This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program (CFDA 15.631) provides $717,512.00 to the Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) to deliver conservation and habitat restoration services in Nevada. The award supports efforts to protect the sagebrush ecosystem and the associated biological, cultural, and economic resources it provides. Key activities include: Protecting sagebrush habitats from the...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $196,454 Cooperative Agreement under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program (CFDA 15.631) to Coleman Valley Ranch LLC in Gerlach, NV. The project aims to restore a degraded ephemeral stream by reversing erosion, reconnecting the stream-floodplain ecosystem, and enhancing sagebrush and mesic habitats over a 5,000-foot section. Key activities include implementing stream restoration techniques, replacing dilapidated stock fencing with...
The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 awarded a $350,000 cooperative agreement to the Nevada Department of Wildlife on July 15, 2021 with a completion date of June 30, 2026 under the Adaptive Science federal grant program (CFDA 15.670). The award supports efforts to treat invasive species and restore native plant communities in Nevada through 2026. A subaward of $150,000 to the Nevada Department of Agriculture supports the Foundation Seed Program to increase the...
This $1,500,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded on August 23, 2023 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service's Intermountain Region (Region 4) supports the Nevada Department of Wildlife in implementing the Wildfire Crisis Strategy Landscapes program (CFDA 10.724). Key activities to be delivered under this 9-year award include conducting wildlife surveys, habitat restoration, water infrastructure development, and species monitoring to support conservation and public recreation objectives...
The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management awarded a $150,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Nevada Department of Wildlife under the Good Neighbor Authority (CFDA 15.015) program. This award, with a performance period of September 22, 2023 through September 21, 2025, will fund vegetation management, habitat improvement, and restoration activities in Nevada. Key services to be provided include wildlife surveys, habitat restoration projects such as constructing fish passage...
The Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District will implement hazardous fuels reduction, defensible space creation, ecological improvements, and habitat restoration on 100 to 200 acres of land along the Mount Rose Corridor in Nevada. Funded activities under the $801,838 cooperative agreement from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management include removing dead brush and timber, thinning live brush and timber, eliminating ladder fuels, and restoring aspen stands. Additional work...
The Nevada Department of Wildlife will receive $200,000 through a Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Research Service Rocky Mountain Research Station. The grant funding supports the official federal Forest Health Protection program (CFDA 10.680) and will allow the Department of Wildlife to provide services to protect and manage non-federal forest resources in Nevada from September 2022 through September 2027. Specifically, the Department will work to...
The Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDW) received a $145,369 project grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund program. The grant will support NDW's implementation of recovery and conservation activities for native Nevada fish species from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022. As the designated state agency, NDW will carry out on-the-ground species and habitat protection work. The Cooperative...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), through the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631), awarded a $164,904 Cooperative Agreement to the Sagebrush Habitat Conservation Fund, Inc. on April 1, 2024. This funding will support restoration activities in Vya, NV to offset the loss and alteration of important sagebrush and mesic habitats. Key services to be provided include native plantings and seedings, watershed and spring restoration, removal of old debris and infrastructure,...
This Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $2,215,745.95, is provided by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands program (CFDA 15.243). The funding will support The Great Basin Institute's Nevada Conservation Corps division in delivering a range of natural resource management services across Nevada BLM districts. Key activities include enhancing and conserving rangelands to combat climate change through grazing management, vegetation...