Cooperative Agreement L23AC00532

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $106,667 Project Grant under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) to the Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG). The grant aims to fund surveys to document current breeding activity and potentially unique habitat use of the Pinyon Jay in Idaho. This information will inform future habitat management recommendations and the species status assessment, as a petition to list the Pinyon Jay under the Endangered Species Act...

The National Park Service (NPS) awarded a $228,948 Cooperative Agreement under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) program to The Institute For Bird Populations, a non-profit organization based in Petaluma, California. The award, effective May 1, 2025 through December 31, 2027, will enable the organization to conduct comprehensive surveys for the presence of the declining Pinyon Jay species across 25 national parks in the...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Threatened and Endangered Species Program (CFDA 15.246) will fund the second project year of a study to refine understanding of habitat use by two declining bird species - the greater sage-grouse and pinyon jay - in Wyoming's Bighorn Basin. The $152,825 award to the Buffalo Bill Memorial Association (doing business as the Buffalo Bill Museum) will support activities to expand...

The Nevada Division of Forestry will receive $166,667 under a Project Grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 to conduct population monitoring and mapping of the rare Las Vegas bearpoppy plant species. Funded through the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615), the Division will use drone technology to census approximately 4,000 hectares of potential habitat for the species across Clark County, Nevada. Deep learning AI will be used to identify, geolocate and...

This $144,768 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Wildlife Resource Management program (CFDA 15.247) provides funding to the Institute for Bird Populations to conduct avian research and monitoring in the Richfield Field Office of Utah. The purpose is to document the presence and seasonal trends of pinyon jay and other pinyon-juniper-sagebrush ecosystem bird species across areas that have undergone pinyon-juniper removal...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service (NPS), under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) program, provides $120,883.00 to the University of Delaware to conduct a Pinyon Jay inventory across national parks and monuments in the Northern Colorado Plateau region. The performance period for this award is from May 1, 2025 to December 31, 2027. The University of Delaware, as the prime recipient, will lead this...

The Nevada Department of Wildlife will receive $200,000 through a Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Research Service Rocky Mountain Research Station. The grant funding supports the official federal Forest Health Protection program (CFDA 10.680) and will allow the Department of Wildlife to provide services to protect and manage non-federal forest resources in Nevada from September 2022 through September 2027. Specifically, the Department will work to...

This $4,185,165 Formula Grant awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act will support habitat restoration and rehabilitation planning and implementation across the state of Nevada. The grant aims to assess, plan, coordinate, and implement projects designed to restore healthy, functioning sagebrush ecosystems that are species-diverse and ecologically resilient. Key activities include wildlife habitat surveys, inventory, and analysis; seed...

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...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the USGS Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808) is intended to study the effects of mineral development on greater sage-grouse populations at two study areas in central Nevada. The $150,000 award to the Great Basin Bird Observatory, a non-profit research organization, will fund the capture and tracking of 20-30 female sage-grouse at each site using radio and GPS transmitters. This data will be used to...