Cooperative Agreement G25AC00495
- This $100,000 cooperative agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 will support restoration and enhancement of approximately 300 acres of wildlife habitat in California's Sacramento Valley and foothills. Funded under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program, the project aims to improve water delivery efficiency, water sources and associated habitats to benefit migratory birds and other trust species. The California Waterfowl Association will...
- The California Waterfowl Association will receive $115,000 through a Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 on October 1, 2021 to be completed by September 30, 2026. The funding supports the Mountain Meadows & Foothill Floodplain Restoration Project under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife federal grant program (CFDA 15.631). Through this award, the California Waterfowl Association will provide financial and technical...
- This $184,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the Youth Engagement, Education, and Employment program (CFDA 15.676) will provide interns to support various refuge programs for the California Waterfowl Association (CWA), a non-profit organization focused on wildlife conservation and habitat restoration. The interns will focus on projects across the biological, visitor services, and waterfowl hunting programs at the refuge....
- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded a $150,000 Cooperative Agreement to the California Waterfowl Association (CWA), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631). This 5-year award will fund the restoration and enhancement of approximately 350 acres of wildlife habitat in the Sacramento Valley and foothills of California, including grasslands, riparian areas, and wetlands. The project aims to improve water delivery...
- The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $599,382 Formula Grant to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) under the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety program (CFDA 15.611). The grant supports CDFW's Waterfowl Investigations project, which collects critical scientific data on waterfowl populations, trends, recruitment, and distribution in California through aerial surveys, trapping, marking, and harvest surveys....
- This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CFDA 15.648) program, provides $400,241.00 to the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) to monitor fish populations and food webs in the Sutter National Wildlife Refuge and Sacramento River region of California. The primary objectives of this one-year award (March 2025 - February 2026) are to: 1) Continue monitoring the regional fish...
- 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, funded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CFDA 15.512), provides $1,042,238 to the University of California, Santa Cruz to support fisheries and aquatic resources monitoring in California's Central Valley. The key activities include deploying and maintaining a real-time juvenile salmon acoustic telemetry system, implanting acoustic tags in hatchery-produced Chinook salmon, and...
- The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $2,304,170 Project Grant under the North American Wetlands Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.623) to the California Waterfowl Association (CWA), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. The grant funding will be used to restore and enhance 11,773 acres of upland and wetland habitat in the Suisun and Yolo-Delta Basins of California's Central Valley over the period of July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2027. CWA, which has extensive expertise in...
- The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) awarded a $141,509.43 Cooperative Agreement to Iowa State University of Science and Technology under the Cooperative Research Units (CFDA 15.812) program. The project, titled "Using Drone and Roadside Surveys to Estimate Waterfowl Productivity in the Prairie Pothole Region of North Dakota", will be conducted from May 1, 2025 to September 30, 2028. The objective is to investigate how drone and roadside surveys can be combined to provide reliable...
PROJECT ABSTRACTGRANTEE NAME: CALIFORNIA WATERFOWL ASSOCIATIONGRANT NUMBER: G25AC00495-00PROJECT TITLE: PACIFIC FLYWAY WATERFOWL AND WATERBIRD SCIENCE INVESTIGATIONS CAPTURE ASSISTANCEAWARD PURPOSE: THIS AGREEMENT FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IS ESTABLISHED IN ORDER TO FACILITATE COLLABORATIVE IMPROVEMENTS AND EXPANSIONS OF AN EXTENSIVE WATERFOWL AND WATERBIRD DATASET BETWEEN UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (USGS) AND CALIFORNIA WATERFOWL ASSOCIATION (CWA) IN THE PACIFIC FLYWAY. THE RECIPIENT WILL PROVIDE TECHNICAL EXPERTISE IN THE ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS OF AN EXTENSIVE TELEMETRY DATASET.OBJECTIVES: THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THIS AGREEMENT IS TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL EXPERTISE TO CAPTURE AND MARK WATERFOWL AND WATERBIRDS IN THE PACIFIC FLYWAY TO SUPPORT RESEARCH PRODUCTS RELATED TO WATERFOWL AND WATERBIRD POPULATIONS. THIS INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO MARKING WATERFOWL AND WATERBIRDS IN THE PACIFIC FLYWAY.DELIVERABLES AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES: DELIVERABLES INCLUDE ASSISTING IN CAPTURING AND MARKING WATERFOWL AND WATERBIRDS IN SUPPORT OF THE USGS S PACIFIC FLYWAY WATERFOWL AND WATERBIRD INVESTIGATIONS PROJECT IN COLLABORATION WITH THE USBR AND OTHER AGENCIES SUCH AS CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE. SPECIFIC QUOTA WILL BE DETERMINED BASED ON CONCURRENT POPULATION ESTIMATES AND AVAILABLE TRANSMITTERS FOR DEPLOYMENT. CURRENT QUOTA ESTIMATES BY REGION ARE:KLAMATH BASIN:-30 WATERFOWLPACIFIC FLYWAY-100 WATERFOWLINTENDED BENEFICIARIES: USGS, SJSU, DWR, USFWS, DUCKS UNLIMITED, SUISUN RESOURCE CONSERVATION DISTRICT, CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $10.0k | 9/12/25 |