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The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) was awarded a $552,904 cooperative agreement by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) National Office through the Wild Horse and Burro Resource Management program (CFDA 15.229) to develop a gene therapy-based contraceptive for wild horses. The two-year project beginning January 1, 2023 aims to test the hypothesis that long-term infertility can be achieved through low-dose expression of an engineered protein binding tightly to Juno, a protein...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Arizona Region awarded a Cooperative Agreement valued at $198,593.61 to the Arizona Department of Game and Fish (AZGFD) under the Threatened and Endangered Species Program (CFDA 15.246), effective February 10, 2026 through February 9, 2031. Under this five-year agreement, AZGFD will collect scientifically credible genetic and population data on desert tortoises in the Black Mountains, with particular focus on identifying...

This Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 6 grant, awarded under the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety program (CFDA 15.611), will fund a 5-year, $3,214,908 study by the Montana Fish, Wildlife, & Parks Division to identify factors influencing contact between wild and domestic sheep. The study aims to expand tools for maintaining effective separation to prevent disease transmission, and evaluate opportunities for expanding wild...

Summary of Federal Cooperative Agreement Award The University of Arizona, operating as the Arizona Board of Regents, received a cooperative agreement award of $295,860.72 from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Wildlife Resource Management program (CFDA 15.247), effective September 24, 2025, through September 24, 2027. The award supports a continuation and expansion of a multi-year monitoring and disease surveillance program focused on three migratory nectar-feeding bat species of...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Region 2 awarded $205,000 to the Arizona Elk Society through the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program (CFDA 15.631) on October 1, 2025, for a three-year statewide habitat enhancement initiative concluding September 30, 2028. The Arizona Elk Society will deliver on-the-ground conservation practices across private lands in Arizona, focusing on native grasslands, riparian corridors, wetlands, and springs that support...

This Cooperative Agreement award by the Department of the Navy's Office of Naval Research under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) provides the Arizona Department of Game and Fish (AZGFD) with $368,307 to support wildlife conservation and environmental research activities in Arizona. The key products and services to be delivered include: Providing increased water supply and foraging opportunities for the endangered Sonoran pronghorn and desert bighorn sheep...

This $30.1 million Formula Grant from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 2 supports activities under the Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety program (CFDA 15.611) through June 30, 2022. Administered by the Arizona Game and Fish Department, the funding will support projects to restore, conserve, manage, and enhance wild birds, mammals, and their habitat in Arizona. This includes a $200,000 sub-award to mechanically remove invasive woody...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 2 awarded a $180,000 Project Grant to the Arizona Department of Game and Fish under the Endangered Species Conservation-Wolf Livestock Loss Compensation and Prevention program (CFDA 15.666) effective July 1, 2025, through December 31, 2026. The award funds the Arizona Livestock Loss Board's (ALLB) depredation compensation program, which reimburses participating Arizona livestock producers for independently confirmed Mexican wolf depredations of livestock...

This $657,780 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 develop innovative technologies and methods to improve protection and detection of the endangered black-footed ferret. Key deliverables include: Building 10 or more all-terrain vehicle devices to deliver plague protection baits to prairie dogs at black-footed ferret reintroduction sites Analyzing and improving...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 2 awarded the New Mexico Department of Game & Fish a formula grant of $336,902.75 under the Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety program (CFDA 15.611) on December 16, 2025, with a completion date of November 30, 2027. This grant supports a multi-jurisdictional research and management initiative focused on a mule deer herd that migrates across Northwest New Mexico, Colorado, the Jicarilla Apache Nation,...