This $165,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631) provides funding to Pheasants Forever, Inc. to implement habitat restoration and conservation activities in the Foster Creek and McCartney Creek watersheds in Washington. Key project components include: Upland shrub restoration (sagebrush and bitterbrush) in areas impacted by recent wildfires to benefit mule deer habitat Riparian and wet meadow...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631) provides $300,000 to the Washington State Department of Fish & Wildlife to perform post-fire restoration of 350 acres of Growth Opportunity Area (GOA) habitat within the Whiskey Dick Wildlife Area in east Kittitas County, Washington. The project aims to restore lands impacted by the 2022 Vantage Fire, a 30,000-acre wildfire, in order to increase the...
The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $318,750 Cooperative Agreement under the Candidate Species Conservation program (CFDA 15.660) to The Evergreen State College to support the Sagebrush Steppe Plant Materials Project. The project aims to: Develop infrastructure to scale up production of native sagebrush steppe seed materials, particularly diverse forb and shrub species. Increase small seed collections to provide sufficient quantities for commercial production,...
This $695,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631) aims to assist the Wyoming Weed and Pest Council (WWPC) in controlling invasive annual grasses in sagebrush landscapes. The project will provide on-the-ground habitat restoration treatments on approximately 9,134 acres of private lands, benefiting an estimated 100,000 acres of surrounding sage-steppe habitat. This will improve...
This $216,430 federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Region 1 is for the "SAGEBRUSH FLAT WLA PYGMY RABBIT HABITAT ENHANCEMENT" project. The award was made on January 20, 2025 under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife (CFDA 15.631) grant program, which provides technical and financial assistance to private landowners, tribes, and other entities for restoring and conserving fish and wildlife habitats. The...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded a $100,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) to the Idaho Fish & Wildlife Foundation, Inc. to enhance and restore sagebrush steppe habitats in six counties in Idaho. The project will involve collaboration with several state and federal agencies, including the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, Bureau of Land Management, and Department of Energy, to conduct habitat restoration...
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,...
This $717,512 federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631), supports efforts by the Nevada Department of Wildlife to conserve the sagebrush ecosystem and the significant biological, cultural, and economic resources it provides. Key activities include: protecting sagebrush habitats from invasive grasses and wildfires; removing encroaching conifers to benefit migratory birds and other wildlife;...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded a $250,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Walker Basin Conservancy, a non-profit organization, under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631). The funding will support projects in western states to restore and conserve the sagebrush ecosystem over the five-year period from 2022-2026. Key project objectives include enhancing and restoring sagebrush habitats and conserving native terrestrial and aquatic species, with a focus on wet...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $135,250 Cooperative Agreement under the Candidate Species Conservation (CFDA 15.660) program to the Institute for Applied Ecology (IAE) to support the Central Washington Seeds of Success Collection Project. This project will result in the collection of wild native seed from sagebrush steppe habitat sites to support restoration and recovery efforts in accordance with the Sagebrush Steppe Plant Materials Project funded through the Bipartisan...