Cooperative Agreement L21AC10066

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (DOI Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1) has awarded a $100,000.00 Cooperative Agreement to the Idaho Fish & Wildlife Foundation, Inc. under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657). The agreement, which runs from January 20, 2025 to January 19, 2029, will support efforts to enhance and restore sagebrush steppe habitats within core and growth opportunity areas in Lemhi, Custer, Clark, Butte, Fremont, and Jefferson counties in...

Cooperative Agreement Summary The Mule Deer Foundation received a $100,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Arizona Region under the BLM Fuels Management and Community Fire Assistance Program (CFDA 15.228), effective September 18, 2025, through September 17, 2030. The Foundation will implement science-based fuels reduction and vegetation management activities exclusively on BLM-administered lands in Arizona. Core deliverables include mechanical thinning of...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $300,000 cooperative agreement under the Good Neighbor Authority (GNA) program (CFDA 15.015) to the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, effective September 16, 2025, through September 15, 2030. Under this five-year agreement, IDFG will implement habitat restoration and invasive species management activities on the Big Desert landscape in southcentral Idaho. Key deliverables include planting and seeding native...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Mule Deer Foundation received a $330,000 Cooperative Agreement from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Forest and Woodlands Resource Management Program (CFDA 15.233), effective October 1, 2025, through September 15, 2035. The agreement funds comprehensive forest and woodland health initiatives on public lands in Colorado, including pre-commercial and commercial thinning, salvage and sanitation treatments, fuels...

The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management has awarded a $3,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to The Mule Deer Foundation, a nonprofit organization, under the Wildlife Resource Management program (CFDA 15.247). The Cooperative Agreement supports a 5-year project to restore and enhance mule deer and other wildlife habitat across the United States. Key activities under this award include: conducting habitat risk and needs assessments to prioritize conservation projects; hiring...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657), awarded a $100,000 Cooperative Agreement to the County of Baker, in Oregon, to implement conservation actions that increase the quality and quantity of sagebrush habitat and reverse the sage-grouse population trend in the Baker County Priority Area for Conservation (PAC). The grant funds will be used to implement Tier 1 projects, which include removing juniper from high priority...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $627,110 Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 15.228 - BLM Fuels Management and Community Fire Assistance Program Activities) to Oregon State University to restore sagebrush rangelands dominated by invasive annual grasses. The project will use a combination of precision conservation tools and dormant season grazing regimens to generate science-based data to better manage fine fuels on sagebrush rangelands. Key objectives...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Wildlife Resource Management program (CFDA 15.247) provides $249,360 in funding to Oregon State University (OSU) from September 2024 to September 2029. The project aims to identify anthropogenic activities and structures that inhibit or promote movement and connectivity among and within seasonal habitats for the Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) in the Bighorn Basin...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $599,000 Cooperative Agreement to Pheasants Forever, Inc. on May 1, 2025 under the Collaborative Landscape Conservation program (CFDA 15.669). The award will fund a collaborative effort to enhance and restore sagebrush steppe habitats within the Idaho and Southwest Montana Sagebrush Collaborative Restoration Landscape. The project will involve cooperation between Pheasants Forever, the U.S. National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, and...

This $165,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631) provides funding to Pheasants Forever, Inc. to implement habitat restoration and conservation activities in the Foster Creek and McCartney Creek watersheds in Washington. Key project components include: Upland shrub restoration (sagebrush and bitterbrush) in areas impacted by recent wildfires to benefit mule deer habitat Riparian and wet meadow...