Cooperative Agreement F19AC00746

This U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Cooperative Agreement award, funded under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife (CFDA 15.631) program, provides $199,430 to the Laguna De Santa Rosa Foundation to support native seed collection, production, and restoration initiatives across Department of the Interior (DOI) lands in California. The project will expand the foundation's ex-situ seed production capacity by adding 1,600 sq. ft. of shade house space and 540 sq. ft. of growing tables,...

Through this $113,035 Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, also known as the California Botanic Garden, will provide a range of native plant conservation services to support the BLM's Plant Conservation and Restoration Management program (CFDA 15.245). Key activities include seed banking, specimen collection, species surveys, taxonomy research, and restoration propagation, with a focus on rare...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service (DOI FWS) awarded a $489,897 Cooperative Agreement under the Coastal Program (CFDA 15.630) to the Lake County Forest Preserve District in Illinois. This 3-year project aims to expand upon previous habitat restoration efforts at the Greenbelt Forest Preserve to create a more continuous and resilient ecosystem for native plant and animal species. Key management activities will include controlling aggressive native and invasive woody...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $442,094 Project Grant through the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) to advance the conservation and recovery of six rare plant species found on the northern Channel Islands off the coast of California. The project, led by the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden (SBBG) and its collaborators, will implement critical surveys, seed collections, seed increase, and...

The State Coastal Conservancy received a $1.4 million Project Grant from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration program (CFDA 15.614) to restore 14.3 acres of coastal wetlands and associated uplands in the Big Canyon Nature Park in Upper Newport Bay, California. The project will restore 1,900 feet of tidal and creek channels, 2.8 acres of tidal marsh, 7.3 acres of transitional wetlands, and 4.2 acres of coastal...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $324,190.75 Cooperative Agreement to the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden (doing business as California Botanic Garden), a non-profit organization, under the Plant Conservation and Restoration Management program (CFDA 15.245). The funding supports the development of propagation protocols for 11 rare plant species impacted by solar energy development in California over a 5-year period from October 2024 to September...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 awarded the State Coastal Conservancy a $8 million Project Grant under the Geographic Programs - San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund (CFDA 66.126) to implement the Southern Eden Landing Restoration Project. The project will restore approximately 1,300 acres of tidal marsh habitat and enhance 800 acres of managed ponds in the Southern Eden Landing area of San Francisco Bay through levee breaching, pond connectivity improvements, and...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management's Plant Conservation and Restoration Management program (CFDA 15.245) provides $412,119.88 to Conservation Science Global Inc., a non-profit organization, to collect and save native seeds at the Cosumnes River Preserve in California over three growing seasons from 2025 to 2027. The project aims to collect seeds from at least 20 different species, with a goal of 1.5 million total seeds. The partner organization will coordinate...

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 Cooperative Agreement award, with a total funding of $257,813.90, was provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management under the Plant Conservation and Restoration Management program (CFDA 15.245). The award, with a period of performance from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2029, is supporting the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, doing business as the California Botanic Garden, in assessing habitat suitability models for eight plant species in development focus...