Cooperative Agreement F22AC02368
- Under a $114,654 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service's Coastal Program (CFDA 15.630), the Land Trust for the Mississippi Coastal Plain will restore 80.39 acres of wet pine savanna habitat near the Mississippi Sandhill Crane Refuge. The project utilizes mechanical mulching, chemical mowing, and bush hogging techniques to establish alternative restoration methods and explore their ecological and economic viability. This effort builds on the...
- This $171,673.87 Cooperative Agreement, awarded on February 14, 2025 by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657), aims to develop innovative tools and techniques for enhanced management of three highly invasive plant species affecting military lands in Florida. The key proposed activities include: Testing a new "wedge cut and treat" control method for the invasive tree species Melaleuca, using novel herbicides and...
- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $307,692 Formula Grant under the State Wildlife Grants (CFDA 15.634) program to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. The project aims to enhance the agency's ability to implement habitat restoration practices on private lands to benefit the endangered Houston toad (Anaxyrus houstonensis) and other species of greatest conservation need in the state's pine-oak savanna ecosystems. Restoration activities include selective removal of understory brush...
- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $627,110 Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 15.228 - BLM Fuels Management and Community Fire Assistance Program Activities) to Oregon State University to restore sagebrush rangelands dominated by invasive annual grasses. The project will use a combination of precision conservation tools and dormant season grazing regimens to generate science-based data to better manage fine fuels on sagebrush rangelands. Key objectives...
- This Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 under the National Fire Plan-Wildland Urban Interface Community Fire Assistance (CFDA 15.674) program provides $300,000 to the Lomakatsi Restoration Project, a non-profit organization, to conduct fuels reduction and habitat restoration activities on 300 acres of land adjacent to the communities of Fort Jones, Etna, and Callahan, California. Key project activities include removing or thinning...
- Under a $2,999,481 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, the Nature Conservancy will treat approximately 12,000 acres adjacent to federal lands in Texas to reduce wildfire intensity in coastal communities. This project is funded through the National Fire Plan-Wildland Urban Interface Community Fire Assistance program (CFDA 15.674), which aims to assist communities at risk from catastrophic wildfires. The 5-year agreement, awarded on August...
- This $129,910.30 Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Fuels Management and Community Fire Assistance Program (CFDA 15.228), aims to reduce the abundance of exotic annual grasses within the Upper Rogue Oak Initiative project area in southwest Oregon. The Understory Initiative, a woman-owned non-profit organization, will collaborate with BLM to strategically apply prescribed burning and follow-up herbicide treatments to clear meadows of invasive...
- The Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $330,270 Project Grant under the State & Private Forestry Hazardous Fuel Reduction Program (CFDA 10.697) to the Texas A&M Forest Service to conduct wildfire hazard mitigation activities on non-federal land in Texas from August 2022 through June 2025. As the primary awardee, Texas A&M Forest Service will work to reduce hazardous fuels such as brush and dead trees across forests, woodlands, shrublands, and grasslands to lessen...
- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $432,366.68 Cooperative Agreement under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (CFDA 15.234) to the Lomakatsi Restoration Project, a non-profit organization in Oregon. The funding supports a 3-year project to implement important maintenance treatments on 120 acres of BLM lands adjacent to the city of Jacksonville, OR. Key activities include ecological thinning, lopping and scattering, hand pile burning, and prescribed under...
- This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698) provides $450,000.00 in funding to The Nature Conservancy (TNC) to support continued and expanded use of mechanical treatments and prescribed fire in the Ossipee Pine Barrens Preserve in East Central New Hampshire. The project aims to reduce wildfire risk, foster climate change resilience, and prevent the spread of...
THE PROJECT WILL CONSIST OF MECHANICALLY THINNING 117 ACRES OF CLOSED YAUPON THICKETS USING A FORESTRY MULCHER OR SIMILAR MACHINE TO OPEN WOODLAND FORESTS AND ENHANCE EXISTING SAVANNA GRASSLANDS OPENINGS AN APPROPRIATELY SIZED FORESTRY MULCHER WILL BE USED TO THIN THE WOODY UNDERSTORY FOCUSING ON YAUPON BRUSH THE 117 ACRES PROJECT SITE WILL BE MECHANICALLY THINNED AT A 80 85 TREATMENT TO PROVIDE A MOSAIC OF HABITAT TYPES TO BENEFIT RESIDENT AND MIGRATORY WILDLIFE SPECIES SOME FALLEN TREES AND SNAGS CAN BE LEFT IN PLACE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL HABITAT FOR WILDLIFE THE COOPERATOR CAN CONDUCT FOLLOW UP CHEMICAL TREATMENTS ON THE MECHANICALLY TREATED 117 ACRES ON YAUPON RESPROUTS, AS APPROPRIATE THE RECOMMENDED HERBICIDE TREATMENT IS LOW VOLUME BASAL BARK TREATMENT STEM SPRAY APPLIED TO INDIVIDUAL YAUPON RESPROUTS USING 10 TRICLOPYR I E , GARLON 4 OR REMEDY MIXED IN DIESEL, JLB OIL PLUS OR OTHER APPROPRIATE DILUENT ADJUVANT THIS INDIVIDUAL PLANT TREATMENT IPT IS MOST EFFECTIVE IF APPLIED 6 18 MONTHS AFTER MECHANICAL TREATMENT THE HERBICIDE CAN BE APPLIED USING A HANDHELD OR BACKPACK SPRAYER SPRAY CONTAINERS AND PUMPS SHOULD BE WELL RINSED AFTER USE TO PREVENT CORROSION AND USE OF AN INDICATOR DYE IS RECOMMENDED ANY MECHANICAL BRUSH THINNING TREATMENTS AND OR HERBICIDE APPLICATIONS WILL TAKE PLACE OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSTON TOAD ACTIVE SEASON MECHANICAL TREATMENT CAN BE CONDUCTED FROM JULY 1 TO DECEMBER 31
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $6.3k | 9/13/22 |