Cooperative Agreement L23AC00208

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $140,303 five-year Cooperative Agreement to Oregon State University under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) to support the establishment of the East Cascades Native Plant Hub in Bend, Oregon. The hub will coordinate a regional network to address organizational, ecological, and financial challenges in restoration and revegetation of sagebrush ecosystems, with a focus on increasing the availability of...

The Midcoast Watersheds Council (MCWC) was awarded a $246,425 Project Grant under the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Fish Habitat Partnership (CFDA 15.686) program to develop designs for restoring 75 acres of tidal wetlands in the Alsea River estuary on the central Oregon coast. The objectives of this one-year design project are to assess site conditions, refine preliminary designs for a new bridge structure, update existing design plans, finalize flood modeling, submit the project...

This $733,965 cooperative agreement, awarded by the Bureau of Land Management under the Plant Conservation and Restoration Management program (CFDA 15.245), supports the University of Nevada, Reno in developing genetically appropriate native plant materials, implementing and assessing seed-based restoration techniques, and inventorying/monitoring rare plant species and their associated communities. The 5-year project aims to restore habitats, conserve biodiversity, and engage underserved...

This $177,376 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Bureau of Land Management under the Plant Conservation and Restoration Management program (CFDA 15.245) aims to support the conservation of the Mulford's milkvetch (Astragalus mulfordiae), an endemic legume species in the Pacific Northwest facing population decline. The key objectives include: 1) testing procedures to improve seedling emergence and production for outplanting, 2) evaluating the levels of nitrogen-fixing rhizobia and arbuscular...

The Walker Basin Conservancy will receive $262,790 through a cooperative agreement awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Candidate Species Conservation program (CFDA 15.660) from June 1, 2023 through September 30, 2026. The conservancy will work to increase the availability of locally adapted native plant materials for habitat restoration in arid regions of Nevada's Great Basin. Specifically, the organization will collect seed from at least 20 native plant populations...

This $221,127.14 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) program, will fund the Oregon Department of Agriculture's (ODA) Native Plant Conservation Program. The award supports ODA's collaborative efforts with conservation partners to advance the understanding, protection, and recovery of several listed and rare plant species in Oregon, including Howell's spectacular...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management under the Plant Conservation and Restoration Management program (CFDA 15.245), will support a $412,119.88 project to collect and save native seeds at the Cosumnes River Preserve (CRP) in California. The project, conducted by Conservation Science Global Inc., a non-profit organization, will collect seeds from at least 20 different plant species, aiming for a total of 1.5 million seeds,...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $200,306 Cooperative Agreement to The Understory Initiative, a woman-owned non-profit organization based in Medford, Oregon, under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation Federal Grant Program (CFDA 15.657). The three-year project, running from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2027, aims to increase native plant habitat along the Oregon coastline. The funding will support technical assistance, procurement of native seed from the U.S. Fish and...

This $124,665 three-year Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) aims to restore the endangered Behrens and Myrtles Silverspot butterflies on the Sonoma-Mendocino coast by expanding the coverage of their larval host plant, Viola adunca, in Fort Ross State Historic Park. The project will test the effectiveness of two restoration methods - seed dispersal and planting mature...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 awarded a $102,194 Cooperative Agreement to the University of Washington under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) to investigate methods for managing woody shrub and non-native grass competition that threatens the endangered Wenatchee Mountains checker-mallow (Sidalcea oregana var. calva, SIORC) in Washington state. The key products and services to be delivered under this 3-year award include:...