Cooperative Agreement F19AC00684

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded Tierra Y Montes, a U.S. local government Soil and Water Conservation District, a $100,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631). The 5-year award, effective October 2, 2023, will support habitat restoration and enhancement projects on private lands in San Miguel and Mora Counties, New Mexico. Key objectives include improving wildlife habitat quality, reducing erosion and...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements program (CFDA 15.654), aims to conserve and restore the watershed at the Rio Mora National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico. The $120,000 project, with an award date of January 1, 2025 and a completion date of January 1, 2028, will focus on activities such as wetland and streambank restoration, erosion control, riparian buffer establishment, floodplain...

This $140,250 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631) supports Envirosurvey Inc., a Puerto Rico-based minority-owned non-profit organization, in implementing operational field strategies to promote habitat connectivity between remnant mature native forests and surrounding agricultural landscapes. The key objectives and activities include: 1) Identifying at least 5 coffee plantation properties...

This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program (CFDA 15.631), provides $105,000.00 in funding to the Grasslans Charitable Foundation to serve as a fiscal agent and implementation partner for habitat improvement projects on private lands in New Mexico. The goal is for USFWS staff to enroll 2-4 private landowners in the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program to develop on-the-ground habitat conservation projects...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service Region 2 awarded a $120,000 Cooperative Agreement to the New Mexico Community Foundation (NMCF), effective October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2028. This award is funded under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631), which provides technical and financial assistance to private landowners, Native American Tribes, and other entities to conserve, restore, and enhance fish and wildlife habitats. Under this Cooperative...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program (CFDA 15.631) provides $185,000.00 to Protectores De Cuencas Inc. (PDC), a minority-owned non-profit organization in Puerto Rico. The funding will support two main goals: 1) Engaging 2-4 private landowners to establish forested corridors through native tree and shrub planting, increasing nesting and foraging habitat for the endangered yellow-shouldered blackbird, and 2)...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631), provides $200,710.00 to establish a working partnership between the Service and the recipient, Multiplier, a non-profit organization based in San Francisco. The purpose of the agreement is to promote conservation on private lands by facilitating the development and implementation of conservation projects in collaboration with private landowners. The projects...

This $110,000 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the Bureau of Land Management (CFDA 15.245 - Plant Conservation and Restoration Management), supports a project to better understand and quantify the impacts of water harvesting structures and strategic grazing management on vegetation restoration in the Hatch and Mesilla Valley region of New Mexico. The key objectives are to develop a comprehensive restoration design and monitoring approach, and to work closely with ranchers to implement grazing...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $800,000 Project Grant under the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (CFDA 15.635) program to the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies. This funding will support continued efforts to conserve high-priority and declining grassland bird species across their full annual cycle in western North America and Mexico. Key activities include: Protecting at least 10,000 additional acres of Chihuahuan Desert grasslands and shrublands...

This $500,000 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Aquatic Resources Management program (CFDA 15.244), supports the restoration of severely degraded stream systems and wetland habitats across 3,000 acres administered by the BLM Taos Field Office in New Mexico. The non-profit organization RIO Grande Return will employ low-tech process-based restoration (LTPBR) techniques, including removing non-native species, planting...