Cooperative Agreement HAA081042

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 awarded a $299,985 Cooperative Agreement under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation (CFDA 15.657) program to the University of Wisconsin System for a 3-year study on managing the invasive Barred Owl to protect threatened native species such as the Northern and California Spotted Owls. The study will involve the continued lethal removal of Barred Owls in California to prevent the extinction of the native Spotted Owl...

This Project Grant award of $799,366.00 from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) program, supports the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) in conducting barred owl removals in the Mendocino National Forest. The objective is to prevent the extinction of the threatened northern spotted owl by reducing barred owl populations, which are rapidly displacing the northern spotted owl from...

The National Park Service awarded $179,770 under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs – Resources of the National Park System program (CFDA 15.945) to the University of Wisconsin-Madison on July 13, 2022. The award will support resurveying 78 sites in Sequoia Kings Canyon National Park to determine impacts of the KNP Complex Fire on California spotted owl occupancy. The University will deploy acoustic recording units at locations surveyed in 2021 to scan for California spotted owls and...

The Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) received a $6,142,016 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund program (CFDA 15.615). The grant will support DNR's efforts to acquire 926 acres of high-functioning habitat for the federally threatened Northern spotted owl and Oregon spotted frog, as well as five additional federal at-risk species, as part of a larger 2,476-acre...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $559,033 Formula Grant under the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education program to the State of Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW). The grant's objective is to evaluate the presence, distribution, habitat use, and reproductive success of Oregon conservation strategy species and protected species, such as white-headed woodpecker, Lewis's woodpecker, hoary bat, and California myotis. The...

This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the CFDA 15.608 Fish and Aquatic Conservation - Aquatic Invasive Species program will support a $240,089.17 research project conducted by the American Bird Conservancy. The project aims to investigate the responses of young forest bird species, including the threatened Golden-winged Warbler and Eastern Whip-poor-will, to experimental silvicultural treatments designed to improve northern hardwood forest regeneration....

This $246,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the State Wildlife Grants (CFDA 15.634) program aims to support conservation of the endangered Spotted Turtle across its range in the Southeastern U.S. The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources will lead efforts to: 1) identify priority habitats and improve habitat quality and quantity for Spotted Turtles, 2) conduct demographic assessments to evaluate population viability in six states, 3) refine sampling...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 2 awarded $189,982.60 under the State Wildlife Grants program (CFDA 15.634) to the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation on January 1, 2022 for completion by June 30, 2025. The funding will support the development and implementation of a survey protocol to evaluate distributions and habitat associations of the Whip-poor-will nightjar species and other nightjars in Oklahoma. Oklahoma State University will serve as a...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CFDA 15.820) program will fund a $414,271 assessment of climate-mediated range shifts to evaluate the refugial capacity of protected areas for birds in the Upper Great Lakes region. The University of Minnesota, as the prime awardee, will subaward to the University of Wisconsin-Madison to execute the research objectives. The key expected outcomes include...

This $305,237 Formula Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the State Wildlife Grants (CFDA 15.634) program supports a 3-year study on the status and ecology of three state-threatened raptor species in Texas: the zone-tailed hawk, gray hawk, and common black hawk. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, the state agency responsible for conserving Texas' natural resources, is the prime recipient for this award. The project will conduct...