The purpose of this three-year cooperative agreement is to support, coordinate and strengthen landscape conservation in the united states and transboundary regions through collaboration and leveraging…

The purpose of this three-year cooperative agreement is to support, coordinate and strengthen landscape conservation in the united states and transboundary regions through collaboration and leveraging of resources among the service and its many partners to enhance species and habitat conservation and promote related benefits including public access for recreation, mitigating and adapting to climate-change threats, protection of water quality, and supporting the working lands economy. This will be accomplished through the following objectives:1.assisting the service with identification of landscape conservation issues, science and technology needs, and conservation solutions in partnership with other government agencies, indigenous organizations, philanthropies, nonprofit groups, private landowners and business interests.2.assisting the service with implementation of science and management projects to address shared priorities with other government agencies, indigenous organizations, philanthropies, nonprofit groups, private landowners and business interests.3.facilitating collaboration among the service and other stakeholders focused on science needs of at-risk and listed species and their habitats.4.conducting research and sharing data and tools related to landscape conservation.5.promoting engagement with nontraditional partners to broaden the benefits of landscape conservation to underserved communities.6.providing funding and training to build the capacity of landscape conservation partnerships.