Cooperative Agreement F24AC01387
- This $1,421,821 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 (CFDA 15.658) supports the acquisition and long-term stewardship of approximately 275 acres of land within the Onondaga Lake watershed in New York. The project aims to implement the preferred restoration alternative of land preservation to address natural resource damages, as outlined in the 2017 Onondaga...
- The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation will receive $219,507 from the Environmental Protection Agency under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative program to develop a restoration plan for the 115.3-acre Yanty Marsh coastal wetland on Lake Ontario. The design will include plans to create open water channels and potholes through dredging of cattail monocultures to provide fish and wildlife access to spawning and nesting sites while enhancing habitat. The...
- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded a $125,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631) to the Friends of Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge. The award will fund efforts to restore wetland and upland habitats in the Lake Erie Marshes area of northwest Ohio. Specific activities include removing field tile, constructing low-level berms, and extending hydroperiod to restore wetland hydrology on sites transitioning from agricultural production,...
- The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) awarded a $826,158 Cooperative Agreement under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife (CFDA 15.631) program to the Klamath Watershed Partnership, a non-profit organization. The award will fund the restoration of approximately 60 acres of wetland habitat adjacent to Lake Ewauna in Klamath Falls, Oregon over a 5-year period from August 2024 to July 2029. The project aims to develop productive, healthy wetland habitat to provide ecosystem...
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Region 3, through its Partners for Fish and Wildlife (PFW) Program (CFDA 15.631), awarded a $184,000 cooperative agreement to Friends of Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge (FONWR) effective June 1, 2025, with completion by September 30, 2027. FONWR will deliver voluntary habitat restoration services to private landowners in the Lake Erie Marshes region of northwest Ohio, focusing on wetland and upland ecosystem...
- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will provide $1,000,000 through a Cooperative Agreement to the Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust to restore and enhance brook trout habitat in the Upper Kennebago River watershed in Maine from September 2022 to September 2025. As part of the Coastal Program, the project aims to apply habitat assessments to design restoration treatments incorporating large woody material installations. Treatments will recreate natural stream channels and accelerate recovery from a...
- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded a $1,900,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife (CFDA 15.631) program to The Nature Conservancy (TNC) to facilitate habitat restoration and management projects in the Flint Hills region of Kansas and Oklahoma. The objective is to work cooperatively with private landowners to restore, enhance, and manage native grassland habitat to benefit wildlife species such as grassland nesting birds, migratory birds, and federally...
- This U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service cooperative agreement award of $400,000, under the National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements program (CFDA 15.654), aims to improve water quality in the Portage River watershed and restore wetland habitat in northern Ohio. The key activities funded include: Restoring at least 7 acres of wetland on a former 9-hole golf course and a 51-acre agricultural property owned by The Nature Conservancy. Restoration work will involve decommissioning drainage tile,...
- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) awarded $723,500 to the Inland Northwest Land Trust on June 30, 2025, under the North American Wetlands Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.623) to execute the Greater Spokane Wetlands Restoration Project. The project will restore critical wetland habitats in the Channeled Scablands and Columbia Basin region of Washington through restoration and protection activities spanning 93.3 acres of emergent, forested, and riverine wetlands and 4.7 acres of upland...
- This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the North American Wetlands Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.623) provides $201,600.00 to Pheasants Forever, Inc. to restore 24.9 acres of palustrine wetland habitat and enhance 63.3 acres of associated uplands on 88.19 acres of permanently protected waterfowl production areas. The habitat restoration and enhancement work will benefit breeding waterfowl and other wildlife on these permanently protected...
FINGER LAKES LAKE ONTARIO WATERSHED PROTECTION ALLIANCE (FLLOWPA) WILL WORK WITH PARTNERS FOR FISH AND WILDLIFE STAFF AT THE NEW YORK FIELD OFFICE (NYFO) TO IMPLEMENT WETLAND AND UPLAND RESTORATION PROJECTS IN UPSTATE NEW YORK. FLLOWPA WILL CONCENTRATE EFFORTS IN FOCAL AREAS IDENTIFIED BY NYFO. THE WETLAND TRUST INC. WILL PROVIDE INTERIM REPORTS THAT DESCRIBE HABITAT RESTORATION ACTIVITIES. THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF RESTORATION IS THE PRESERVATION OF ECOLOGICAL FUNCTION THROUGH ON-THE-GROUND WORK TO ESTABLISH GRASSLAND HABITAT, MANAGE EARLY SUCCESSIONAL HABITAT AND RESTORE WETLAND HABITAT. TWO OBJECTIVES ARE ADDRESSED IN THIS RESTORATION PLAN: TO RESTORE HABITATS FOR MIGRATORY BIRDS, INSECT POLLINATORS, LISTED AND AT-RISK SPECIES, TO INCREASE BIODIVERSITY AND, TO IMPROVE THE WATER QUALITY IN NYFO PRIORITY AREAS.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $0 | 12/12/25 | ||
| Not listed | $178.3k | 6/26/24 |