Cooperative Agreement F21AC02948

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded a $255,060 Cooperative Agreement under their Coastal Program (CFDA 15.630) to Crossroads At Big Creek, Inc., a non-profit organization in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. The purpose of this award is to provide additional capacity for Crossroads At Big Creek to manage invasive woody species and establish native habitats in their Ida Bay Preserve. Key project activities include treating 53 acres of woody invasive species, removing a 6-acre cool season...

The City of Port Washington received a $135,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the Coastal Program (CFDA 15.630) to restore habitats for migratory birds, wildlife, and pollinators in the Valley Creek corridor. Key project activities include controlling invasive species, diversifying the tree canopy, installing native plants, and converting maintained turf to native pollinator meadows at the Birchwood Hills and Upper Lake...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 awarded a $238,796.06 Cooperative Agreement to the Door County Land Trust, Inc. from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2026 under the Coastal Program. The primary objective of this award is to restore critical breeding habitat for the endangered Hine's emerald dragonfly and surrounding coastal wetlands at Kellner Fen Natural Area in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin by reducing densities of invasive woody species by 90-95% through the end of...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded The Baird Creek Preservation Foundation, Inc. a $168,976 Cooperative Agreement under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631) on February 1, 2024. The funding will support a 3-year project to restore 44 acres of native pollinator habitat in the Baird Creek Greenway in Brown County, Wisconsin. Key activities include invasive species removal, prescribed burning, and native plant seeding to benefit the endangered rusty patched...

The National Park Service (NPS) awarded a $156,500 Cooperative Agreement under the Natural Resource Stewardship Program (CFDA 15.944) to the Save The Dunes Conservation Fund Inc. (Save Dunes) for a project to enhance native pollinator habitats across 115 acres in the Indiana Dunes region. The objective is to increase connectivity of pollinator habitat by improving marginal lands to serve as corridors. Key activities include invasive species management, converting turf to prairie, and planting...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $197,340 Cooperative Agreement under the Coastal Program (CFDA 15.630) to the University of Wisconsin - Green Bay. The funding will support the enhancement of two natural areas, Point Au Sable and Wequiock Creek, located along the eastern edge of the Bay of Green Bay in Wisconsin. Key activities include rigorous management of invasive plants and restoration of hardwood swamp, inland emergent marsh, upland forest, and prairie habitats. These habitat...

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources received a $355,000 project grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 under the State Wildlife Grants program. Through this funding, the Wisconsin DNR will improve 300 acres of grassland, prairie, savanna, and woodland habitats on private lands in Wisconsin to benefit at-risk pollinator and bird species of greatest conservation need. Specifically, the DNR will conduct prescribed burns, invasive species...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 awarded the Illinois Department of Natural Resources a $130,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation (CFDA 15.657) program. The goal is restoration of Rusty Patched Bumble Bee habitat along Lake Michigan through invasive species removal and native plant regeneration from April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2024. Specifically, the Department of Natural Resources will reduce populations of invasive woody...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $109,000 Project Grant to Milwaukee County Parks under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657). The grant supports efforts to increase native plant species diversity, remove woody plant encroachments, and control invasive species in order to expand habitat for the rusty patched bumble bee and monarch butterfly across approximately 57.8 acres at six restoration sites in Wisconsin. The grant-funded...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, under the Coastal Program (CFDA 15.630), will provide $200,000 to the Chicago Park District to establish 1.25 acres of native dune habitat along the Lake Michigan shoreline at Calumet Park in Chicago, Illinois. The 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...