Cooperative Agreement L11AC20150

The Washington State Department of Fish & Wildlife (WDFW) was awarded a $224,743 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Coastal Program (CFDA 15.630) to restore a 7-acre coastal meadow on the Long Beach Peninsula in Washington. The goal is to create suitable habitat for the reintroduction of the endangered Oregon silverspot butterfly (Speyeria zerene hippolyta). Funded activities will include weed and woody species control, mowing, seed collection, seeding, and...

This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) provides $430,300 to the Oregon Department of State Parks and Recreation to protect and restore habitat for the endangered Oregon silverspot butterfly. The grant supports the acquisition of a high conservation value property in the Clatsop Plains Conservation Area, as well as efforts to explore permanent conservation of two additional properties...

The Oregon Department of Agriculture will receive $163,424.29 through December 31, 2024 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 funding will support efforts to monitor and recover several rare plant species in Oregon, including Howell's spectacular thelypody (Thelypodium howellii ssp. spectabilis), McFarlane's four o'clock (Mirabilis macfarlanei), Cook's lomatium (Lomatium...

This $124,665 three-year Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) aims to restore the endangered Behrens and Myrtles Silverspot butterflies on the Sonoma-Mendocino coast by expanding the coverage of their larval host plant, Viola adunca, in Fort Ross State Historic Park. The project will test the effectiveness of two restoration methods - seed dispersal and planting mature...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $140,303 five-year Cooperative Agreement to Oregon State University under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) to support the establishment of the East Cascades Native Plant Hub in Bend, Oregon. The hub will coordinate a regional network to address organizational, ecological, and financial challenges in restoration and revegetation of sagebrush ecosystems, with a focus on increasing the availability of...

This $221,127.14 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) program, will fund the Oregon Department of Agriculture's (ODA) Native Plant Conservation Program. The award supports ODA's collaborative efforts with conservation partners to advance the understanding, protection, and recovery of several listed and rare plant species in Oregon, including Howell's spectacular...

The Bureau of Land Management awarded a $122,401 cooperative agreement to the Institute For Applied Ecology under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act program (CFDA 15.234) to conserve and restore habitat for two listed and one species of concern at Oak Basin Prairies Area of Critical Environmental Concern in Oregon from April 2023 through April 2028. The Institute For Applied Ecology will use integrated pest management including mechanical, chemical and physical methods...

This $200,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) will fund the Confederated Tribes Siletz Indians (C T S I) to perform habitat restoration and connectivity improvements on 40 acres of the valley floor and Fivemile Creek in Oregon. The project involves regrading the valley floor, removing cross-valley dikes, placing large wood structures, and establishing native plants to...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians (CTSI) a $200,000 Cooperative Agreement under the National Fire Plan-Wildland Urban Interface Community Fire Assistance program (CFDA 15.674). The funding will support the implementation of oak restoration and fuels management activities at the CTSI's 504-acre Camp Creek Hills property located near Springfield, Oregon. The proposed work aims to increase the abundance and...

This $141,504 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Fish and Wildlife Service under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631) will fund the construction of over 13 miles of fencing to exclude cattle from Parks Creek and Hole in the Ground Creek in Anderson, CA. This will protect and enhance 3.76 miles of in-stream and 23 acres of riparian wetland habitat, benefiting the federally listed Southern Oregon Northern California Coast Evolutionarily...