The U S fish and wildlife service partners for fish and wildlife USFWS and ducks unlimited DU have a long standing partnership to conserve wetland and associated upland habitat for wildlife and people…

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $302,130 cooperative agreement to Ducks Unlimited, Inc. under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife federal grant program (CFDA 15.631) to support the hiring of a biologist position from September 2022 to August 2025. The biologist will implement private lands habitat projects, administer grants and projects, and prepare reports focused on conserving wetland and associated upland habitat for wildlife in the Western Lake Erie Basin. Ducks Unlimited will provide $152,130 in cost share and seek to leverage additional funding to support this position. The agreement aims to capitalize on increased conservation funding availability in the region by enhancing personnel capacity for on-the-ground project implementation led by Ducks Unlimited under their established partnership with the Fish and Wildlife Service.

The U S fish and wildlife service partners for fish and wildlife USFWS and ducks unlimited DU have a long standing partnership to conserve wetland and associated upland habitat for wildlife and people across the great lakes, including emphasis on implementing projects to help improve water quality in the western lake erie basin wleb with recent increased conservation funding emphasis in the wleb there is a significant opportunity to capitalize on additional on the ground habitat implementation however, sufficient personnel to implement and administer existing and potential new projects and programs is limiting therefore, we seek to establish a cooperative agreement between USFWS and DU to hire a DU biologist with private lands project implementation, grant and project administration, and reporting experience DU is requesting 150,000 from the USFWS to initiate the TRI state wleb DU USFWS biologist for a 3 year term DU will provide a total of 152,130 in cost share and seek to leverage additional funding for the position