Cooperative Agreement L17AC00364

This federal Cooperative Agreement award was provided by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Wild Horse and Burro Resource Management program (CFDA 15.229). The $477,929.33 award, effective October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2029, supports the Meeker Mustang Makeover organization's efforts to increase the capacity and reach of its training clinics and competition events, reduce the number of wild horses in holding facilities, increase successful adoptions, and raise public awareness...

Wildlife Protection Management, Inc. received a $255,732 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation on May 15, 2021 to develop a horse visual identification system. The grant is part of the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084), which seeks to advance science and engineering research leading to breakthrough technologies and solutions to national challenges. Under the award, Wildlife Protection Management will utilize the funding to create a computer...

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...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $263,334.66 Project Grant under the Multistate Conservation Grant Program (CFDA 15.628) to the University of Wyoming. The goal of this one-year grant, which commenced on January 1, 2025, is to develop a safer, more cost-effective, and verifiable method for monitoring pronghorn populations in western North America using plane-mounted high-resolution cameras and machine learning-driven automated computer vision tools. The...

This $914,153 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education program (CFDA 15.611) supports research by the State of Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife to develop information that managers can use to effectively manage the habitats of elk, mule deer, and other ungulates in Oregon and western North America. The key research objectives include investigating ungulate migration corridors,...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 awarded a $344,012 Formula Grant under the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety program (CFDA 15.611) to the State of Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. This two-year collaborative effort, running from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2025, aims to evaluate pronghorn movements, nutritional ecology, and impacts of landscape changes on pronghorn demographics in Oregon. Key products and...

This $2,671,234 formula grant awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety program (CFDA 15.611) supports the implementation of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife's (WDFW) Hunter Education Program. The grant will fund WDFW's efforts to certify between 10,000-13,000 students annually through approximately 700 hunter education classes taught by over 1,000 volunteer instructors....

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has awarded a $1,085,845 Formula Grant under the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education program (CFDA 15.611) to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW). This grant supports a range of wildlife conservation initiatives across California, including: Monitoring and research on elk (tule, Roosevelt, and Rocky Mountain) and pronghorn populations to better understand their population trends, demographics, movements,...

This $1,050,651 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education program (CFDA 15.611) supports a project to develop information for bighorn sheep management and conservation efforts in Nebraska. The key activities include: Conducting ecological studies on bighorn sheep space use and movements, and disease surveillance to develop models estimating disease transmission risks that can limit bighorn...

This federal Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education program (CFDA 15.611) provides $2,498,555.00 in funding to the State of Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) to conduct research on mule deer population dynamics and competition with elk in Oregon. The key objectives are to determine the effects of elk competition and winter nutrition on mule deer pregnancy rates, fawn...