Cooperative Agreement F22AC02307

This $175,000 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 under the Adaptive Science program will fund efforts to inform shrubsteppe conservation in Washington state through 2027. Resolve Inc. will deliver technical assistance and applied research to support the long-term strategy of the Washington Shrub-Steppe Resilience and Resistance Initiative advisory committee. Initial work will focus on the Columbia Plateau ecoregion but may expand based on climate impacts and post-fire planning needs. By January 2023, the awardee will determine final geographic scope in consultation with the committee. Through this cooperative agreement, Resolve Inc. will apply an adaptive science framework to help set broad-scale conservation objectives and strategies to address future challenges to shrubsteppe habitats and associated wildlife in the state.