Cooperative Agreement F21AC02606

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 Albany Pine Bush Preserve received a $300,000 project grant award from the Department of Agriculture Forest Service R9-Eastern Region on August 21, 2021 to complete work by August 31, 2024. The grant was awarded under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698) to support endangered species habitat restoration and fuel reduction efforts in the Pine Barrens of Albany, New York. Specifically, the funding will assist the Albany Pine Bush Preserve in...

This federal Project Grant award of $265,721 from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) supports collaborative research to address the growing threat of invasive Caribbean pine (Pinus caribaea) and associated wildfire risk in Puerto Rico. The project, led by Kent State University, partners with local agencies and communities to create high-resolution maps of pine invasion and burn scars, predict future risks, and develop user-friendly applications for land managers,...

The Albany Pine Bush Preserve will receive $300,000 through a Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service to conduct wildfire risk reduction activities under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program. From September 2022 through August 2026, the Preserve will perform fuel reduction and habitat restoration work in the Albany Pine Bush to control rural and wildland fires. The Cooperative Fire Assistance program aims to assist non-federal...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) project grant award of $231,652 to Caribbean Regenerative Community Development Inc. (Crcd) will create high-resolution maps of invasive Caribbean pine tree invasion and burn scars in Puerto Rico, predict future wildfire risks, and develop user-friendly applications to support land managers, policymakers, and landowners. The project aims to tackle key knowledge gaps around detecting invasive pines in rugged terrain, mapping...

The Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (RBNERR), administered by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP), has been awarded a $1,258,525 Cooperative Agreement under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Coastal Zone Management Estuarine Research Reserves program (CFDA 11.420). The funding will support RBNERR's operations, research and monitoring, education, communication, training, and stewardship activities from July 1, 2024, through December...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 15.662), awarded a $199,954 Cooperative Agreement to Huron Pines Resource Conservation and Development Council Inc. (Huron Pines) on March 1, 2024. This grant will fund Huron Pines to continue management and stewardship activities on over 6,800 acres of the Kirtland's Warbler Wildlife Management Area in Michigan's northern lower peninsula. The project aims to restore and enhance pine barrens habitat to...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $228,948 Cooperative Agreement under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) to The Institute For Bird Populations, a non-profit organization specializing in avian research and conservation. The purpose of this 3-year project is to survey for the presence of the declining pinyon jay in 25 national parks across the American Southwest. The surveys, using both in-person visits and autonomous...

This $1,200,000 federal Project Grant award from the USDA Forest Service under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664) will fund longleaf pine restoration and habitat enhancement projects on state, private, and tribal lands across the Southeast United States. The prime awardee, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), will work with sub-grantees including the American Bird Conservancy, The Nature Conservancy, The Longleaf Alliance, and the Land Trust For Louisiana to...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Park Service (NPS) under the Natural Resource Stewardship program (CFDA 15.944) provides $347,163.07 to American Forests to develop and begin implementing a 20-year recovery and conservation plan for whitebark pine, a federally listed threatened tree species, at Mount Rainier, Olympic, and North Cascades National Parks. The goal is to promote the recovery and conservation of whitebark pine through expanded scientific planning, restoration...