Cooperative Agreement F24AC02678

This $980,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, under the National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements program (CFDA 15.654), supports a landscape-scale wetland and grassland restoration project in the Prairie Pothole Region of Minnesota. The key products and services to be delivered include: Restoring and rehabilitating 200 acres of wetland habitat and 200 acres of upland habitat by building resilient infrastructure, removing...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $208,028 Cooperative Agreement to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources under the National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements program (CFDA 15.654) to restore and enhance wetland habitats on Waterfowl Production Areas in the state's Prairie Pothole region. The project aims to restore uplands and wetlands to improve wildlife habitat, carbon sequestration, groundwater recharge, and flood resiliency within seven priority wetland complexes managed...

Under a $145,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service, Ducks Unlimited, Inc. will generate updated National Wetland Inventory (NWI) spatial data for approximately 1.5 million acres in the Northern Saginaw Bay of Michigan. The final product will be a spatial wetland dataset compliant with the Fish and Wildlife Service's NWI program and the Federal Geographic Data Committee mapping standards. This funding is provided through the Emergency...

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources received a $980,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements program (CFDA 15.654). The award will fund a landscape-scale wetland and grassland restoration project located in the Prairie Pothole Region of Iowa. The project aims to restore or enhance 250 acres of wetland habitat and 200 acres of upland habitat by December 31, 2028. Key activities include addressing invasive species,...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Regional Wetland Program Development Grants (CFDA 66.461) provides $200,001 in funding to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska to enhance Nebraska's wetland conservation and decision-making capabilities. The project aims to: 1) map inundation conditions in agricultural and grassland areas, 2) identify lands with high potential for greenhouse gas reduction through wetland conservation, and...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters awarded Ducks Unlimited Inc.'s Great Plains Regional Office a $6.3 million project grant under the North American Wetlands Conservation Fund program. The grant will support the acquisition of conservation easements to permanently protect 7,646 acres of prairie pothole region habitat in North Dakota, benefiting migratory birds and other wildlife. Funding will be used from April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2025 to acquire...

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (IDNR), under a $162,534 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), will enhance wetland habitats on ten Waterfowl Production Areas in priority prairie pothole complexes in Iowa from July 1, 2023 to December 31, 2025. FWS and IDNR will oversee restoration projects including repairing and enhancing wetland basins, seeding a newly acquired area from cropland to prairie, and developing long-range management plans. The work...

This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the Cooperative Research Units (CFDA 15.812) program, will support a research project conducted by Iowa State University to investigate the use of drone and roadside surveys to estimate waterfowl productivity in the Prairie Pothole region of North Dakota. The $141,509.43 project will involve paired roadside and drone surveys conducted over three field seasons from May 2025 to August 2027. The data collected...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters awarded Pheasants Forever, Inc. a $3,037,662 Project Grant under the North American Wetlands Conservation Fund program. Funds will be used to permanently protect 704.20 acres through fee title acquisition, enhance 682.90 acres, and restore 370.45 acres of wetlands and associated uplands in Minnesota's Prairie Pothole Region. Completing these conservation activities will benefit migratory birds and other wildlife by...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's North American Wetlands Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.623) provides $6,095,061.42 to Pheasants Forever, Inc. to accelerate the protection and enhancement of prairie wetlands and associated upland habitats in southern Minnesota. The project will: purchase 1,638.44 acres (364.32 wetland acres and 1,274.12 upland acres) in fee title and through easements; restore 305.27 acres (79.92 wetland acres and 225.35 upland acres); and enhance...