Cooperative Agreement L23AC00499

This $113,181.39 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Plant Conservation and Restoration Management program (CFDA 15.245) supports ex situ conservation and population genomic research of Peirson's milkvetch (Astragalus magdalenae var. peirsonii), a rare plant species found in California. The award to Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden (doing business as California Botanic Garden), a non-profit organization, will fund a...

Through this $113,035 Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, also known as the California Botanic Garden, will provide a range of native plant conservation services to support the BLM's Plant Conservation and Restoration Management program (CFDA 15.245). Key activities include seed banking, specimen collection, species surveys, taxonomy research, and restoration propagation, with a focus on rare...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $324,190.75 Cooperative Agreement to the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden (doing business as California Botanic Garden), a non-profit organization, under the Plant Conservation and Restoration Management program (CFDA 15.245). The funding supports the development of propagation protocols for 11 rare plant species impacted by solar energy development in California over a 5-year period from October 2024 to September...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Plant Conservation and Restoration Management program (CFDA 15.245), supports native plant conservation, restoration, and research activities in California's Mojave Desert ecoregion. The $536,000 award, effective from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2029, is made to the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, a non-profit organization in Claremont, California. The key...

This $257,813.90 Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Plant Conservation and Restoration Management program (CFDA 15.245), supports the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden (also known as the California Botanic Garden) in assessing habitat suitability models for eight plant species in renewable energy development focus areas in California. The award, effective from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2029, will enable...

The Fall River Resource Conservation District will receive $100,000 through a Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8. The funding supports projects under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program to address habitat restoration needs across 4,500 acres in Shasta County, California. Key work will include installing grade control structures to address head cuts and gullies causing water loss across 300 acres of wet meadows on the...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of the Interior (DOI) under the Natural Resource Stewardship program (CFDA 15.944) provides $961,655.92 to develop genetically appropriate native plant materials for use in habitat restoration and rehabilitation on public lands in California. The 5-year project, which began on September 1, 2024, has the following specific objectives: Develop genetically appropriate native plant material, including a minimum of 5,000 lbs of pure live seed...

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 fund native plant conservation, restoration, and research activities across public lands in California. The $218,342 award, effective from September 6, 2024 to September 6, 2026, will be implemented by Willamette University, a private liberal arts institution in Salem, Oregon. The project aims to...

This 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) provides $143,280.00 to the California Department of Fish & Wildlife (CDFW) to conduct research and conservation efforts for the recovery of the Butte County meadowfoam (Limnanthes floccosa ssp. californica). The award will fund pollination studies, including pollinator observations, and test the management technique of...

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $125,819.44 Cooperative Agreement to The Nature Conservancy (TNC) under the Plant Conservation and Restoration Management program (CFDA 15.245). The goal of this 5-year project is to 1) address uncertainties in native plant cultivation, and 2) expand the availability of native plant seeds for restoration projects in the sagebrush ecosystem of the western U.S. To accomplish this, TNC will establish approximately 2 acres of new seed increase fields and...