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This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Migratory Bird Monitoring, Assessment and Conservation program (CFDA 15.655) will fund research by SUL Ross State University to assess the suitability of livestock tanks and ephemeral ponds as habitat for migratory and wintering grassland birds in the Trans-Pecos region of Texas. The $176,785 award will support the use of automated recording units, point counts, and GPS tracking of...

This $300,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (CFDA 15.517) program aims to support the conservation of the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher and Yellow-billed Cuckoo along the Rio Grande in New Mexico. The recipient, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), will engage in a series of tasks to establish stakeholders, inventory and characterize species populations and habitat,...

This Cooperative Agreement award, totaling $100,000.00 and awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, is part of the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation (CFDA 15.657) program. The primary objective is to have service biologists collaborate with the National Resources Inventory (NRI) Structured Species Assessment (SSA) team to collect and organize existing data, conduct analyses, and draft SSA reports to inform recovery planning for species on the National...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $800,000 Project Grant under the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (CFDA 15.635) program to the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies. This funding will support continued efforts to conserve high-priority and declining grassland bird species across their full annual cycle in western North America and Mexico. Key activities include: Protecting at least 10,000 additional acres of Chihuahuan Desert grasslands and...

This Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Central Valley Project Conservation Program (CFDA 15.564), will support the restoration of 400 acres of riparian habitat at the Llano Seco Riparian Sanctuary Unit of the Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge. The $480,000 grant, awarded on August 16, 2024, will fund activities to create high-quality, structurally complex riparian habitat that will benefit the federally threatened...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters awarded a $693,900 Project Grant to Pronatura Noroeste, a non-profit organization and foundation, under the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation program (CFDA 15.635). The 2-year project leverages local partnerships to track migratory bird movements at different geographic scales. Key activities include: Strengthening capacities and expanding the Motus wildlife tracking network to better understand the...

This $144,516 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 supports efforts to increase protection of endangered seabirds in montane habitats on Maui and Oahu, Hawaii during their breeding season from October 2022 through September 2027. The funding assists the State of Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, a sub-awardee of the State of Hawaii, to control non-native mammalian predators that threaten Hawaiian petrels, Newell's...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is providing $437,964 through a Cooperative Agreement under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) to the Santa Ana Watershed Association (SAWA) to conduct monitoring and management of the endangered least Bell's vireo and brown-headed cowbird in the Santa Ana Watershed of Southern California. The scope of work includes annual surveys and reporting on the status, distribution, breeding chronology, and reproductive success of the...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631) will provide $100,000 to restore fish and wildlife habitat in Tomales Bay, Marin County, California. The key activities include: Developing a conceptual design plan to increase connectivity between Marks Marsh and Tomales Bay, reconnecting 10 acres of tidal marsh habitat. Invasive plant control on 1 acre of salt marsh, delta, and wetland habitats adjacent...

The National Audubon Society was awarded a $298,014 Project Grant from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation under the Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554). The grant will fund a three-year effort (January 2025 - December 2027) to advance restoration of the Lower Gila River sub-watersheds in Maricopa County, Arizona. Key activities include removing invasive Tamarisk, planting native vegetation, creating public access points and trails, encouraging nature-based economic development,...