The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $256,950.70 Cooperative Agreement to The Living Desert, a non-profit organization and veterinary hospital, to support BLM field offices in southern California deserts with native California plant resources and services. The funding, provided through the BLM's Plant Conservation and Restoration Management program (CFDA 15.245), will enable The Living Desert to deliver a range of products and services over the 5-year...
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $186,474 Cooperative Agreement to Arizona State University (ASU) for the "DESERT TORTOISE HABITAT USE, MOVEMENTS, AND CONNECTIVITY IN RELATION TO RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS" program. The award, made under the BLM's Threatened and Endangered Species (CFDA 15.246) program, will support a 5-year research project to investigate desert tortoise habitat use, movement patterns, and connectivity in areas impacted by renewable energy...
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $249,938.39 Cooperative Agreement to Friends of the Desert Mountains on October 1, 2023 through its Recreation and Visitor Services Program (CFDA 15.225). The funding will support visitor services and recreation activities on public lands managed by the BLM in California over a 5-year period through September 30, 2028. The Cooperative Agreement aims to enhance recreational opportunities, visitor services, and conservation efforts on BLM lands in...
The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 awarded Kiva Biological Consulting a $189,990 cooperative agreement under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation (CFDA 15.657) federal grant program. The agreement funded line distance transects surveyed to estimate density of Mojave Desert tortoise in critical habitat areas located in Inyo County, California. Surveys were conducted between April 16, 2021 and September 30, 2021 to secure information on the threatened...
The Bureau of Land Management California Region awarded a $339,124 cooperative agreement to the California State University Fresno Foundation from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. The award will support repatriation and preservation efforts for the blunt nosed leopard lizard under the Threatened and Endangered Species program (CFDA 15.246). As part of the T&E Species program's goal of restoring habitat connectivity and combating climate change impacts, the cooperative agreement funding...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management Nevada Region, through the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (SNPLMA) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 15.235), awarded a $888,000 Cooperative Agreement to Clark County, Nevada. This funding will support Clark County's Desert Conservation Program in implementing desert tortoise monitoring activities across 1,976 acres within designated recovery units in Nevada. The project involves conducting mark-recapture surveys on 8...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded a $342,900.97 cooperative agreement to The Great Basin Institute (GBI) to conduct Mojave desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) surveys in the Amargosa Valley of southern Nevada. This project, funded under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657), is a partnership with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Pahrump Field Office to better understand desert tortoise distribution and population status in areas that may be...
The State of California Department of Fish and Wildlife, through its Wildlife Conservation Board division, received a $4 million Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund program (CFDA 15.615). The grant will support the acquisition of 638.64 acres of conservation lands in eastern Riverside County, California to complement habitat preservation goals under the Coachella Valley Multiple Species...
The Clark County Desert Conservation Program will receive $3.763 million through a Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Nevada Region to carry out restoration of linear disturbances in the Piute-Eldorado Area of Critical Environmental Concern. Funded under the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act program, the DCP will improve habitat conditions for the desert tortoise and other wildlife through restoration activities in the ACEC from...
The Bureau of Land Management has awarded a $245,379.27 Cooperative Agreement under the Plant Conservation and Restoration Management program (CFDA 15.245) to the Quail Botanical Gardens Foundation, Inc. for the project "IIJA IRA BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT CALIFORNIA PLANT CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION MANAGEMENT - 2024". The award period is from September 19, 2024 to September 19, 2029. Through this Cooperative Agreement, the Quail Botanical Gardens Foundation, Inc. will provide...