Cooperative Agreement F20AC10520

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657), supports critical activities to protect and create new habitats for the endangered Northeastern Beach Tiger Beetle. The $123,100 grant, awarded on July 1, 2024, funds a range of conservation actions, including: 1) Ongoing surveys and monitoring of the newly established beetle population in New Jersey to assess...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $102,000 Project Grant (CFDA 15.615 - Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund) to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife (MassWildlife) to conserve and aid in the recovery of federally listed and at-risk species within Massachusetts. The grant will fund activities including monitoring of the Puritan tiger beetle and Northeastern beach tiger beetle populations, continuing restoration efforts for the northern...

This federal Project Grant award of $1,176,700.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service (DOI FWS) under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) program. The award, granted on June 21, 2024, supports a land acquisition proposal in central Lancaster County, Nebraska for the conservation of the endangered Salt Creek tiger beetle. The primary awardee, the Nebraska Game & Parks Commission, will utilize the grant funding to acquire...

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife received a $103,886.78 project grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 to monitor reintroduction efforts for the American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus) in Ohio. The grant was awarded on January 1, 2022 under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund program (CFDA 15.615), with completion scheduled for December 31, 2024. This federal program provides financial...

This Project Grant award of $267,138 from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation Program (CFDA 15.657) will fund a 2-year project by the Ecostudies Institute, a non-profit conservation organization. The project aims to: 1) identify microsite conditions that support the persistence and density of the Taylor's checkerspot butterfly's primary host plants, 2) evaluate the effects of microsite conditions on the phenology of...

This $100,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) will support the Institute for Regional Conservation's (IRC) efforts to restore habitat for the Miami tiger beetle and Bartram's scrub-hairstreak butterfly in the Richmond Pine Rocklands of Florida. The funding will leverage IRC's ongoing Pine Rockland Initiative, which aims to restore habitat and aid recovery of...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) awarded a $150,000 Project Grant under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) to the New Hampshire Fish & Game department. The funding will support conservation actions to recover the Karner blue butterfly population in the Merrimack-Nashua River System Recovery Unit. Key activities include: Updating the captive rearing laboratory to maintain capacity for releasing Karner blue butterflies back into the wild. Conducting...

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) received a $364,571 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the State Wildlife Grants program (CFDA 15.634) for the period April 1, 2023 through March 31, 2028. Under the award, NJDEP will coordinate six projects addressing high priority Species of Greatest Conservation Need and regional issues across multiple Northeast states. This includes developing standardized survey...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 awarded Environmental Solutions & Innovations, Inc. a $347,988.30 project grant under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation (CFDA 15.657) federal grant program. The grant will support bumble bee surveys in the Great Lakes watershed to expand the range and locate new populations of the federally endangered Rusty Patched Bumble Bee (Bombus affinis) through 2024. Surveys will be conducted in national wildlife refuges,...

This Project Grant award of $379,593 was provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund program (CFDA 15.615) to the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DNER) in Puerto Rico. The funding will support various initiatives to conserve and recover threatened and endangered species, including: Continuing to support the propagation and monitoring of the Puerto Rican crested toad (Peltophryne...