Cooperative Agreement F20AC11669

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 awarded a $120,000 cooperative agreement to Vollmar Natural Lands Consulting Inc. from October 1, 2021 to October 1, 2025 under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation (CFDA 15.657) federal grant program. The agreement will support captive propagation and reintroduction of Contra Costa goldfields (Lasthenia conjugens) to Contra Costa County, California. Activities will include securing endangered plant species information...

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 California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) received a $143,280 Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) program. The grant will fund a 3-year effort to study the biology and recovery of the Butte County meadowfoam (Limnanthes floccosa ssp. californica), a state and federally listed endangered plant species. Key activities include pollination studies, mating strategy research, and testing...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $442,709 Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) Project Grant to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) to support research on the Burke's goldfields (Lasthenia burkei) and Contra Costa goldfields (Lasthenia conjugens) plant species. The 3-year project, which began on February 1, 2024, aims to: (1) evaluate seed production, quality, viability, and dormancy rates; (2) assess seed...

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) received a $217,536 three-year Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) program. The grant will support CDFW's efforts to evaluate the effects of the 2020 CZU Lightning Complex Fire and fire suppression activities on the recovery of two endangered plant species native to the Santa Cruz Mountains: Santa Cruz cypress...

The Bureau of Land Management California Region awarded a $339,124 cooperative agreement to the California State University Fresno Foundation from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. The award will support repatriation and preservation efforts for the blunt nosed leopard lizard under the Threatened and Endangered Species program (CFDA 15.246). As part of the T&E Species program's goal of restoring habitat connectivity and combating climate change impacts, the cooperative agreement funding...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 8, awarded a $367,053 Project Grant under the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CVPIA) program (CFDA 15.648) to President And Board Of Trustees Of Santa Clara College. The grant supports research to examine the distribution of genetic diversity within and among the threatened Santa Clara Valley dudleya plant populations. Key research activities include: Assessing clonal reproduction and gene flow using next-generation DNA sequencing Quantifying...

This Project Grant award of $291,213 from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service will fund comprehensive invasive plant species assessment and management to enhance habitat for the endangered soft bird's-beak plant and tidal wetland recovery in California from May 2022 to May 2025. Under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund program (CFDA 15.615), which provides federal assistance to states for species and habitat conservation, the California Department of...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded the State of California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) a $9,459,460 Project Grant under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) program to permanently protect approximately 174 acres of occupied habitat for the federally endangered Butte County meadowfoam plant species in Butte County, California. The grant funds will be used by CDFW, in partnership with the non-profit California Open Lands, to purchase the land...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Plant Conservation and Restoration Management program (CFDA 15.245) provides $206,382.30 to the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Inc. for a 5-year project to assess the geographic distribution and conservation status of the Inyo rock daisy. The project involves conducting surveys in known and potential habitat areas to better understand the species' populations and support its conservation. As a non-profit...