This cooperative agreement is being implemented with new mexico community foundation (hereinafter nmcf ). The primary objective for this cooperative agreement is to award funds to nmcf, as the…

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service Region 2 awarded a $120,000 Cooperative Agreement to the New Mexico Community Foundation (NMCF), effective October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2028. This award is funded under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631), which provides technical and financial assistance to private landowners, Native American Tribes, and other entities to conserve, restore, and enhance fish and wildlife habitats.

Under this Cooperative Agreement, NMCF will serve as a fiscal agent to distribute subawards to private landowners in New Mexico for habitat restoration and enhancement projects. The projects aim to: 1) enhance the native flora and fauna on xeric, mesic, and wetland environments; 2) increase the diversity of native flowering plant species; and 3) provide economic benefits through contracting with local labor, equipment rental, and supplies, as well as working with educational programming for the local community and youth organizations.

This cooperative agreement is being implemented with new mexico community foundation (hereinafter nmcf ). The primary objective for this cooperative agreement is to award funds to nmcf, as the recipient, and to authorize nmcf through this agreement and through its enrollment in the automated standard application for payments (asap) as a fiscal agent for sub-recipient landowners who enroll in the PFW program. The projects will benefit the public by, but not limited to: enhancing the native flora and fauna on xeric, mesic, and wetland environments, enhancing diversity of native flowering plant species. There will be economic benefits through contracting with local labor, local equipment rental, and local purchases, as well as working with educational programing for local community and youth organizations.