Cooperative Agreement F24AC00892

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Migratory Bird Joint Ventures program (CFDA 15.637) provides $132,830 in funding to The University of Manitoba to quantify polycyclic aromatic compound (PAC) concentrations in eggs of common eider ducks across 18 breeding sites in eastern Canada. The study aims to establish baselines against which managers can quantify the impacts of current and future anthropogenic activities, oil...

The University of Saskatchewan received a $169,683 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Migratory Bird Joint Ventures program (CFDA 15.637). The award will fund a 3-year effort to explore black duck breeding biology and habitat use to benefit existing work on black ducks throughout their annual cycle. Key objectives include deploying 104 GPS tracking devices on black ducks, adapting machine learning algorithms to identify breeding and...

This $189,587 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CFDA 15.820) program, will fund a project led by the University of Oklahoma, with subawards to Oklahoma State University and North Dakota State University. The project aims to: Expand a pilot stakeholder survey to understand climate adaptation measures used in wetlands by a broader range of stakeholders, including tribal nations, NGOs, and...

This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Migratory Bird Joint Ventures program (CFDA 15.637) provides $166,620 to develop and implement improved methods for monitoring the use of restored and enhanced wetlands by birds, frogs, and people. The key activities include: Piloting the Wetland Restoration Monitoring Protocol (WRMP) to better detect spring migrating waterfowl and rare marsh breeding species at 50 point count...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR) Program provides $653,740 to Memorial University of Newfoundland to reduce seabird bycatch in commercial fisheries. The project aims to (1) identify areas and times when seabird interactions are most intense and (2) test voluntary fishing practice modifications to reduce seabird bycatch. The project will incorporate education, training, and outreach, and...

This $336,494 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR) Program will fund a project to collect baseline data on northern gannet populations at their breeding colonies in Newfoundland and Quebec, Canada in 2024. The project aims to assess the current status of northern gannet populations, which have faced significant threats in recent years including the Deepwater Horizon...

The University of Saskatchewan received a $498,525 project grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters. The award was made under the Migratory Bird Joint Ventures program (CFDA 15.637) to support the project "ASCRIBING THE IMPORTANCE OF ATLANTIC BRANT STAGING AREAS FOR HOLISTIC CONSERVATION PLANNING" from July 15, 2021 through September 30, 2025. The objectives of this project are to conduct research that will help protect,...

This $644,767 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters under the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation program (CFDA 15.635) will support Manomet, Inc., a non-profit organization, to conduct shorebird surveys along the coasts of Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, and southern Brazil. The surveys will target declining or poorly understood Nearctic shorebird species such as Hudsonian godwit, whimbrel,...

This $190,494 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation program (CFDA 15.635) will be used by Birds Canada to address conservation of the Bicknell's Thrush in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. The key objectives are to: 1) facilitate communication between timber companies and regulators to implement best practices for preventing habitat degradation, 2) assess Bicknell's Thrush occupancy of potential...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through the Migratory Bird Monitoring, Assessment and Conservation Federal Grant Program (CFDA 15.655), awarded a $193,205 Cooperative Agreement to the University of New Hampshire (UNH) to conduct one year of rapid assessment surveys monitoring tidal marsh sparrows in 20 marshes in northern Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire. A crew of three experienced avian field technicians will perform the surveys using established protocols, with results to be...