Title 2022 western migration corridors partnershipnational fish and wildlife foundation nfwf requests 500,000 to support the fifth year of a partnership with the U S fish and wildlife service FWS to…

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) received a $500,000 cooperative agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program. The award will support the fifth year of NFWF's Western Migration Corridors Partnership to improve habitat quality in key wildlife migration corridors and winter ranges across the western United States through 2026. NFWF will work with multiple federal agencies including the Bureau of Land Management, Natural Resources Conservation Service, and U.S. Forest Service, as well as private partners ConocoPhillips, to fund on-the-ground habitat restoration projects. One sub-award of $40K will be provided to the National Wildlife Federation to remove or modify 40 miles of obsolete woven wire sheep fencing in Montana to improve big game movement and connectivity. The funding advances Secretarial Order 3362 and recent executive orders related to climate change mitigation and biodiversity protection.

Title 2022 western migration corridors partnershipnational fish and wildlife foundation nfwf requests 500,000 to support the fifth year of a partnership with the U S fish and wildlife service FWS to support a public private partnership to improve the quality of western migration corridor, stopover, and winter range habitat the program will advance the goals of secretarial order 3362, improving habitat quality in western big game winter range and migration corridors as well as the recent executive orders related to climate change nfwf specializes in working with multiple federal agencies to create efficiencies of scale to address shared conservation goals in partnership with the private sector the migration corridors partnership will allow nfwf to work with other federal agencies, including the bureau of land management BLM , natural resources conservation service nrcs , and U S forest service USFS , as well as conocophillips, and other potential private sector funders, to support western migrations, bolster local ranching economies, and improve ecosystem health to support biodiversity and the ability of species to adapt to a changing environment