River sub-watersheds in Maricopa County, Arizona by removing invasive tamarisk, planting native vegetation, creating public...