Cooperative Agreement L23AC00592

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 $400,000.00 to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) to continue and expand long-term monitoring and management of endangered, threatened, and special status ranid (frog) species in CDFW's North Central Region. The key objectives are to obtain current data on the distribution and relative abundance of...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808) provides $108,170 to the University of Montana to evaluate threats to at-risk amphibian species in the western United States. The project aims to investigate how factors such as drought, non-native predators, habitat loss, and pathogens are impacting the distribution and abundance of priority amphibian species including the Northern Leopard Frog, Arizona Toad,...

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) was awarded $246,154 under the State Wildlife Grants Formula Grant program by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to support conservation efforts for the Cascades frog in California's Lassen region through December 2026. The award will fund three key initiatives. First, CDFW will use anti-fungal treatment of juvenile frogs to enhance growth rates of remnant populations threatened by the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Second,...

Federal Grant Award Summary The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) $248,962 under the State Wildlife Grants (SWG) Program (CFDA 15.634) for a three-year project period (July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2028). In partnership with the San Francisco Zoo, the award funds the captive rearing of early-life stage ranid frogs (Rana sierrae and R. boylii) from eggs or larvae to adulthood, with production capacity of up to three cohorts of 200...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary MT. Adams Resource Stewards (MARS) received a $1.26 million Project Grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Fish and Aquatic Conservation - Aquatic Invasive Species program (CFDA 15.608), awarded November 1, 2025, with completion targeted for October 31, 2028. This grant funds the final three years of an American bullfrog eradication initiative at Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge (CLNWR) in south-central Washington State and a surrounding...

Federal Grant Award Summary The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) received a $571,483 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the State Wildlife Grants Program (CFDA 15.634) with an award date of January 1, 2026, and completion date of December 31, 2027. This grant funds a comprehensive monitoring and research initiative focused on foothill yellow-legged frogs (Rana boylii) in California streams affected by hydroelectric power generation regulated by the...

This $835,113 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the State Wildlife Grants (CFDA 15.634) program supports the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) in implementing strategic conservation efforts to address the declining Cascades frog populations across California. The funding will enable CDFW to conduct research, monitoring, and habitat restoration activities focused on this at-risk amphibian species over the 3-year grant...

This Project Grant award, totaling $3,008,301.00, was provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) program. The grant funds the fee title purchase of the 442-acre Bear Creek Ranch in California, which hosts one of only seven known reproductive populations of the federally threatened California red-legged frog (Rana draytonii). The grant supports permanent habitat protection and conservation...

Cooperative Agreement Summary The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Nevada Region awarded a Cooperative Agreement totaling $212,403.99 to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), through the Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, under the Wildlife Resource Management program (CFDA 15.247). The award, effective September 19, 2025, through September 18, 2027, supports the revision and implementation of conservation actions for the relict leopard frog, a BLM sensitive species....

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The U.S. Department of Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 awarded a $414,878.56 cooperative agreement on April 15, 2025, to the Upper Salinas/Las Tablas Resource Conservation District under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) to restore monarch butterfly habitat. The project will restore five acres of overwintering and breeding habitat on Army National Guard Camp Roberts and Camp San Luis Obispo in California through...