Cooperative Agreement F19AC00285

This Project Grant award of $104,000.00 from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 under the Endangered Species Conservation-Wolf Livestock Loss Compensation and Prevention program (CFDA 15.666) supports the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) in undertaking proactive, non-lethal activities to reduce the risk of livestock loss due to predation by wolves and to compensate livestock producers for livestock losses due to such predation. The funding will...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded a $380,000 Project Grant to the New Mexico State University (NMSU) under the Endangered Species Conservation-Wolf Livestock Loss Compensation and Prevention program (CFDA 15.666). The grant funding will be used to support two primary objectives: 1) Providing financial assistance to livestock producers to implement proactive, non-lethal measures (e.g., fencing, guard dogs, range riders) to reduce the risk of livestock loss due to wolf...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded a $150,500 Cooperative Agreement under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631) to Cottonwood Ranch LLC, a for-profit, veteran-owned limited liability company. The agreement, with a performance period from January 2024 to September 2028, will fund ranch-scale trials and documentation of virtual fencing technology to manage livestock distribution and support sustainable rangeland management practices in sagebrush ecosystems. The...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded a $240,000 Project Grant to the Arizona Game and Fish Department to support the state's participation in the Mexican Wolf Reintroduction Program and the Arizona Livestock Loss Board (ALLB). Of the total award, $114,000 (95%) in federal funds will be used to provide direct payments to ALLB-approved applicants for deploying conflict avoidance measures that reduce Mexican wolf depredations on livestock. An additional $6,000...

The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish received a $1 million Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 2 under the Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety program (CFDA 15.611). The funding will support projects to remove, modify, and install wildlife-friendly fencing on approximately 20,000 acres of wildlife management areas in southeastern New Mexico owned by the New Mexico State Game Commission and managed by the...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $150,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631) to the World Wildlife Fund, Inc. (WWF) to support grassland restoration and bison habitat expansion on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation in Montana. The funding will be used to construct 7 miles of wildlife-friendly bison fencing, which will add 5,462 acres of intact grassland to the bison grazing habitat. Over the next 5 years, the project will also work...

This $290,000 cooperative agreement awarded by the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 will fund habitat improvement and conservation efforts to increase the likelihood of tolerance and survival of red wolves on private lands within the five-county North Carolina red wolf recovery area through July 2027. Under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program, the North Carolina Wildlife Federation will work with private landowners and conservation partners to improve...

This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service provides $150,000 in funding to the Colorado Department of Natural Resources to support the state's efforts in responding to the newly established wolf population and the wolf population that will be introduced under Proposition 114. The grant funds are intended to support two primary activities: 1) Compensation for confirmed livestock depredation by wolves, and 2) Provision of prevention...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded the Arizona Department of Game and Fish a $300,000 Project Grant under the Endangered Species Conservation-Wolf Livestock Loss Compensation and Prevention program (CFDA 15.666). The grant funds will be used to support the Arizona Livestock Loss Board's (ALLB) deployment of a depredation compensation program, providing $142,500 (95% of the federal funds) in direct payments to participating Arizona livestock producers for confirmed Mexican wolf...

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) received a $500,000 cooperative agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters on September 1, 2021 through the Partners for Fish and Wildlife federal grant program (CFDA 15.631). The award will support the Western Migration Corridors Partnership through September 30, 2025. Under the cooperative agreement, NFWF will provide $500,000 to support four habitat restoration sub-awards across...