Cooperative Agreement L20AC00464

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management's Aquatic Resources Management program (CFDA 15.244) provides $879,053.98 to the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology to conduct a multi-year study of the hydrogeologic system along the Rio Grande in Taos County, New Mexico. The primary activities include compiling and synthesizing previous research, conducting field measurements of river gains/losses and spring flows, and performing geochemical analyses. The project...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Aquatic Resources Management program (CFDA 15.244) provides $869,746 to the University of Montana to support the collection of inventory, monitoring, and assessment data in riparian and wetland habitats in Nevada. The key activities to be performed include: Conducting random and targeted riparian and wetland surveys using standardized Aquatic Inventory, Assessment, and Monitoring...

This Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $190,794 and awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) program, supports the collection, processing, and quality assurance of natural resource inventory and monitoring data for national parks. Through this project, student and non-student interns, data analysts, and data managers at Colorado State University will...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), under the Wildlife Resource Management program (CFDA 15.247), provides $400,000 in funding to the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory dba Bird Conservancy of the Rockies. The funding will support expanding the organization's Integrated Monitoring in Bird Conservation Regions (IMBCR) program to conduct additional bird surveys on BLM lands in Idaho, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico. The expanded monitoring will provide robust...

This $349,988.71 Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Forest and Woodlands Resource Management Program (CFDA 15.233) supports a project to rigorously monitor the effects of science-based forest management treatments designed to restore and improve forest ecosystem function, promote wildlife habitat, and respond to climate change in the Inland Northwest and Northern Rockies region. Key activities include: Establishing a long-term vegetation monitoring network...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Department of the Interior National Park Service Intermountain Region under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) program provides $198,355.00 to the University of New Mexico (UNM) to support research, technical assistance, education and training, and knowledge development related to the management of the National Park System. The key activities funded through this award include: 1)...

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R3-Southwestern Region has awarded a $1,875,000 Project Grant through the Inflation Reduction Act Urban & Community Forestry Program (CFDA 10.727) to the Energy Minerals & Natural Resources Department in New Mexico. This 4-year grant, with a completion date of June 30, 2027, will fund a range of services related to urban and community forestry, including tree thinning, fire management and suppression, smoke management, and mapping of...

This $500,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Aquatic Resources Management program (CFDA 15.244) supports the restoration of several severely degraded stream systems and wetland habitats in the area administered by the BLM Taos Field Office in New Mexico. The non-profit organization RIO Grande Return will employ low-tech process-based restoration techniques to remove non-native and invasive species, plant native...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region provides $360,188 to The University of New Mexico under the Joint Fire Science Program to develop geospatial data products and open-source code characterizing ecosystem conditions in the upper Rio Grande watershed of New Mexico. Key products include high-resolution spatial layers quantifying fuel continuity, forest structure relevant to Mexican spotted owl habitat, tree mortality, and...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded Tierra Y Montes, a U.S. local government Soil and Water Conservation District, a $100,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631). The 5-year award, effective October 2, 2023, will support habitat restoration and enhancement projects on private lands in San Miguel and Mora Counties, New Mexico. Key objectives include improving wildlife habitat quality, reducing erosion and...