Cooperative Agreement F20AC12112

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $216,214 Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) grant to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to enhance recovery of the threatened Western Snowy Plover and endangered California Least Tern at the Eden Landing Ecological Reserve in the San Francisco Bay area. The project involves field monitoring of breeding success, habitat enhancement activities, and installation of a Motus wildlife tracking system to study plover...

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has been awarded a $540,019 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service's Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) to implement actions to conserve and manage the federally threatened Western Snowy Plover (WSPL) and federally endangered California Least Tern (CLTE) in Los Angeles and Orange Counties, California. Key activities include replacing a fence at the Venice Beach CLTE colony,...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), under the National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements program (CFDA 15.654), awarded a $200,000 Cooperative Agreement to Point Blue Conservation Science (Point Blue). The purpose of this 5-year project is to develop a habitat suitability model and survey protocol to monitor changes in the extent of western snowy plover nesting habitat at the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes National Wildlife Refuge in California. The key deliverables include: 1) a habitat...

This $2.7 million project grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration program (CFDA 15.614) will support restoration and enhancement of 159 acres of coastal wetlands and riparian habitats at Coyote Hills Regional Park in Fremont, California. The California Coastal Conservancy and East Bay Regional Park District will directly restore and enhance over 14.5 acres of wetlands and 144.5 acres of grasslands,...

The State Coastal Conservancy (SCC) of California was awarded a $1,226,475 grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Program (CFDA 15.614). The 3-year grant will fund the restoration and enhancement of approximately 4 acres of threatened coastal wetlands along the Tomales Bay shoreline in Marin County, California. Key project activities include removing 2,000 cubic yards of fill, reconstructing a historic wetland slough,...

This $142,700 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) program supports the Washington State Department of Fish & Wildlife (WDFW) in assessing the population status of the threatened snowy plover in Washington state. The key activities to be delivered include: Monitoring of non-breeding winter and breeding spring/summer snowy plover populations and life stages to assess...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $3,176,250 Cooperative Agreement to the American Bird Conservancy (ABC) under the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR) Program (CFDA 15.658). This 5-year project, starting February 2024, will work to stabilize and increase beach-nesting bird populations in Texas through habitat protection, stewardship, outreach, and monitoring activities. The project focuses on U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Birds of Conservation Concern and...

This $200,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Coastal Program (CFDA 15.630) will support the Chicago Park District in establishing 1.25 acres of native dune habitat along the Lake Michigan shoreline at Calumet Park. Key project activities include importing and grading clean sand, installing gravel to create piping plover-friendly nesting and rearing conditions, and planting native marram grass and milkweed to stabilize the habitat and support pollinators....

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), under the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR) Program (CFDA 15.658), will provide $509,724 from April 1, 2025 through March 31, 2030 to the Cal Poly Humboldt Sponsored Programs Foundation (HSU Foundation) to conduct seabird colony surveillance and monitoring in central coastal California. The project aims to restore breeding seabird populations, especially common murres, that were harmed by...

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...