Cooperative Agreement F23AC01875

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 has awarded a $640,000 Cooperative Agreement to MT. Adams Resource Stewards (MARS), a non-profit organization, to improve forest resiliency on community forest lands and priority private working forests adjacent to Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge and the Klickitat River Canyon in Washington. The funding, provided through the National Fire Plan-Wildland Urban Interface Community Fire Assistance program (CFDA 15.674), will...

This $349,988.71 Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Forest and Woodlands Resource Management Program (CFDA 15.233) supports a project to rigorously monitor the effects of science-based forest management treatments designed to restore and improve forest ecosystem function, promote wildlife habitat, and respond to climate change in the Inland Northwest and Northern Rockies region. Key activities include: Establishing a long-term vegetation monitoring network...

This $380,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey under the National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CFDA 15.820) program supports a project conducted by the University of Washington, in collaboration with Oregon State University, to investigate post-fire transformations in forests and shrublands in the Inland Pacific Northwest region. The key objectives are to: 1) identify and map areas that have experienced post-fire vegetation changes, 2) use...

This is a Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey's National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CFDA 15.820) program. The $305,077 award to the University of Washington, with a subcontract to Portland State University, will fund a 2-year project titled "Assessing and Projecting Post-Fire Transitions and Reburn Dynamics in the Western Cascades." The project aims to develop new applied science for anticipating and understanding the capacity of forests in...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded a $580,800 Cooperative Agreement to the Columbia Land Trust under the National Fire Plan-Wildland Urban Interface Community Fire Assistance program (CFDA 15.674). The purpose of this 5-year grant is to address increased wildfire risk in dry eastside forest landscapes in Washington by reducing ladder fuels, promoting ponderosa pine forest structure, and improving snag recruitment on 264 acres of conservation lands owned and managed by the Columbia...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 awarded a $600,000 cooperative agreement to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation under the Adaptive Science program (CFDA 15.670) to support monitoring of fuel management projects for sensitive species from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2026. The award will fund monitoring the effects of planned fuels management projects on Pacific fishers in Klamath National Forest and synthesizing previously documented wildlife responses to...

This $185,346 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CFDA 15.820) program will evaluate the effectiveness of climate-adaptive forest management strategies in sustaining habitat for priority bird species and maximizing carbon storage in Northeastern forests. The key activities include: Field-based assessments of forest-dependent bird responses to climate-adaptive silviculture practices on lands managed...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey's National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CFDA 15.820) provides $176,941 to the University of Washington to map potential meadow and wetland habitat and assess climate vulnerability across 15 million acres in the Klamath region of southern Oregon and northern California. The project combines remote sensing tools with local and indigenous knowledge to identify areas that could support "first foods" for...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $399,846 from the U.S. Geological Survey's National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CFDA 15.820) program supports a two-year project to develop landscape-scale climate change adaptation planning for the National Wildlife Refuge System in the Crown of the Continent region. The project aims to inform the creation of a Comprehensive Conservation Plan for the Western Montana NWR Complex by synthesizing climate futures, assessing vulnerabilities,...

This $3,677,697.95 federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) under the National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements (CFDA 15.654) program supports Michigan State University (MSU) in conducting a comprehensive forest inventory and developing sampling protocols for National Wildlife Refuges in Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. The key products and services to be delivered under this 5-year award include: 1) delineating forest...