Cooperative Agreement L21AC10193

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 awarded a $300,000 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 (ODFW), Salem Region Office, to improve mule deer habitat in the Deschutes watershed. The key activities to be conducted under this 2-year grant include: Treatment of western juniper to release shrub and other forage components;...

The Oregon Desert Land Trust and partners received a $417,250 cooperative agreement award from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 through July 15, 2027. The funding is provided under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation federal grant program (CFDA 15.657) to assess, protect, and restore streams, springs, and wet meadows in Oregon's Trout Creek and Pueblo Mountains. Key activities over the five-year period include continuing to assess and prioritize wet...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 awarded Oregon State University a $793,742 cooperative agreement under the Coastal Program (CFDA 15.630) to implement the Predator Management Project from May 1, 2022 through September 30, 2026. The project will monitor seabird colonies in southern Oregon for predation and remove problem animals that are detrimentally impacting nesting seabirds. Oregon State University staff will receive training from Wildlife Services to set...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 has awarded a $700,000 Formula Grant under the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to the State of Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) to improve mule deer habitat in the Malheur River Wildlife Management Unit. ODFW, the state's fish and wildlife agency, will use the funding to remove 2,000 acres of western juniper in order to restore plant species that mule deer rely on for fawning and browse. This project...

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...

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) received a $1,182,433 Formula Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 under the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (CFDA 15.611) to support implementation of the Oregon Wolf Conservation and Management Plan. Through this 2-year grant, ODFW will conduct population monitoring, research, depredation response, public outreach, and education to enhance gray wolf conservation in Oregon. The grant...

The State of Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Salem Region Office, was awarded a $300,000 Formula Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 under the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (CFDA 15.611) program. The grant will fund activities to improve mule deer populations and habitat in Oregon from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2025. Key products and services to be delivered include: 1) Western juniper treatment to maintain or enhance forage value...

This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Wild Horse and Burro Resource Management program (CFDA 15.229), provides $494,092 to Purdue University to develop an improved immunocontraceptive vaccine for female wild horses. The key objectives are to: (1) develop a vaccine targeting the sperm protein IZUMO1 to induce a robust immune response; (2) replace traditional adjuvants with a novel nanoparticle-based adjuvant;...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded a $116,914 Endangered Species Conservation-Wolf Livestock Loss Compensation and Prevention grant (CFDA 15.666) to the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) for the period of October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2025. This grant funding supports two main activities: 1) compensating livestock producers for verified losses due to wolf predation, and 2) implementing non-lethal measures to prevent wolf-livestock conflicts....

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $350,100 Project Grant under the Endangered Species Conservation-Wolf Livestock Loss Compensation and Prevention program (CFDA 15.666) to the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW). The grant supports collaborative efforts to manage wolf-livestock conflicts in Oregon, a critical issue due to the steady increase in the wolf population and distribution in the state. The...