The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $151,800 Cooperative Agreement to Backcountry Hunters & Anglers under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program (CFDA 15.631) to support the Wet Meadow Restoration and Fence Removal Project in northwest Colorado. The project aims to address critical habitat loss issues for sage grouse resulting from coal mine expansion in the Danforth Hills. Key planned activities include removing or modifying 10 miles of hazardous fencing and restoring 5 acres...
This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Wildlife Resource Management program (CFDA 15.247) provides $249,360 in funding to Oregon State University (OSU) from September 2024 to September 2029. The project aims to identify anthropogenic activities and structures that inhibit or promote movement and connectivity among and within seasonal habitats for the Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) in the Bighorn Basin...
This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the CFDA 15.247 Wildlife Resource Management program, provides $268,000 in funding to the Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG) over a 5-year period from September 2024 to September 2029. The key objectives are to: 1) Conduct ground-truthing surveys on prioritized wildlife tracts in 2025 to validate previous IDFG habitat assessments, and 2) Implement habitat improvement...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $387,614 Cooperative Agreement under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631) to Ranchers Stewardship Alliance, Inc., a non-profit organization in Montana. The project will retain approximately 14,260 acres of highly vulnerable grassland habitat in expiring Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) and associated lands by restoring perennial native cover on marginal croplands and transitioning these properties into functional grazing systems....
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,...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant under the National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements program (CFDA 15.654) to the South Dakota Game Fish & Parks Wildlife Division. The grant funding will be used to directly restore, enhance, create, or manage 5,000 acres of grassland and wetland habitat in the Prairie Pothole Region of South Dakota by September 30, 2026. The key activities include seeding 1,300 acres of new native grasses and forbs, removing or...
The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 awarded $175,000 under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife federal grant program (CFDA 15.631) to Boies Ranch Inc. to implement grazing management practices that will enhance habitat for wildlife on the ranch's property in Elko County, Nevada from August 1, 2023 through September 30, 2027. Specifically, the Cooperative Agreement will support installing exclusionary fencing and developing off-site water sources across two...
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...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Threatened and Endangered Species Program (CFDA 15.246) will provide $152,825 to the Buffalo Bill Memorial Association to fund Project Year 2 of a study entitled "Refining Our Understanding of Limber Pine-Juniper Woodland Habitat Use in Wyoming's Bighorn Basin to Maximize Landscape Conservation Benefits for Both Greater Sage-Grouse and Pinyon Jay." The study aims to identify management recommendations...
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $2,528,718 Cooperative Agreement to Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA), a non-profit conservation organization, through the Wildlife Resource Management program (CFDA 15.247). Over a 5-year period from September 2023 to September 2028, the funding will support a dedicated team of 3 full-time BHA staff to inventory, modify, and remove fencing on BLM lands across the western U.S. Key deliverables include: Inventory and map the status of 1,000...