The San Juan Islands Conservation District will receive $148,124 under a Cooperative Agreement awarded on August 1, 2021 by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1. The funding supports the ISLAND MARBLE BUTTERFLY HABITAT RESTORATION project on Lopez Island through September 30, 2026 under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife federal grant program (CFDA 15.631). The Conservation District will work with private landowners and the USFWS to deliver the agency's...
This $117,810 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631) funds the San Juan Islands Conservation District's efforts to establish, maintain, monitor, and conduct outreach for habitat for the endangered island marble butterfly in San Juan County, Washington. Specific project activities include creating fenced habitat plots and permanent open spaces on private properties to...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded a $100,232 Cooperative Agreement under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) to the San Juan Preservation Trust, a private non-profit land conservation organization, to expand and maintain habitat for the federally endangered Island Marble Butterfly (IMB) on San Juan Island, Washington. The project aims to transform approximately 10 acres of degraded pastureland into suitable habitat areas that support IMB and...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) supports the development and implementation of a sustainable captive rearing program for the endangered Island Marble Butterfly. The $150,000 award will enable Woodland Park Zoo, the primary awardee, to conduct a captive rearing partner workshop in 2024 and establish a long-term captive rearing program to produce approximately 125...
The Washington State Department of Fish & Wildlife (WDFW) was awarded a $224,743 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Coastal Program (CFDA 15.630) to restore a 7-acre coastal meadow on the Long Beach Peninsula in Washington. The goal is to create suitable habitat for the reintroduction of the endangered Oregon silverspot butterfly (Speyeria zerene hippolyta). Funded activities will include weed and woody species control, mowing, seed collection, seeding, and...
The Zoological Society of San Diego, doing business as the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, will rear Laguna Mountains skipper butterflies for reintroduction under a $120,000 cooperative agreement award from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8. The award period is from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2026. Under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657), the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance will breed and raise Laguna Mountains...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $197,420 Cooperative Agreement under the Coastal Program (CFDA 15.630) to Friends of the San Juans, a non-profit organization located in Friday Harbor, Washington. The primary goal of this project is to restore the Eastsound Waterfront Park on Orcas Island to improve feeding and rearing habitat for out-migrating juvenile Chinook salmon, increase forage fish spawning habitat, and enhance prey for other protected marine species like bocaccio rockfish...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $316,180 Project Grant under the National Fish Habitat Partnership (CFDA 15.686) program to the Friends of the San Juans, a non-profit conservation organization. The grant will fund the Eelgrass Health Assessment and Conservation Project, which aims to provide new data on eelgrass distribution and health in San Juan County, Washington. Key project outcomes include: 1) comprehensive field surveys and mapping of eelgrass habitat, 2) eelgrass disease and...
This $1,900,227.09 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) supports a multi-faceted project to aid recovery of the endangered Taylor's checkerspot butterfly in the Pacific Northwest. The key components of the project include: Funding three captive rearing programs in Washington and Oregon to bolster existing butterfly populations. Conducting sustained habitat...
The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 awarded a $319,975 cooperative agreement to the Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation (CFDA 15.657) federal grant program. The funding will support habitat restoration activities within the 13-acre Lunada Canyon parcel to establish habitat for the federally endangered Palos Verdes blue butterfly. Key deliverables include the removal of non-native vegetation and restoration...